Job 19:2 ““How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?”

Job 19:2

“How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

World English Bible

“How long will you torment me, and crush me with words?

American Standard Version

How long will ye vex my soul, And break me in pieces with words?

Geneva Bible 1599

Howe long will yee vexe my soule, and torment me with wordes?

Darby Translation

How long will ye vex my soul, and crush me with words?

Young's Literal Translation

Till when do ye afflict my soul, And bruise me with words?

Bible in Basic English

How long will you make my life bitter, crushing me with words?

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Cross references

“How long”

Job 8:2 Job 18:2 Psalm 13:1 Revelation 6:10

Job 8:2 · BSB

“How long will you go on saying such things? The words of your mouth are a blustering wind.

Job 18:2 · BSB

“How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.

Psalm 13:1 · BSB

How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?

Revelation 6:10 · BSB

And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge those who dwell upon the earth and avenge our blood?”

“vex”

Job 27:2 Judges 16:16 Psalm 42:10 Psalm 6:2 Psalm 6:3 2 Peter 2:7

Job 27:2 · BSB

“As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice— the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—

Judges 16:16 · BSB

Finally, after she had pressed him daily with her words and pleaded until he was sick to death,

Psalm 42:10 · BSB

Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

Psalm 6:2 · BSB

Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.

Psalm 6:3 · BSB

My soul is deeply distressed. How long, O LORD, how long?

2 Peter 2:7 · BSB

and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless

“break me”

Psalm 55:21 Psalm 59:7 Psalm 64:3 Proverbs 12:18 Proverbs 18:21 James 3:6–8

Psalm 55:21 · BSB

His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.

Psalm 59:7 · BSB

See what they spew from their mouths— sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”

Psalm 64:3 · BSB

who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,

Proverbs 12:18 · BSB

Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Proverbs 18:21 · BSB

Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

James 3:6–8 · BSB

The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

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

In context

1Then Job answered:

3Ten times now you have reproached me; you shamelessly mistreat me.

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