King James Version
Job 19:16 in the King James Version says “I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.” — study this verse from Job chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.”
Job 19:16 · KJV
My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.
My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's sake of mine own body. mine: Heb. my belly
Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me. young: or, the wicked
KJV Study — Public Domain
“I called”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“and he gave me no answer”
H6030properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e., pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout,
“my mouth”
H6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
“I intreated”
H2603properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e., move to favor by petition)
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