Job 19:10 “He tears me down on every side until I am gone; He uproots my hope lik…”

Job 19:10

He tears me down on every side until I am gone; He uproots my hope like a tree.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.

World English Bible

He has broken me down on every side, and I am gone. He has plucked my hope up like a tree.

American Standard Version

He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; And my hope hath he plucked up like a tree.

Geneva Bible 1599

He hath destroyed mee on euery side and I am gone: and he hath remoued mine hope like a tree.

Darby Translation

He breaketh me down on every side, and I am gone; and my hope hath he torn up as a tree.

Young's Literal Translation

He breaketh me down round about, and I go, And removeth like a tree my hope.

Bible in Basic English

I am broken down by him on every side, and I am gone; my hope is uprooted like a tree.

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Cross references

“destroyed”

Job 1:13–19 Job 2:7 Psalm 88:13–18 Lamentations 2:5 Lamentations 2:6 2 Corinthians 4:8

Job 1:13–19 · BSB

One day, while Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

Job 2:7 · BSB

So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.

Psalm 88:13–18 · BSB

But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; in the morning my prayer comes before You.

Lamentations 2:5 · BSB

The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah.

Lamentations 2:6 · BSB

He has laid waste His tabernacle like a garden booth; He has destroyed His place of meeting. The LORD has made Zion forget her appointed feasts and Sabbaths. In His fierce anger He has despised both king and priest.

2 Corinthians 4:8 · BSB

We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;

“I am gone”

Job 17:11 Psalm 102:11

Job 17:11 · BSB

My days have passed; my plans are broken off— even the desires of my heart.

Psalm 102:11 · BSB

My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.

“mine hope”

Job 24:20 Job 6:11 Job 8:13–18 Job 17:15 Psalm 37:35 Psalm 37:36

Job 24:20 · BSB

The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is broken like a tree.

Job 6:11 · BSB

What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?

Job 8:13–18 · BSB

Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.

Job 17:15 · BSB

where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?

Psalm 37:35 · BSB

I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,

Psalm 37:36 · BSB

yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found.

Also

Job 12:14 Job 7:6

Job 12:14 · BSB

What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.

Job 7:6 · BSB

My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.

11His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies.

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