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I have to plead with him!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/19.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />I call to my servant, but he gives me no answer; I must plead with him with my mouth for mercy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/19.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I call for my servant, but he does not answer, though I implore him with my own mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/19.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />I called my servant, and he gave <i>me</i> no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/19.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />I call my servant, but he gives no answer; I beg him with my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“I call to my servant, but he does not answer; I have to implore his favor with my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/19.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220I call to my servant, but he does not answer; I have to implore him with my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“I call to my servant, but he does not answer, I have to implore him with my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />I call to my servant, but he does not answer; I have to implore him with my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“I call to my servant, but he does not answer; I have to implore him with words.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I call for my servant, but he does not answer, even if I beg him with my own mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I call for my servant, but he does not answer, even if I beg him with my own mouth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/19.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, Though I entreat him with my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/19.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and when I call my servants, they pay no attention. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/19.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, though I entreat him with my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I call my slave, but he doesn't answer, though I beg him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/19.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />When I call a servant, he doesn't answer--even when I beg him to help me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/19.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"I call to my servant, but he doesn't respond, even though I beg to him earnestly. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I call for my servant, but he does not answer, though I implore him with my own mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/19.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I summon my servant, but he does not respond, even though I implore him with my own mouth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer. I beg him with my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I entreated him with my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/19.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer. I beg him with my mouth. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />I have called to my servant, "" And he does not answer, "" With my mouth I make supplication to him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> To my servant I have called, And he doth not answer, With my mouth I make supplication to him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />I called to my servant and he will not answer; I shall entreat him with my mouth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />I called my servant, and he gave me no answer, I entreated him with my own mouth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />I called my servant, and he did not respond; I pleaded with him with my own mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/19.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I call my servant, but he gives no answer, though I plead aloud with him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I call to my servant, but he gives me no answer; I must myself plead with him.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I entreated him with my mouth and implored him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/19.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />I called my Servant and he did not answer me, and I entreated him with the words of my mouth and I begged him<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/19.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, Though I entreat him with my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/19.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />I called my servant, and he hearkened not; and my mouth intreated <i>him</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/19-16.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=2905" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/19.htm">Job: My Redeemer Lives</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">15</span>My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight. <span class="reftext">16</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: qā·rā·ṯî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">I call</a> <a href="/hebrew/5650.htm" title="5650: lə·‘aḇ·dî (Prep-l:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- Slave, servant. From abad; a servant.">for my servant,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">but he does not</a> <a href="/hebrew/6030.htm" title="6030: ya·‘ă·neh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To answer, respond.">answer,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2603.htm" title="2603: ’eṯ·ḥan·nen- (V-Hitpael-Imperf-1cs) -- A primitive root; properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore.">though I implore</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- ">him</a> <a href="/hebrew/1119.htm" title="1119: bə·mōw- (Prep) -- In. Prolongation for prepositional prefix; in, with, by, etc.">with</a> <a href="/hebrew/6310.htm" title="6310: p̄î (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Mouth. From pa'ah; the mouth, whether literal or figurative; specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially according to.">my own mouth.</a> </span><span class="reftext">17</span>My breath is repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own family.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/38-11.htm">Psalm 38:11</a></span><br />My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/88-8.htm">Psalm 88:8</a></span><br />You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/31-11.htm">Psalm 31:11</a></span><br />Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends—they flee when they see me on the street.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/69-8.htm">Psalm 69:8</a></span><br />I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Isaiah 53:3</a></span><br />He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/1-2.htm">Lamentations 1:2</a></span><br />She weeps aloud in the night, with tears upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/1-19.htm">Lamentations 1:19</a></span><br />I called out to my lovers, but they have betrayed me. My priests and elders perished in the city while they searched for food to keep themselves alive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/19-7.htm">Proverbs 19:7</a></span><br />All the brothers of a poor man hate him—how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/7-5.htm">Micah 7:5-6</a></span><br />Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms. / For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies are the members of his own household.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-56.htm">Matthew 26:56</a></span><br />But this has all happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-69.htm">Matthew 26:69-75</a></span><br />Meanwhile, Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came up to him. “You also were with Jesus the Galilean,” she said. / But he denied it before them all: “I do not know what you are talking about.” / When Peter had gone out to the gateway, another servant girl saw him and said to the people there, “This man was with Jesus of Nazareth.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/14-50.htm">Mark 14:50</a></span><br />Then everyone deserted Him and fled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/14-66.htm">Mark 14:66-72</a></span><br />While Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the servant girls of the high priest came down / and saw him warming himself there. She looked at Peter and said, “You also were with Jesus the Nazarene.” / But he denied it. “I do not know or even understand what you are talking about,” he said. Then he went out to the gateway, and the rooster crowed. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/22-54.htm">Luke 22:54-62</a></span><br />Then they seized Jesus, led Him away, and took Him into the house of the high priest. And Peter followed at a distance. / When those present had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them. / A servant girl saw him seated in the firelight and looked intently at him. “This man also was with Him,” she said. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/1-10.htm">John 1:10-11</a></span><br />He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him. / He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I entreated him with my mouth.</p><p class="hdg">my servant</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/1-15.htm">Job 1:15,16,17,19</a></b></br> And the Sabeans fell <i>upon them</i>, 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… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/10-9.htm">Beg</a> <a href="/job/10-9.htm">Beseech</a> <a href="/job/19-7.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/job/11-19.htm">Entreat</a> <a href="/job/11-19.htm">Entreated</a> <a href="/job/19-3.htm">Gives</a> <a href="/job/9-15.htm">Implore</a> <a href="/ezra/8-23.htm">Intreated</a> <a href="/job/16-10.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/job/16-17.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/job/14-6.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/job/13-22.htm">Summon</a> <a href="/job/9-15.htm">Supplication</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/80-14.htm">Beg</a> <a href="/job/42-4.htm">Beseech</a> <a href="/job/24-12.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/job/21-15.htm">Entreat</a> <a href="/job/19-17.htm">Entreated</a> <a href="/job/20-23.htm">Gives</a> <a href="/malachi/1-9.htm">Implore</a> <a href="/job/19-17.htm">Intreated</a> <a href="/job/20-12.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/job/21-15.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/job/31-13.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/psalms/68-28.htm">Summon</a> <a href="/job/19-17.htm">Supplication</a><div class="vheading2">Job 19</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/19-1.htm">Job, complaining of his friends' cruelty, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/19-6.htm">shows there is misery enough in him to feed their cruelty</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/19-21.htm">He craves pity</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/19-23.htm">He believes the resurrection</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/19.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/19.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>I call for my servant</b><br>In the ancient Near Eastern context, servants were an integral part of a household, often responsible for various duties and maintaining the household's daily operations. Job, once a wealthy and respected man, would have had numerous servants. His calling for a servant highlights his previous status and the drastic change in his circumstances. This phrase also reflects Job's isolation and the breakdown of his social relationships, as even those who were once under his authority now ignore him. This can be seen as a metaphor for his feeling of abandonment by God, paralleling the servant's lack of response to Job's call.<p><b>but he does not answer</b><br>The lack of response from the servant signifies Job's complete alienation and the loss of respect and authority he once held. In the cultural context, a servant's failure to respond would be seen as a significant breach of duty and respect. This silence can be compared to Job's perception of God's silence in his suffering, emphasizing his sense of being unheard and forsaken. This theme of divine silence is echoed in other parts of Scripture, such as in the Psalms, where the psalmists often cry out to God in times of distress and feel unheard.<p><b>though I implore him with my own mouth</b><br>Job's use of the word "implore" indicates a desperate plea, showing his vulnerability and the depth of his suffering. The phrase "with my own mouth" underscores the personal nature of his request, highlighting that Job himself, not through intermediaries, is making this plea. This personal appeal can be seen as a reflection of Job's direct and earnest prayers to God, seeking answers and relief from his afflictions. The intensity of Job's plea can be compared to the earnest prayers of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, where He also implores God with deep anguish.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>The central figure in the Book of Job, a man of great faith and integrity who undergoes severe trials and suffering. In this verse, Job is expressing his isolation and the breakdown of relationships due to his afflictions.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/servant.htm">Servant</a></b><br>An unnamed servant of Job, representing those who once served him but now ignore his pleas. This highlights Job's loss of status and respect among those who were once loyal to him.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_suffering.htm">Job's Suffering</a></b><br>The broader context of Job's suffering includes loss of wealth, health, and family, leading to his lament in this verse about being ignored by those around him.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/i/isolation_in_suffering.htm">Isolation in Suffering</a></b><br>Suffering can lead to feelings of isolation, even from those who were once close to us. Job's experience reminds us that such feelings are not uncommon and can be part of the human condition.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_compassion.htm">The Importance of Compassion</a></b><br>Job's plea to his servant underscores the need for compassion and responsiveness to those who are suffering. As Christians, we are called to be attentive and supportive to those in distress.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_amidst_abandonment.htm">Faith Amidst Abandonment</a></b><br>Despite feeling abandoned, Job continues to cry out, demonstrating faith. In our own times of feeling forsaken, we can follow Job's example by maintaining our faith and continuing to seek God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_human_limitations.htm">Understanding Human Limitations</a></b><br>Job's servant's failure to respond can remind us of human limitations. People may fail us, but God remains faithful. This encourages us to place our ultimate trust in God rather than in humans.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_19.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 19</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_are_we_captives_in_your_parade.htm">What are spiritual beings?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_job's_story_historically_corroborated.htm">Is there any non-biblical evidence supporting Job's extreme losses and subsequent restoration (Job 19:13-20), or does the account stand alone with no historical corroboration?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_god_silent_if_job's_pleas_lack_merit.htm">In light of Job 35:16, why would a merciful God remain silent if Job's pleas are without merit, given other scriptures showing God responding to human need?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_gospel_of_jesus'_wife.htm">What role does silence play in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 16.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I called my servant, and he gave me no answer</span>. Astounding insolence in an Oriental servant or rather <span class="accented">slave</span> (<span class="hebrew">עבד</span>), who should have hung upon his master's words, and striven to anticipate his wishes. I intreated him with my mouth. Begging him probably for some service which was distasteful, and which he declined to render. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/19-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">I call</span><br /><span class="heb">קָ֭רָאתִי</span> <span class="translit">(qā·rā·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> </span><span class="str2">To call, proclaim, read</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for my servant,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְעַבְדִּ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(lə·‘aḇ·dî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5650.htm">Strong's 5650: </a> </span><span class="str2">Slave, servant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but he does not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">answer,</span><br /><span class="heb">יַעֲנֶ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(ya·‘ă·neh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6030.htm">Strong's 6030: </a> </span><span class="str2">To answer, respond</span><br /><br /><span class="word">though I implore</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶתְחַנֶּן־</span> <span class="translit">(’eṯ·ḥan·nen-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2603.htm">Strong's 2603: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bend, stoop in kindness to an inferior, to favor, bestow, to implore</span><br /><br /><span class="word">him</span><br /><span class="heb">לֽוֹ׃</span> <span class="translit">(lōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">with</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּמוֹ־</span> <span class="translit">(bə·mōw-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1119.htm">Strong's 1119: </a> </span><span class="str2">In, with, by</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my own mouth.</span><br /><span class="heb">פִ֝֗י</span> <span class="translit">(p̄î)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6310.htm">Strong's 6310: </a> </span><span class="str2">The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/19-16.htm">Job 19:16 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/19-16.htm">Job 19:16 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/19-16.htm">Job 19:16 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/19-16.htm">Job 19:16 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/19-16.htm">Job 19:16 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/19-16.htm">Job 19:16 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/19-16.htm">Job 19:16 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/19-16.htm">Job 19:16 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/19-16.htm">Job 19:16 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/19-16.htm">Job 19:16 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/19-16.htm">OT Poetry: Job 19:16 I call to my servant and he (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/19-15.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 19:15"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 19:15" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/19-17.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 19:17"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 19:17" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>