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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/job/19.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />then know that God has wronged me and drawn his net around me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/19.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />But it is God who has wronged me, capturing me in his net.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/19.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />know then that God has put me in the wrong and closed his net about me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/19.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/19.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/19.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Know then that God has wronged me, And has surrounded me with His net.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Know then that God has wronged me And has surrounded me with His net.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/19.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Know then that God has wronged me And has closed His net around me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Know then that God has wronged me, And has closed His net around me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Know then that God has wronged me And has closed His net around me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Know then that God has wronged me <i>and</i> overthrown me And has closed His net around me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />then understand that it is God who has wronged me and caught me in his net.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />then understand that it is God who has wronged me and caught me in His net. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/19.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Know now that God hath subverted me in my cause, And hath compassed me with his net.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/19.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But God is the one at fault for finding fault with me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/19.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Know now that God hath subverted me in my cause, and hath compassed me with his net.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />then I want you to know that God has wronged me and surrounded me with his net.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/19.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Can't you see it is God who has done this? He has set a trap to catch me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/19.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />then at least you must know that God has accused me of wrong, and trapped me with his net."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/19.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />know then that God has wronged me and encircled me with his net. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />know now that God has subverted me, and has surrounded me with his net.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath encompassed me with his net.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/19.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />know now that God has subverted me, and has surrounded me with his net. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Know now, that God turned me upside down, "" And has set around His net against me,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Know now, that God turned me upside down, And His net against me hath set round,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Know ye now that God subverted me; and he folded his net about me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />At least now understand, that God hath not afflicted me with an equal judgment, and compassed me with his scourges. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />At least now you should understand that God has not afflicted me with a balanced judgment, though he has encompassed me with his scourges.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/19.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Know then that it is God who has dealt unfairly with me, and compassed me round with his net. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />know then that God has put me in the wrong, and closed his net around me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Know then that God has condemned me, and spread his net over me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/19.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Know therefore that God is my creditor, and he has spread his net over me<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/19.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Know now that God hath subverted my cause, And hath compassed me with His net.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/19.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Know then that it is the Lord that has troubled <i>me</i>, and has raised his bulwark against me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/19-6.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=2847" 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">5</span>If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my disgrace against me, <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/645.htm" title="645: ’ê·p̄ōw (Conj) -- Then. Or hephowe; from poh; strictly a demonstrative particle, here; but used of time, now or then.">then</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: də·‘ū- (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">understand</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/433.htm" title="433: ’ĕ·lō·w·ah (N-ms) -- God, god. Probably prolonged From 'el; a deity or the Deity.">it is God</a> <a href="/hebrew/5791.htm" title="5791: ‘iw·wə·ṯā·nî (V-Piel-Perf-3ms:: 1cs) -- To be bent or crooked. A primitive root; to wrest.">who has wronged me</a> <a href="/hebrew/4685.htm" title="4685: ū·mə·ṣū·ḏōw (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- A net, a, fastness, tower. Or mtsowdah; or mtsodah; from tsuwd; a net.">and drawn His net</a> <a href="/hebrew/5362.htm" title="5362: hiq·qîp̄ (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to strike with more or less violence; by implication to knock together, i.e. Surround or circulate.">around</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lay (Prep:: 1cs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">me.</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.…<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="/job/9-17.htm">Job 9:17-18</a></span><br />For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause. / He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/16-11.htm">Job 16:11-14</a></span><br />God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked. / I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target; / His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/30-19.htm">Job 30:19</a></span><br />He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/13-24.htm">Job 13:24-27</a></span><br />Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy? / Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff? / For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/10-16.htm">Job 10:16-17</a></span><br />Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me. / You produce new witnesses against me and multiply Your anger toward me. Hardships assault me in wave after wave.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/23-13.htm">Job 23:13-16</a></span><br />But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires. / For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans. / Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/6-4.htm">Job 6:4</a></span><br />For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/7-20.htm">Job 7:20</a></span><br />If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/16-7.htm">Job 16:7-9</a></span><br />Surely He has now exhausted me; You have devastated all my family. / You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me. / His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/27-2.htm">Job 27:2</a></span><br />“As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice—the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/88-6.htm">Psalm 88:6-8</a></span><br />You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths. / Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah / 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/31-9.htm">Psalm 31:9-13</a></span><br />Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well. / For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away. / 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/38-2.htm">Psalm 38:2-8</a></span><br />For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me. / There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin. / For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/42-7.htm">Psalm 42:7</a></span><br />Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-1.htm">Lamentations 3:1-9</a></span><br />I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath. / He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light. / Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Know now that God has overthrown me, and has compassed me with his net.</p><p class="hdg">God</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/7-20.htm">Job 7:20</a></b></br> I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/16-11.htm">Job 16:11-14</a></b></br> God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/44-9.htm">Psalm 44:9-14</a></b></br> But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies… </p><p class="hdg">compassed</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/18-8.htm">Job 18:8-10</a></b></br> For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/1-12.htm">Lamentations 1:12,13</a></b></br> <i>Is it</i> nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted <i>me</i> in the day of his fierce anger… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/12-13.htm">Ezekiel 12:13</a></b></br> My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon <i>to</i> the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/17-4.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/job/17-4.htm">Closed</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-14.htm">Compassed</a> <a href="/job/18-14.htm">Drawn</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-9.htm">Encompassed</a> <a href="/job/18-9.htm">Net</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/14-13.htm">Overthrown</a> <a href="/titus/3-11.htm">Subverted</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-9.htm">Surrounded</a> <a href="/job/19-3.htm">Wrong</a> <a href="/esther/1-16.htm">Wronged</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/19-25.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/psalms/17-10.htm">Closed</a> <a href="/job/26-10.htm">Compassed</a> <a href="/job/20-25.htm">Drawn</a> <a href="/job/26-10.htm">Encompassed</a> <a href="/psalms/9-15.htm">Net</a> <a href="/psalms/9-6.htm">Overthrown</a> <a href="/psalms/119-78.htm">Subverted</a> <a href="/psalms/17-11.htm">Surrounded</a> <a href="/job/19-7.htm">Wrong</a> <a href="/job/19-7.htm">Wronged</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>then understand that it is God who has wronged me</b><br>In this phrase, Job expresses his belief that his suffering is directly caused by God. This reflects the ancient Near Eastern understanding of divine retribution, where suffering was often seen as a result of divine displeasure. Job's statement is a bold assertion of his innocence, as he feels unjustly treated by God. This sentiment is echoed in other parts of the book, where Job maintains his righteousness despite his friends' accusations (<a href="/job/27-2.htm">Job 27:2</a>). Theologically, this challenges the simplistic view of retributive justice and invites readers to explore the complexities of suffering and divine sovereignty.<p><b>and drawn His net around me</b><br>The imagery of a net suggests entrapment and inescapability, common in ancient literature to describe divine judgment or fate. This metaphor is used elsewhere in the Bible to depict God's control over human circumstances (<a href="/psalms/66-11.htm">Psalm 66:11</a>). In Job's context, it emphasizes his feeling of being trapped by circumstances beyond his control, reinforcing his sense of helplessness. This can be seen as a type of Christ, who also experienced a sense of abandonment and entrapment in His suffering (<a href="/matthew/27-46.htm">Matthew 27:46</a>). The net imagery also connects to the broader biblical theme of God’s sovereignty and the mystery of His ways, as seen in <a href="/ecclesiastes/7-13.htm">Ecclesiastes 7:13-14</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central figure in the Book of Job, experiencing intense suffering and loss.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The Almighty Creator, whom Job believes has allowed or caused his suffering. Job's relationship with God is central to the account.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_friends.htm">Job's Friends</a></b><br>Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, who visit Job to comfort him but end up arguing that his suffering must be due to his sin.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land_of_uz.htm">The Land of Uz</a></b><br>The setting of the Book of Job, a region whose exact location is uncertain but is traditionally considered to be in the area of Edom or northern Arabia.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/suffering_and_trials.htm">Suffering and Trials</a></b><br>The events of Job's life, including the loss of his children, wealth, and health, which serve as the backdrop for his lament and dialogue with his friends and God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_suffering.htm">Understanding Suffering</a></b><br>Job's declaration that God has wronged him reflects a deep struggle to comprehend his suffering. Believers are encouraged to bring their honest questions and emotions to God, trusting in His ultimate justice and goodness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_faith_in_trials.htm">The Role of Faith in Trials</a></b><br>Job's faith is tested, yet he continues to seek God. In times of trial, believers are called to hold onto their faith, even when circumstances seem inexplicable.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Job's situation reminds us of God's sovereignty over all circumstances. While we may not understand His ways, we can trust that He is in control and has a purpose for our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_support.htm">Community and Support</a></b><br>Job's friends initially come to support him, but their misguided counsel highlights the importance of offering compassionate and empathetic support to those who are suffering.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/perseverance_and_hope.htm">Perseverance and Hope</a></b><br>The account of Job encourages believers to persevere through trials, holding onto hope and the promise of God's eventual restoration and blessing.<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_is_god's_justice_shown_in_job_19.htm">How do we reconcile the justice of God in Job 19 with the apparently unjust and arbitrary suffering Job endures? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_ask_job_to_discredit_him.htm">Job 40:8: Why would an all-knowing God demand Job to “discredit” His justice, and is this consistent with the broader biblical portrayal of divine fairness?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/did_job's_words_contain_any_sin.htm">Did Job's words contain any sin?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_proof_of_job's_wrongdoing.htm">In Job 6:24-25, why is it that neither God nor anyone else presents undeniable evidence of Job's alleged wrongdoing if his punishment is just?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/19.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) <span class= "bld">Know now that God hath overthrown me.</span>--Bildad had spoken a great deal about the wicked being snared by his own sin, and now Job, without actually quoting his words--for he uses a word for <span class= "ital">net </span>that Bildad had not used--speaks to their substance. It is <span class= "ital">God </span>who has taken him in His net and compassed him about therewith. This is the assertion he has made before (<a href="/job/16-7.htm" title="But now he has made me weary: you have made desolate all my company.">Job 16:7</a>; <a href="/job/13-27.htm" title="You put my feet also in the stocks, and look narrowly to all my paths; you set a print on the heels of my feet.">Job 13:27</a>, &c.).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Know now that God hath overthrown me</span>; or, perverted me - "subverted me in my cause" (see <a href="/lamentations/3-6.htm">Lamentations 3:6</a>). <span class="cmt_word">And hath compassed me with his net</span>. Professor Lee thinks that the net, or rather noose, intended by the rare word <span class="hebrew">מצוּד</span> is the <span class="accented">lasso</span>' which was certainly employed in war (Herod., 7:85), and probably also in hunting, from ancient times in the East. Bildad had insinuated that Job had fallen into his own snare (<a href="/job/18-7.htm">Job 18:7-9</a>); Job replies that the snare in which he is taken is from God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/19-6.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">then</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֭פוֹ</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·p̄ōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_645.htm">Strong's 645: </a> </span><span class="str2">Here, now, then</span><br /><br /><span class="word">understand</span><br /><span class="heb">דְּֽעוּ־</span> <span class="translit">(də·‘ū-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To know</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it is God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱל֣וֹהַּ</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·w·ah)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_433.htm">Strong's 433: </a> </span><span class="str2">God -- a deity, the Deity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who has wronged me</span><br /><span class="heb">עִוְּתָ֑נִי</span> <span class="translit">(‘iw·wə·ṯā·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5791.htm">Strong's 5791: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be bent or crooked</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and drawn His net</span><br /><span class="heb">וּ֝מְצוּד֗וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mə·ṣū·ḏōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4686.htm">Strong's 4686: </a> </span><span class="str2">A net, capture, a fastness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">around</span><br /><span class="heb">הִקִּֽיף׃</span> <span class="translit">(hiq·qîp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5362.htm">Strong's 5362: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strike, to knock together, surround, circulate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">me.</span><br /><span class="heb">עָלַ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·lay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/19-6.htm">Job 19:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/19-6.htm">Job 19:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/19-6.htm">Job 19:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/19-6.htm">Job 19:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/19-6.htm">Job 19:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/19-6.htm">Job 19:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/19-6.htm">Job 19:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/19-6.htm">Job 19:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/19-6.htm">Job 19:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/19-6.htm">Job 19:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/19-6.htm">OT Poetry: Job 19:6 Know now that God has subverted me (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/19-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 19:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 19:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/19-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 19:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 19:7" /></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>