Job 19:21

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Job 19:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible

19 All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.

20 My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

21 Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.

22 Why do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?

23 I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book,

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Job 6:14

A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

Romans 12:15

Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

1 Corinthians 12:26

If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.

Hebrews 13:3

Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.

Job 1:11

But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

Job 2:5

But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

Job 2:10

“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.

Job 6:4

For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

Psalms 38:2

For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.