King James Version
Job 19:21 in the King James Version says “Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.” — study this verse from Job chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.”
Job 19:21 · KJV
All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me. my: Heb. the men of my secret
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. and to: or, as to
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! Oh: Heb. Who will give, etc
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Have pity”
H2603properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e., move to favor by petition)
“Have pity”
H2603properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e., move to favor by petition)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“for the hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
“hath touched”
H5060properly, to touch, i.e., lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive
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