Job 19

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 19 of 42

¹ ¶ And Job answered and said:

² Until when will you torment my soul and break me in pieces with words?

³ This ten times you have shamed me; you are not ashamed that you have wronged me.

⁴ And if indeed I have erred, my error remains with me.

Chapter Summary

1 Job, complaining of his friends, saying to them that there is misery enough in him to feed their cruelty. 23 He believes the resurrection.

Key Hebrew Words

תַּהְכְּרוּ ye cause me to wonder H1970 · TWOT 495

רֵעָ֑ friend H7453 · TWOT 2186a

עָפָ֥ר dry earth H6083 · TWOT 1664a

חָ֭מָס violence H2555 · TWOT 678a

חֹ֣שֶׁךְ darkness H2822 · TWOT 769a

People & Context

Job Laments His Alienation and God's Hostility

Job asks how long his friends will torment him. He asserts that God has subverted his paths and removed his crown. Consequently, his brothers, wife, s…

Job Declares His Redeemer Lives

Wishing his words were engraved in rock, Job famously declares his faith that his Redeemer is living, and that even after his flesh is destroyed, he w…

Timeline

Job Laments His Alienation and God's Hostility

Job asks how long his friends will torment him. He asserts that God has subverted his paths and removed his crown. Consequently, his brothers, wife, servants, and friends treat him as a detested stranger.

Job 19:1-22

Job Declares His Redeemer Lives

Wishing his words were engraved in rock, Job famously declares his faith that his Redeemer is living, and that even after his flesh is destroyed, he will see God for himself. He warns his friends of impending judgment.

Job 19:23-29

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