Tree of Life Version
Job 19:10
10He tears me down on every side until I am gone; He uproots my hope like a tree.
Job 19:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
- New International Version (NIV)He tears me down on every side till I am gone; he uproots my hope like a tree.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone, and my hope has he pulled up like a tree.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He breaks me down on every side, And I am gone; My hope He has uprooted like a tree.
Context of Job 19:10
8He has blocked my way so I cannot pass, and has shrouded my path in darkness. 9He has stripped me of my honor, and removed the crown from my head. He tears me down on every side until I am gone; He uproots my hope like a tree. 11His anger burns against me, and He considers me among His enemies. 12His troops advance together; they build a siege ramp against me and encamp around my tent.
Read all of Job 19Job 19:10 word by word
יִתְּצֵ֣נִי סָ֭בִיב וָאֵלַ֑ךְ וַיַּסַּ֥ע כָּ֝עֵ֗ץ תִּקְוָתִֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 19:10
- Job 1:13One day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
- Job 2:7So the satan departed from the presence of Adonai, and afflicted Job with painful boils, from the sole of his foot to the top of his head.
- Psalms 88:13Will Your wonders be known in the darkness? Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?
- Lamentations 2:5My Lord is like an enemy. He has swallowed up Israel. He swallowed up all her citadels, destroyed her fortifications and multiplied mourning and moaning for the daughter of Judah.
- 2 Corinthians 4:8We are hard pressed in every way, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not in despair;
- Job 17:11My days have passed, my plans are torn apart. Yet the desires of my heart
- Psalms 102:11because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and tossed me aside.
- Job 6:11“What is my strength, that I should hope? What is my end, that I should endure?
- Job 8:13Such are the ways of all who forget God; the hope of the godless perishes—
- Job 17:15where then is my hope? And my hope, who sees it?
- Job 24:20The womb forgets him, the worm feasts on him, no longer will he be remembered. But like a tree, wickedness is broken.
- Psalms 37:35I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a leafy tree in native soil.
Commentaries on Job 19:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Mine hope hath he removed like a tree - There is no more hope of my restoration to affluence, authority, and respect, than there is that a tree shall grow and flourish, whose roots are extracted from the earth. I am pulled up by the roots, withered, and gone.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10He hath destroyed me on every side - He has left me nothing. The word which is used here is that which is commonly applied to which is used here is that which is commonly applied to destroying cities, towns, and houses. “Rosenmuller.” And I am gone - That is, I am near death. I cannot recover myself. And mine hope hath he removed like a tree - A tree, which is plucked up by the roots, and which does not grow again. That is, his hopes of life and…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-22Verses 8-22 How doleful are Job's complaints! What is the fire of hell but the wrath of God! Seared consciences will feel it hereafter, but do not fear it now: enlightened consciences fear it now, but shall not feel it hereafter. It is a very common mistake to think that those whom God afflicts he treats as his enemies. Every creature is that to us which God makes it to be; yet this does not excuse Job's relations and friends. How uncertain is the…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. destroyed ... on every side--"Shaken all round, so that I fall in the dust"; image from a tree uprooted by violent shaking from every side [Umbreit]. The last clause accords with this (Jr 1:10) mine hope--as to this life (in opposition to Zophar, Job 11:18); not as to the world to come (Job 19:25; Job 14:15). removed--uprooted.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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