King James Version
Job 19:12 in the King James Version says “His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.” — study this verse from Job chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.”
Job 19:12 · KJV
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.
My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“and raise up”
H5549to mound up (especially a turnpike); figurative, to exalt; reflexively, to oppose (as by a dam)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“their way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
“against me and encamp”
H2583properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch a tent; generally to encamp (for abode or s
“round about”
H5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
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