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Job 19:10

He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.

KJV

Destruxit me undique, et pereo : et quasi evulsæ arbori abstulit spem meam.

Vulgate

διέσπασέν με κύκλῳ καὶ ᾠχόμην, ἐξέκοψεν δὲ ὥσπερ δένδρον τὴν ἐλπίδα μου.

LXX

He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; And my hope hath he plucked up like a tree.

ASV

יִתְּצֵ֣/נִי סָ֭בִיב וָ/אֵלַ֑ךְ וַ/יַּסַּ֥ע כָּ֝/עֵ֗ץ תִּקְוָתִֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הוּ
hv
verb · 42×
יִּסְע֖וּ
ys'v
verb · 145×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
סָבִֽיב
sbyb
noun · 334×
עֵ֣ץ
'ts
noun · 324×
תִּקְוָ֑ה
tqvh
noun · 34×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 4:8 — We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
  • Job 12:14 — Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
  • Job 12:14 — Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
  • Job 14:7 — For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
  • Job 14:19 — The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
  • Job 17:15 — And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
  • Job 24:20 — The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
  • Ps 37:35 — I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.