Job 19 · Verse 21

Job 19:21

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
Job 19:21, King James Version

Job 19:21 in other translations

BSBHave pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.
WEB“Have pity on me. Have pity on me, you my friends, for the hand of God has touched me.
ASVHave pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; For the hand of God hath touched me.
YLTPity me, pity me, ye my friends, For the hand of God hath stricken against me.
DARBYHave pity upon me, have pity upon me, ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
BBEHave pity on me, have pity on me, O my friends! for the hand of God is on me.
WebsterHave pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

What does Job 19:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
21. When God had made him such a piteous spectacle, his friends should spare him the additional persecution of their cruel speeches.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 21 Have pity upon me - The iteration here strongly indicates the depth of his distress, and that his spirit was worn down with the length and severity of his suffering.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · 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…

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Job 19:21 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.

חָנֻּ֬נִיcha.Nu.nishow favor to meH2603
חָנֻּ֣נִיcha.Nu.nishow favor to meH2603
אַתֶּ֣ם'a.TemO youH859
רֵעָ֑יre.'Aifriends myH7453
כִּ֥יkiforH3588
יַד\־yad-[the] hand ofH3027
אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahGodH433
נָ֣גְעָהNa.ge.'ahit has touchedH5060
בִּֽי\׃Bi<in> me

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

Cross references for Job 19:21

  • Job 1:11

    But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.

  • Psalms 38:2

    For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

  • Job 6:4

    For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

  • Romans 12:15

    Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

  • Hebrews 13:3

    Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

  • 1 Corinthians 12:26

    And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.

  • Job 2:10

    But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

  • Job 2:5

    But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.

  • Job 6:14

    To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
have pity.
6:14; Ro 12:15; 1Co 12:26; Heb 13:3
the hand.
1:11; 2:5,10; 6:4; Ps 38:2

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Context

  • Job 19:20

    My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

  • Job 19:21

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

  • Job 19:22

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

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Job 19:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Oh vosotros mis amigos, tened compasión de mí, tened compasión de mí; porque la mano de Dios me ha tocado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ayez pitié de moi, ayez pitié de moi, vous mes amis! car la main de ✝Dieu m’a atteint.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Erbarmet euch meiner, erbarmet euch meiner, ihr meine Freunde! denn die Hand Gottes hat mich angetastet.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Miseremini mei, miseremini mei saltem vos, amici mei, quia manus Domini tetigit me.