King James Version

What Does Job 19:22 Mean?

Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

Context

20

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

21

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

22

Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

23

Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! Oh: Heb. Who will give, etc

24

That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!

Commentary

Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers
(22) **Why do ye persecute me as God?**—Comp. Job 16:9.

Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.

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