Job 19:22

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Why do you pursue me like God does? Will you never be satiated with my flesh?

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 69:26 : 26 For they harass the one whom you discipline; they spread the news about the suffering of those whom you punish.
  • Isa 51:23 : 23 I will put it into the hand of your tormentors who said to you,‘Lie down, so we can walk over you.’ You made your back like the ground, and like the street for those who walked over you.”
  • Mic 3:3 : 3 You devour my people’s flesh, strip off their skin, and crush their bones. You chop them up like flesh in a pot– like meat in a kettle.
  • Job 2:5 : 5 But extend your hand and strike his bone and his flesh, and he will no doubt curse you to your face!”
  • Job 10:16 : 16 If I lift myself up, you hunt me as a fierce lion, and again you display your power against me.
  • Job 13:25 : 25 Do you wish to torment a windblown leaf and chase after dry chaff?
  • Job 16:11 : 11 God abandons me to evil men, and throws me into the hands of wicked men.
  • Job 16:13-14 : 13 his archers surround me. Without pity he pierces my kidneys and pours out my gall on the ground. 14 He breaks through against me, time and time again; he rushes against me like a warrior.
  • Job 31:31 : 31 if the members of my household have never said,‘If only there were someone who has not been satisfied from Job’s meat!’–

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    26And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God,

    27whom I will see for myself, and whom my own eyes will behold, and not another. My heart grows faint within me.

    28If you say,‘How we will pursue him, since the root of the trouble is found in him!’

  • Job 19:20-21
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    20My bones stick to my skin and my flesh; I have escaped alive with only the skin of my teeth.

    21Have pity on me, my friends, have pity on me, for the hand of God has struck me.

  • Ps 22:1
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    2“How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?

    3These ten times you have been reproaching me; you are not ashamed to attack me!

  • Ps 22:15-17
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    15The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me in the dust of death.

    16Yes, wild dogs surround me– a gang of evil men crowd around me; like a lion they pin my hands and feet.

    17I can count all my bones; my enemies are gloating over me in triumph.

  • Ps 43:2
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    2For you are the God who shelters me. Why do you reject me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?

  • Job 7:19-20
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    19Will you never look away from me, will you not let me alone long enough to swallow my spittle?

    20If I have sinned– what have I done to you, O watcher of men? Why have you set me as your target? Have I become a burden to you?

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    26For they harass the one whom you discipline; they spread the news about the suffering of those whom you punish.

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    24Why do you hide your face and regard me as your enemy?

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    21You have become cruel to me; with the strength of your hand you attack me.

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    11They say,“God has abandoned him. Run and seize him, for there is no one who will rescue him!”

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    21ש(Sin/Shin) They have heard that I groan, yet there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have brought it about. Bring about the day of judgment that you promised so that they may end up like me!

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    9I will pray to God, my high ridge:“Why do you ignore me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?”

    10My enemies’ taunts cut into me to the bone, as they say to me all day long,“Where is your God?”

  • Job 31:31
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    31if the members of my household have never said,‘If only there were someone who has not been satisfied from Job’s meat!’–

  • Ps 119:84
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    84How long must your servant endure this? When will you judge those who pursue me?

  • Ps 38:2
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    2For your arrows pierce me, and your hand presses me down.

  • Jer 15:15
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    15I said,“LORD, you know how I suffer. Take thought of me and care for me. Pay back for me those who have been persecuting me. Do not be so patient with them that you allow them to kill me. Be mindful of how I have put up with their insults for your sake.

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    4Is my complaint against a man? If so, why should I not be impatient?

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    19But you, O LORD, do not remain far away! You are my source of strength! Hurry and help me!

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    8You have seized me, and it has become a witness; my leanness has risen up against me and testifies against me.

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    10People have opened their mouths against me, they have struck my cheek in scorn; they unite together against me.

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    13his archers surround me. Without pity he pierces my kidneys and pours out my gall on the ground.

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    3Why should we be regarded as beasts, and considered stupid in your sight?

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    14Why do I put myself in peril, and take my life in my hands?

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    3Certainly my enemies chase me. They smash me into the ground. They force me to live in dark regions, like those who have been dead for ages.

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    5Because of the anxiety that makes me groan, my bones protrude from my skin.

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    18He does not allow me to recover my breath, for he fills me with bitterness.

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    19Watch my enemies, for they outnumber me; they hate me and want to harm me.

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    3because of what the enemy says, and because of how the wicked pressure me, for they hurl trouble down upon me and angrily attack me.

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    11He has obstructed my paths and torn me to pieces; he has made me desolate.

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