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Job 19:21

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

KJV

Miseremini mei, miseremini mei saltem vos, amici mei, quia manus Domini tetigit me.

Vulgate

ἐλεήσατέ με, ἐλεήσατέ με, ὦ φίλοι· χεὶρ γὰρ Κυρίου ἡ ἁψαμένη μού ἐστιν.

LXX

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; For the hand of God hath touched me.

ASV

חָנֻּ֬/נִי חָנֻּ֣/נִי אַתֶּ֣ם רֵעָ֑/י כִּ֥י יַד אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ נָ֣גְעָה בִּֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱל֣וֹהַּ
'lvh
noun · 60×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
הוּ
hv
noun · 186×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
נִי
ny
verb · 79×
נֹּגֵ֥עַ
ng'
verb · 149×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Acts 13:11 — And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to
  • Eccl 4:1 — So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was
  • Job 1:11 — But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
  • Job 1:11 — But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
  • Job 4:5 — But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
  • Job 6:9 — Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
  • Lam 3:1 — I AM the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
  • Ps 38:2 — For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
  • Ruth 1:13 — Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.
  • Ruth 2:9 — Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of