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Job 19:21

FriendshipSufferingMercy and compassion

19 All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.

20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

23 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.
KJV
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
WEB
“Have pity on me. Have pity on me, you my friends, for the hand of God has touched me.
ASV
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; For the hand of God hath touched me.
DARBY
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
BLB
Pity me, pity me, you⁺ my friends, for the hand of God has touched me.
ÅB
Forbarm dere, forbarm dere over meg, dere mine venner! For Guds hånd har rørt ved meg.
OTB
«Vis meg medfølelse, mine venner, vis medfølelse,
for Guds hånd har rammet meg.
B1930
Forbarm eder, forbarm eder over mig, I mine venner! For Guds hånd har rørt ved mig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 1:11

    But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.

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  • Psalms 38:2

    For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

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  • Job 6:4

    For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

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  • Romans 12:15

    Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

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  • Hebrews 13:3

    Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

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  • 1 Corinthians 12:26

    And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.

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  • Job 2:10

    But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

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  • Job 2:5

    But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.

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