Job, 19

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Job responds to Zophar, defending himself and expressing his frustration at his suffering.

Job, 19

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Job Responds to Zophar

1 Then Job answered and said,
2 How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
3 These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.
4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:
6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.
12 His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.
13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
15 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
16 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.
17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's sake of mine own body.
18 Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
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.
21 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!
24 That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.
28 But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.

Commentary

Job 19 is a chapter that speaks to the suffering of Job and his deep longing for God to answer him. Job is in the midst of a great trial and he is desperate for God to hear his cries and to answer him. He is in deep anguish and despair, and he is pleading with God to show him mercy and to restore him. Job begins by expressing his deep sorrow and anguish. He laments that his friends have turned against him and that he is now alone in his suffering. He feels that God has forgotten him and that he is being punished for something he has not done. He is desperate for God to answer him and to show him mercy. Job then turns to God and pleads for Him to answer him. He expresses his faith in God and his hope that God will restore him. He acknowledges that God is sovereign and that He is in control of all things. He also expresses his confidence that God will vindicate him and that he will be restored. Job then expresses his hope that God will restore him and that he will be able to see God face to face. He expresses his longing to be able to praise God and to be restored to his former glory. He expresses his faith that God will answer him and that he will be vindicated. Job 19 is a powerful chapter that speaks to the deep anguish and despair of Job in the midst of his suffering. It is a reminder of the power of faith and hope in the midst of suffering. It is a reminder that God is sovereign and that He is in control of all things. It is a reminder that God will answer us and that He will restore us.

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Assuming a reader with an average reading speed of 300 WPM reads the Job, chapter 19 it would take approximately 3 minutes to finish.

There are 29 verses in Job, chapter 19.