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Will you never get enough of my flesh?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/19.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Must you also persecute me, like God does? Haven’t you chewed me up enough?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/19.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Why do you, like God, pursue me? Why are you not satisfied with my flesh?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/19.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Why do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/19.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/19.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Why do you persecute me as God <i>does,</i> And are not satisfied with my flesh?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Why do you persecute me as God <i>does,</i> And are not satisfied with my flesh?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/19.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Why do you persecute me as God does, And are not satisfied with my flesh?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Why do you persecute me as God <i>does,</i> And are not satisfied with my flesh?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Why do you persecute me as God <i>does</i>, And are not satisfied with my flesh?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Why do you persecute me as God <i>does?</i> Why are you not satisfied with my flesh (anguish)?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Why do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Why do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/19.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Why do ye persecute me as God, And are not satisfied with my flesh?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/19.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Hasn't he already done enough? Why do you join the attack? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/19.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Why do you pursue me as God does? Why are you never satisfied with my flesh?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/19.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Why must you persecute me the way God does? Haven't you tormented me enough? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/19.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Why are you chasing me, as God has been doing? Aren't you satisfied that I'm sick? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Why do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/19.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Why do you pursue me like God does? Will you never be satiated with my flesh? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Why do you persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/19.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Why do you persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Why do you pursue me as God? And are not satisfied with my flesh?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Why do you pursue me as God? And with my flesh are not satisfied?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Why will ye pursue me as God, and will ye not be satisfied from my flesh?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Why do you persecute me as God, and glut yourselves with my flesh? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Why do you pursue me just as God does, and satiate yourselves with my flesh?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/19.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Why do you pursue me like God, and prey insatiably upon me? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Why do you, like God, pursue me, never satisfied with my flesh?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Why do you also persecute me like God, and you are not satisfied with the hurt of my flesh?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/19.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Why will you persecute me, even you, like God, and with my flesh you will not be satisfied?<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/19.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Why do ye persecute me as God, And are not satisfied with my flesh?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/19.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Wherefore do ye persecute me as also the Lord <i>does</i>, and are not satisfied with my flesh?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/19-22.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=2941" 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">21</span>Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me. <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: lām·māh (Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">Why</a> <a href="/hebrew/7291.htm" title="7291: tir·də·p̄u·nî (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp:: 1cs) -- To pursue, chase, persecute. A primitive root; to run after (of time) gone by).">do you persecute me</a> <a href="/hebrew/3644.htm" title="3644: ḵə·mōw- (Prep) -- Like, as, when. Or kamow; a form of the prefix k-, but used separately; as, thus, so.">as</a> <a href="/hebrew/410.htm" title="410: ’êl (N-ms) -- God, in pl. gods. Shortened from 'ayil; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty.">God does?</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">Will you never</a> <a href="/hebrew/7646.htm" title="7646: ṯiś·bā·‘ū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To be sated, satisfied or surfeited. Or sabeay; a primitive root; to sate, i.e. Fill to satisfaction.">get enough</a> <a href="/hebrew/1320.htm" title="1320: ū·mib·bə·śā·rî (Conj-w, Prep-m:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- Flesh. From basar; flesh; by extension, body, person; also The pudenda of a man.">of my flesh?</a> </span><span class="reftext">23</span>I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book,…<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/69-26.htm">Psalm 69:26</a></span><br />For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/35-15.htm">Psalm 35:15-16</a></span><br />But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing. / Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/41-7.htm">Psalm 41:7-9</a></span><br />All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me: / “A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!” / Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/109-4.htm">Psalm 109:4-5</a></span><br />In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer. / They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-34.htm">Lamentations 3:34-36</a></span><br />To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land, / to deny a man justice before the Most High, / to subvert a man in his lawsuit—of these the Lord does not approve.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Isaiah 53:3-4</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. / Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/20-10.htm">Jeremiah 20:10</a></span><br />For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our vengeance upon him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/7-6.htm">Micah 7:6</a></span><br />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="/zechariah/13-6.htm">Zechariah 13:6</a></span><br />If someone asks him, ‘What are these wounds on your chest?’ he will answer, ‘These are the wounds I received in the house of my friends.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-11.htm">Matthew 5:11-12</a></span><br />Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. / Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/10-21.htm">Matthew 10:21-22</a></span><br />Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death. / You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-59.htm">Matthew 26:59-61</a></span><br />Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death. / But they did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward / and declared, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/14-55.htm">Mark 14:55-59</a></span><br />Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, but they did not find any. / For many bore false witness against Jesus, but their testimony was inconsistent. / Then some men stood up and testified falsely against Him: ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/6-22.htm">Luke 6:22-23</a></span><br />Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man. / Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For their fathers treated the prophets in the same way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-18.htm">John 15:18-20</a></span><br />If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first. / If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. / Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Why do you persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?</p><p class="hdg">persecute</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/10-16.htm">Job 10:16</a></b></br> For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/16-13.htm">Job 16:13,14</a></b></br> His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/69-26.htm">Psalm 69:26</a></b></br> For they persecute <i>him</i> whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.</p><p class="hdg">and are not</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/2-5.htm">Job 2:5</a></b></br> But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/31-31.htm">Job 31:31</a></b></br> If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/51-23.htm">Isaiah 51:23</a></b></br> But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/16-9.htm">Cruel</a> <a href="/job/15-11.htm">Enough</a> <a href="/job/18-21.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/job/19-20.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-7.htm">Persecute</a> <a href="/job/13-25.htm">Pursue</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/24-15.htm">Satisfied</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/19-28.htm">Cruel</a> <a href="/job/20-21.htm">Enough</a> <a href="/job/20-12.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/job/19-26.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/job/19-28.htm">Persecute</a> <a href="/job/19-28.htm">Pursue</a> <a href="/job/21-23.htm">Satisfied</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>Why do you persecute me as God does?</b><br>In this phrase, Job is addressing his friends, who have been relentless in their accusations and criticisms. The term "persecute" suggests a relentless pursuit or harassment, which Job feels from both his friends and, in his perception, from God. This reflects Job's deep anguish and confusion about his suffering. In the cultural context of the Ancient Near East, suffering was often seen as a direct result of divine displeasure, which is why Job's friends insist he must have sinned. Job's comparison of his friends' actions to God's indicates his feeling of being unjustly targeted. This echoes the broader theme of the book, where Job struggles to understand the reason for his suffering. Theologically, this can be connected to the concept of divine testing, as seen in other scriptures like <a href="/genesis/22.htm">Genesis 22:1</a>, where God tests Abraham.<p><b>Will you never get enough of my flesh?</b><br>Here, "flesh" symbolizes Job's physical and emotional being, which has been ravaged by his afflictions. The phrase suggests a sense of being consumed or devoured, highlighting the intensity of his suffering. In the historical context, physical suffering was often seen as a manifestation of spiritual or moral failure, which is why Job's friends believe he must have sinned. The imagery of consuming flesh can also be seen in <a href="/psalms/27-2.htm">Psalm 27:2</a>, where enemies are described as seeking to devour the psalmist's flesh. This phrase underscores the relentless nature of Job's trials and the insatiable nature of his friends' accusations. In a typological sense, Job's suffering and feeling of being consumed can be seen as a foreshadowing of Christ's own suffering and the way He was metaphorically "devoured" by the sins of the world, as described in <a href="/isaiah/53.htm">Isaiah 53</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, enduring immense suffering and questioning the reasons behind it.<br><br>2. <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 accusing him of wrongdoing, suggesting his suffering is due to his sins.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The ultimate sovereign being, whose ways and reasons are often beyond human understanding. Job feels that his suffering is akin to divine persecution.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/u/uz.htm">Uz</a></b><br>The land where Job lived, often associated with the region east of Israel, possibly in Edom or northern Arabia.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/suffering.htm">Suffering</a></b><br>The central event in Job's life at this point, characterized by loss of wealth, health, and family, leading to deep existential and theological questions.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_suffering.htm">Understanding Suffering</a></b><br>Suffering is not always a direct result of personal sin. Job's account challenges the simplistic view of retributive justice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/human_limitations.htm">Human Limitations</a></b><br>Our understanding of God's ways is limited. Job's questioning reflects a natural human response to suffering, but it also points to the need for trust in God's ultimate wisdom.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/compassionate_friendship.htm">Compassionate Friendship</a></b><br>Job's friends initially came to comfort him but ended up adding to his suffering. This teaches the importance of empathy and support rather than judgment in times of others' distress.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/perseverance_in_faith.htm">Perseverance in Faith</a></b><br>Despite his anguish, Job maintains his faith in God. His account encourages believers to hold onto their faith even when circumstances are incomprehensible.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Job's experience underscores the sovereignty of God, reminding believers that God's purposes are often beyond human understanding but are ultimately good.<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_can_humans_teach_an_all-knowing_god.htm">In Job 21:22, how can humans teach God anything if He is described elsewhere as all-knowing and beyond counsel?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_god_value_human_righteousness.htm">In Job 22:2-3, if God gains nothing from human righteousness, how do we reconcile this with other passages emphasizing God's delight in obedience?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_bildad's_claim_with_innocent_suffering.htm">How can Bildad's claim that God never rejects the blameless (Job 8:20-22) be reconciled with instances of innocent suffering in Scripture?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_eliphaz_claim_innocents_don't_perish.htm">In Job 4:7, how could Eliphaz assert that no innocent person has ever perished when history shows countless examples of righteous people suffering?</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>(22) <span class= "bld">Why do ye persecute me as God?</span>--Comp. <a href="/job/16-9.htm" title="He tears me in his wrath, who hates me: he gnashes on me with his teeth; my enemy sharpens his eyes on me.">Job 16:9</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Why do ye persecute me as God?</span> <span class="accented">i.e.</span> Why are ye as hard on me as God himself? If I have offended him, what have I done to offend you? <span class="cmt_word">And are not satisfied with my flesh?</span> <span class="accented">i.e</span>. "devour my flesh, like wild beasts, and yet are not satisfied." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/19-22.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">Why</span><br /><span class="heb">לָ֭מָּה</span> <span class="translit">(lām·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> </span><span class="str2">What?, what!, indefinitely what</span><br /><br /><span class="word">do you persecute</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּרְדְּפֻ֣נִי</span> <span class="translit">(tir·də·p̄u·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7291.htm">Strong's 7291: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pursue, chase, persecute</span><br /><br /><span class="word">me as</span><br /><span class="heb">כְמוֹ־</span> <span class="translit">(ḵə·mōw-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3644.htm">Strong's 3644: </a> </span><span class="str2">Like, as, when</span><br /><br /><span class="word">God does?</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֑ל</span> <span class="translit">(’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_410.htm">Strong's 410: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Will you never</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">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">get enough</span><br /><span class="heb">תִשְׂבָּֽעוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(ṯiś·bā·‘ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7646.htm">Strong's 7646: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be sated, satisfied or surfeited</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of my flesh?</span><br /><span class="heb">וּ֝מִבְּשָׂרִ֗י</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mib·bə·śā·rî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1320.htm">Strong's 1320: </a> </span><span class="str2">Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/19-22.htm">Job 19:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/19-22.htm">Job 19:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/19-22.htm">Job 19:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/19-22.htm">Job 19:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/19-22.htm">Job 19:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/19-22.htm">Job 19:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/19-22.htm">Job 19:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/19-22.htm">Job 19:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/19-22.htm">Job 19:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/19-22.htm">Job 19:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/19-22.htm">OT Poetry: Job 19:22 Why do you persecute me as God (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/19-21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 19:21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 19:21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/19-23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 19:23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 19:23" /></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>