King James Version
Job 19:11 in the King James Version says “He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.” — study this verse from Job chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.”
Job 19:11 · KJV
He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.
His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.
He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“He hath also kindled”
H2734to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“his wrath”
H639properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
“against me and he counteth”
H2803properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e., (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a maliciou
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