Job 19:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

How long will you make my life bitter, crushing me with words?

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Referenced Verses

  • Judg 16:16 : 16 So day after day she gave him no peace, for ever questioning him till his soul was troubled to death.
  • Job 8:2 : 2 How long will you say these things, and how long will the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?
  • Job 18:2 : 2 How long will it be before you have done talking? Get wisdom, and then we will say what is in our minds.
  • Job 27:2 : 2 By the life of God, who has taken away my right; and of the Ruler of all, who has made my soul bitter;
  • Ps 6:2-3 : 2 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am wasted away: make me well, for even my bones are troubled. 3 My soul is in bitter trouble; and you, O Lord, how long?
  • Ps 13:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> Will you for ever put me out of your memory, O Lord? will your face for ever be turned away from me?
  • Ps 42:10 : 10 The cruel words of my haters are like a crushing of my bones; when they say to me every day, Where is your God?
  • Ps 55:21 : 21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, but they were sharp swords.
  • Ps 59:7 : 7 See, hate is dropping from their lips; curses are on their tongues: they say, Who gives attention to it?
  • Ps 64:3 : 3 Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 There are some whose uncontrolled talk is like the wounds of a sword, but the tongue of the wise makes one well again.
  • Prov 18:21 : 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and those to whom it is dear will have its fruit for their food.
  • Jas 3:6-8 : 6 And the tongue is a fire; it is the power of evil placed in our bodies, making all the body unclean, putting the wheel of life on fire, and getting its fire from hell. 7 For every sort of beast and bird and every living thing on earth and in the sea has been controlled by man and is under his authority; 8 But the tongue may not be controlled by man; it is an unresting evil, it is full of the poison of death.
  • 2 Pet 2:7-8 : 7 And kept safe Lot, the upright man, who was deeply troubled by the unclean life of the evil-doers 8 (Because the soul of that upright man living among them was pained from day to day by seeing and hearing their crimes):
  • Rev 6:10 : 10 And they gave a great cry, saying, How long will it be, O Ruler, holy and true, before you take your place as judge and give punishment for our blood to those on the earth?

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    1And Job made answer and said,

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    3Ten times now you have made sport of me; it gives you no sense of shame to do me wrong.

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    2How long will it be before you have done talking? Get wisdom, and then we will say what is in our minds.

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  • Ps 6:3
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    3My soul is in bitter trouble; and you, O Lord, how long?

  • Job 9:17-18
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    17For I would be crushed by his storm, my wounds would be increased without cause.

    18He would not let me take my breath, but I would be full of bitter grief.

  • Job 27:1-2
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    1And Job again took up the word and said,

    2By the life of God, who has taken away my right; and of the Ruler of all, who has made my soul bitter;

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    19How long will it be before your eyes are turned away from me, so that I may have a minute's breathing-space?

  • Job 16:1-7
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    1And Job made answer and said,

    2Such things have frequently come to my ears: you are comforters who only give trouble.

    3May words which are like the wind be stopped? or what is troubling you to make answer to them?

    4It would not be hard for me to say such things if your souls were in my soul's place; joining words together against you, and shaking my head at you:

    5I might give you strength with my mouth, and not keep back the comfort of my lips.

    6If I say what is in my mind, my pain becomes no less: and if I keep quiet, how much of it goes from me?

    7But now he has overcome me with weariness and fear, and I am in the grip of all my trouble.

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    2How long will you say these things, and how long will the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?

  • Ps 13:2
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    2How long is my soul to be in doubt, with sorrow in my heart all the day? how long will he who is against me be given power over me?

  • Job 7:11
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    11So I will not keep my mouth shut; I will let the words come from it in the pain of my spirit, my soul will make a bitter outcry.

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    14I am broken with wound after wound; he comes rushing on me like a man of war.

  • Job 19:22
    73%

    22Why are you cruel to me, like God, for ever saying evil against me?

  • Lam 3:4-5
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    4My flesh and my skin have been used up by him and my bones broken.

    5He has put up a wall against me, shutting me in with bitter sorrow.

  • Job 21:4
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    4As for me, is my outcry against man? is it then to be wondered at if my spirit is troubled?

  • Job 23:1-2
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    1And Job made answer and said,

    2Even today my outcry is bitter; his hand is hard on my sorrow.

  • Job 10:1-2
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    1My soul is tired of life; I will let my sad thoughts go free in words; my soul will make a bitter outcry.

    2I will say to God, Do not put me down as a sinner; make clear to me what you have against me.

  • Job 15:13
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    13So that you are turning your spirit against God, and letting such words go out of your mouth?

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    16By him my teeth have been broken with crushed stones, and I am bent low in the dust.

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    5Every day they make wrong use of my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.

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    11By him my ways have been turned on one side and I have been pulled in bits; he has made me waste.

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    26My words may seem wrong to you, but the words of him who has no hope are for the wind.

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    5If you make yourselves great against me, using my punishment as an argument against me,

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    4Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves.

    5Your people are crushed by them, O Lord, your heritage is troubled,

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    18Why is my pain unending and my wound without hope of being made well? Sorrow is mine, for you are to me as a stream offering false hope and as waters which are not certain.

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    2Job made answer and said,

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    9I am broken by his wrath, and his hate has gone after me; he has made his teeth sharp against me: my haters are looking on me with cruel eyes;

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    2If only my passion might be measured, and put into the scales against my trouble!

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    1Then Job made answer and said,

    2Give attention with care to my words; and let this be your comfort.

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    5Then will his angry words come to their ears, and by his wrath they will be troubled:

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    19Is any one able to take up the argument against me? If so, I would keep quiet and give up my breath.

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    12I was in comfort, but I have been broken up by his hands; he has taken me by the neck, shaking me to bits; he has put me up as a mark for his arrows.

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    10No longer let your hand be hard on me; I am wasted by the blows of your hand.

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    15What am I to say? seeing that it is he who has done it: all my time of sleeping I am turning from side to side without rest.

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    3How long will you go on designing evil against a man? running against him as against a broken wall, which is on the point of falling?