Job 19 · Verse 16

Job 19:16

I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.
Job 19:16, King James Version

Job 19:16 in other translations

BSBI call for my servant, but he does not answer, though I implore him with my own mouth.
WEBI call to my servant, and he gives me no answer. I beg him with my mouth.
ASVI call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, Though I entreat him with my mouth.
YLTTo my servant I have called, And he doth not answer, With my mouth I make supplication to him.
DARBYI called my servant, and he answered not; I entreated him with my mouth.
BBEAt my cry my servant gives me no answer, and I have to make a prayer to him.
WebsterI called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I entreated him with my mouth.

What does Job 19:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
16. servant--born in my house (as distinguished from those sojourning in it), and so altogether belonging to the family. Yet even he disobeys my call. mouth--that is, "calling aloud"; formerly a nod was enough. Now I no longer look for obedience, I try entreaty.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 19:8-22

How doleful are Job's complaints! What is the fire of hell but the wrath of God! Seared consciences will feel it hereafter, but do not fear it now: enlightened consciences fear it now, but shall not feel it hereafter. It is a very common mistake to think that those whom God afflicts he treats as his enemies. Every creature is that to us which God makes it to be; yet this does not excuse Job's relations and friends…

Read the full comment on Job 19:8-22 →

Job 19:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לְעַבְדִּ֣יle.'av.Dito servant myH5650
קָ֭רָאתִיKa.ra.tiI callH7121
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
יַעֲנֶ֑הya.'a.Nehhe answersH6030
בְּמוֹ\־be.mov-withH1119
פִ֝֗יFimouth myH6310
אֶתְחַנֶּן\־'et.cha.nen-I seek favorH2603
לֽוֹ\׃loto him

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 19:16

  • Job 1:15-17

    And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

  • Job 1:19

    And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
my servant.
1:15,16,17,19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 19:15

    They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.

  • Job 19:16

    I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.

  • Job 19:17

    My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body.

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Job 19:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Llamé á mi siervo, y no respondió; de mi propia boca le suplicaba.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		J’ai appelé mon serviteur, et il n’a pas répondu; de ma bouche je l’ai supplié.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Meinem Knechte rufe ich, und er antwortet nicht; mit meinem Munde muß ich zu ihm flehen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Servum meum vocavi, et non respondit: ore proprio deprecabar illum.