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for the hand of God hath touched me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/19.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Have pity on me, have pity on me, O you my friends, For the hand of God has struck me!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Pity me, pity me, you friends of mine, For the hand of God has struck me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/19.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Pity me, pity me, O you my friends, For the hand of God has struck me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Pity me, pity me, O you my friends, For the hand of God has struck me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Pity me, pity me, O you my friends, For the hand of God has smitten me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Have pity on me! Have pity on me, O you my friends, For the hand of God has touched me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Have mercy on me, my friends, have mercy, for God’s hand has struck me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Have mercy on me, my friends, have mercy, for God&#8217s hand has struck me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/19.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; For the hand of God hath touched me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/19.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />My friends, I beg you for pity! God has made me his target. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/19.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Have pity on me, my friends! Have pity on me because God's hand has struck me down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/19.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You are my friends! Take pity on me! The hand of God has struck me down. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/19.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Be gracious to me, be gracious to me, my friends, because God's hand has struck me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/19.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Have pity on me, my friends, have pity on me, for the hand of God has struck me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Have pity on me, have pity on me, you my friends; for the hand of God has touched me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/19.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Have pity on me. Have pity on me, you my friends, for the hand of God has touched me. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Pity me, pity me, you my friends, "" For the hand of God has struck against me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Pity me, pity me, ye my friends, For the hand of God hath stricken against me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Pity me, pity me, ye my friends, for the hand of God touched upon me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Have pity on me, have pity on me, at least you my friends, because the hand of the Lord hath touched me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Have mercy on me, have compassion on me, at least you my friends, because the hand of the Lord has touched me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/19.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Pity me, pity me, you my friends, for the hand of God has struck me! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Have pity on me, have pity on me, O you my friends, for the hand of God has touched me!<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O you my friends; for the hand of God has been against me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/19.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Have pity on me! Have pity on me, you my friends, because it is the hand of God that has touched me!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/19.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; For the hand of God hath touched me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/19.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Pity me, pity me, O friends; for it is the hand of the Lord that has touched me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/19-21.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=2935" 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">20</span>My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth. <span class="reftext">21</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2603.htm" title="2603: ḥān·nu·nî (V-Qal-Imp-mp:: 1cs) -- A primitive root; properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore.">Have pity on me,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7453.htm" title="7453: rê·‘āy (N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Friend, companion, fellow. Or reya2; from ra'ah; an associate.">my friends,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2603.htm" title="2603: ḥān·nu·nî (V-Qal-Imp-mp:: 1cs) -- A primitive root; properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore.">have pity,</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tem (Pro-2mp) -- You (masc. sing.). "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yaḏ- (N-fsc) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">the hand</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.">of God</a> <a href="/hebrew/5060.htm" title="5060: nā·ḡə·‘āh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- A primitive root; properly, to touch, i.e. Lay the hand upon; by implication, to reach; violently, to strike.">has struck</a> <a href="/hebrew/bî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">me.</a> </span><span class="reftext">22</span>Why do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?…<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/69-20.htm">Psalm 69:20</a></span><br />Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/1-12.htm">Lamentations 1:12</a></span><br />Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see! Is there any sorrow like mine, which was inflicted on me, which the LORD made me suffer on the day of His fierce anger?<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="/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/31-9.htm">Psalm 31:9</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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/41-10.htm">Psalm 41:10</a></span><br />But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-9.htm">Isaiah 63:9</a></span><br />In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/25-35.htm">Matthew 25:35-40</a></span><br />For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in, / I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’ / Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/4-15.htm">Hebrews 4:15</a></span><br />For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-3.htm">2 Corinthians 1:3-4</a></span><br />Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, / who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-15.htm">Romans 12:15</a></span><br />Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/6-2.htm">Galatians 6:2</a></span><br />Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/3-8.htm">1 Peter 3:8</a></span><br />Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-11.htm">James 5:11</a></span><br />See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Have pity on me, have pity on me, O you my friends; for the hand of God has touched me.</p><p class="hdg">have pity</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/6-14.htm">Job 6:14</a></b></br> To him that is afflicted pity <i>should be shewed</i> from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/12-15.htm">Romans 12:15</a></b></br> Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_corinthians/12-26.htm">1 Corinthians 12:26</a></b></br> And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.</p><p class="hdg">the hand</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/1-11.htm">Job 1:11</a></b></br> But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/2-5.htm">Job 2:5,10</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/6-4.htm">Job 6:4</a></b></br> For the arrows of the Almighty <i>are</i> within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/19-19.htm">Friends</a> <a href="/job/17-3.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/job/16-13.htm">Pity</a> <a href="/job/16-10.htm">Struck</a> <a href="/job/4-5.htm">Touched</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/24-17.htm">Friends</a> <a href="/job/20-22.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/job/20-13.htm">Pity</a> <a href="/psalms/3-7.htm">Struck</a> <a href="/psalms/121-6.htm">Touched</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>Have pity on me, my friends, have pity</b><br>Job is appealing to his friends for compassion. In the cultural context of the Ancient Near East, friendship was highly valued, and friends were expected to provide support during times of distress. Job's plea highlights the failure of his friends to fulfill this role. This phrase echoes the human need for empathy and understanding, which is a recurring theme throughout the Bible, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/17-17.htm">Proverbs 17:17</a>, "A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity."<p><b>for the hand of God has struck me</b><br>Job attributes his suffering to the direct action of God, reflecting the belief in divine sovereignty over all aspects of life. This phrase underscores the theological tension in the Book of Job regarding the nature of suffering and divine justice. The "hand of God" is a metaphor for God's power and authority, often used in Scripture to describe both blessing and judgment (e.g., <a href="/exodus/9-3.htm">Exodus 9:3</a>, <a href="/isaiah/41-10.htm">Isaiah 41:10</a>). Job's understanding of his plight as being from God sets the stage for the later revelation of God's purposes and the ultimate restoration, which can be seen as a type of Christ's own suffering and vindication.<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 immense suffering and loss.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_friends.htm">Job's Friends</a></b><br>Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, who come to comfort Job but end up accusing him of wrongdoing, suggesting his suffering is due to his sins.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_hand_of_god.htm">The Hand of God</a></b><br>A phrase indicating divine intervention or action. In this context, it refers to the suffering and trials Job is experiencing, which he attributes to God's will.<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 that all suffering is due to personal wrongdoing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/compassion_in_community.htm">Compassion in Community</a></b><br>Job's plea for pity from his friends underscores the importance of empathy and support within a community, especially during times of distress.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/perseverance_in_faith.htm">Perseverance in Faith</a></b><br>Despite his suffering, Job maintains his faith in God. This teaches us the value of steadfastness and trust in God's ultimate justice and mercy.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_mystery_of_god's_ways.htm">The Mystery of God's Ways</a></b><br>Job's experience reminds us that God's ways and purposes are often beyond human understanding, calling for humility and trust in His wisdom.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/role_of_friends_in_suffering.htm">Role of Friends in Suffering</a></b><br>The response of Job's friends serves as a cautionary tale about the potential harm of misguided counsel and the need for sensitivity and compassion.<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_allow_satan's_attacks.htm">Why does God permit Satan's attacks on us?</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_job_30_19_align_with_god's_justice.htm">Job 30:19 - How does the depiction of God casting Job into the 'mire' align with other biblical passages that portray God as just and merciful?</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>(21) <span class= "bld">Have pity upon me.</span>--Now comes once more an exceeding great and bitter cry. (Comp. <a href="/job/16-20.htm" title="My friends scorn me: but my eye pours out tears to God.">Job 16:20</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 21.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O my friends</span>. On the enumeration of his various woes, Job's appeal for pity follows. We must not regard it as addressed merely to the three so-called "friends" (<a href="/job/2-11.htm">Job 2:11</a>) or "comforters" (<a href="/job/16-2.htm">Job 16:2</a>), Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar. It is an appeal to all those who are around him and about him, whose sympathies have been bither to estranged (vers. 13-19), but whose regard he does not despair of winning back. Will they not, when they perceive the extremity and variety of his sufferings, be moved to compassion by them, and commiserate him in his day of calamity? <span class="cmt_word">For the hand of God hath touched me</span>. To the "comforters" this is no argument. They deem him unworthy of pity on the very ground that he is "smitten of God, and afflicted" (<a href="/isaiah/53-4.htm">Isaiah 53:4</a>); since they hold that, being so smitten, he must have' deserved his calamity. But to unprejudiced persons, not wedded to a theory, such an aggravation of his woe would naturally seem to render him a greater object of pity and compassion. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/19-21.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">Have pity on me,</span><br /><span class="heb">חָנֻּ֬נִי</span> <span class="translit">(ḥān·nu·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | 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">my friends,</span><br /><span class="heb">רֵעָ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(rê·‘āy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7453.htm">Strong's 7453: </a> </span><span class="str2">Friend, companion, fellow</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have pity,</span><br /><span class="heb">חָנֻּ֣נִי</span> <span class="translit">(ḥān·nu·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | 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">for</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֥י</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">the hand</span><br /><span class="heb">יַד־</span> <span class="translit">(yaḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ</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">has struck</span><br /><span class="heb">נָ֣גְעָה</span> <span class="translit">(nā·ḡə·‘āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5060.htm">Strong's 5060: </a> </span><span class="str2">To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike</span><br /><br /><span class="word">me.</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(bî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/19-21.htm">Job 19:21 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/19-21.htm">Job 19:21 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/19-21.htm">Job 19:21 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/19-21.htm">Job 19:21 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/19-21.htm">Job 19:21 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/19-21.htm">Job 19:21 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/19-21.htm">Job 19:21 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/19-21.htm">Job 19:21 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/19-21.htm">Job 19:21 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/19-21.htm">Job 19:21 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/19-21.htm">OT Poetry: Job 19:21 Have pity on me have pity (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/19-20.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 19:20"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 19:20" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/19-22.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 19:22"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 19:22" /></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>