Job 19:10 Cross References - NSB

¹⁰ »He beats me down on every side until I am gone. He uproots my hope like a tree.

¹³ One day when Job's children were having a feast at the home of their oldest brother, ¹⁴ a messenger came running to Job. »We were plowing the fields with the cattle,« he said, »and the donkeys were in a nearby pasture. ¹⁵ »Suddenly the Sabeans attacked and stole them all. They killed every one of your servants except me. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.« ¹⁶ Before he finished speaking, another servant came and said: »Lightning struck the sheep and the shepherds and killed them all. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.« ¹⁷ Before he finished speaking, another servant came and said: »Three bands of Chaldean raiders attacked us. They took away the camels and killed all your servants except me. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.« ¹⁸ No sooner had he finished speaking, then another servant came and said: »Your children were having a feast at the home of your oldest son, ¹⁹ when a storm swept in from the desert. It blew the house down and killed them all. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.«

⁷ Satan left Jehovah’s presence and struck Job with painful boils from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head.

¹¹ »What strength do I have, that I should wait and hope? What prospects, that I should be patient?

⁶ »My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle flying back and forth. They end without hope.

¹³ »Such is the destiny of all who forget God. The hope of the godless will perish. ¹⁴ »What he trusts in is fragile and what he relies on is like a spider’s web. ¹⁵ »He leans on his web, but it gives way! He clings to it, but it does not hold. ¹⁶ »He is like a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden. ¹⁷ »It entwines its roots around a pile of rocks and looks for a place among the stones. ¹⁸ »When it is torn from its spot, that place disowns it and says: ‘I never saw you.’

¹⁴ »What he tears down cannot be rebuilt. The man he imprisons cannot be released.

¹¹ »My days are passing by. My plans are broken. My dreams are shattered.

¹⁵ »Where is my hope? Can you see any hope left in me?

²⁰ »The womb forgets them. The worm finds them sweet. They are no longer remembered. Wickedness is broken like a tree.

³⁵ I have seen a wicked, violent man spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil. ³⁶ Then he passed away, and lo, he was no more. I searched for him, but he could not be found.

¹³ I cry out to you for help, O Jehovah, and in the morning my prayer will come before you. ¹⁴ Why do you reject me, O Jehovah? Why do you hide your face from me (turn from me)? ¹⁵ Ever since I was young, I have been suffering and near death. I have endured your terrors, and now I am in despair. ¹⁶ Your burning anger has swept over me. Your terrors have destroyed me. ¹⁷ They swirl around me all day long like water. They surround me on all sides. ¹⁸ You have taken my loved ones and friends far away from me. Darkness is my only friend!

¹¹ My days are like a lengthened shadow and I wither away like grass.

⁵ Jehovah has become like an enemy fighting against her, sending destruction on Israel. He has sent destruction on all her great houses, turning his strong places into waste. He increases the grief and the sorrow of the daughter of Judah. ⁶ He violently takes away his tent, as from a garden. And he lays waste his meeting-place. Jehovah has taken away the memory of feast and Sabbath in Zion. In the passion of his wrath he is against king and priest.

⁸ We are pressed (afflicted) (troubled) on every side, but not crushed. We are perplexed yet not to despair. ⁹ We are persecuted, yet not forsaken. We are struck down, yet not destroyed.