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Job: My Redeemer Lives

Job 19:21

In 11 translations

BSB
Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.
KJV
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
WEB
“Have pity on me. Have pity on me, you my friends, for the hand of God has touched me.
ASV
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; For the hand of God hath touched me.
LSV
Pity me, pity me, you my friends, || For the hand of God has struck against me.
YLT
Pity me, pity me, ye my friends, For the hand of God hath stricken against me.
DBY
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.Eloah
DRC
Have pity on me, have pity on me, at least you my friends, because the hand of the Lord hath touched me.
GNV
Haue pitie vpon me: haue pitie vpon me, (O yee my friendes) for the hande of God hath touched me.
JPS
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
LXXE
Pity me, pity me, O friends; for it is the hand of the Lord that has touched me.

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Original-language editions

WLC
חָנֻּ֬נִי חָנֻּ֣נִי אַתֶּ֣ם רֵעָ֑י כִּ֥י יַד־אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ נָ֣גְעָה בִּֽי׃
LXX-Br
Ἐλεήσατέ με, ἐλεήσατέ με, ὦ φίλοι, χεὶρ γὰρ Κυρίου ἡ ἁψαμένη μου ἐστί.

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👤 God◆ Job's Trial

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 1:11But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
  • Psalms 38:2For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
  • Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
  • Job 6:14A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
  • 1 Corinthians 12:26If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
  • Romans 12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
  • Job 2:5But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
  • Job 2:10“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
  • Hebrews 13:3Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.

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