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Job 19:22

Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

KJV

Quare persequimini me sicut Deus, et carnibus meis saturamini ?

Vulgate

διὰ τί με διώκετε ὥσπερ καὶ ὁ κύριος, ἀπὸ δὲ σαρκῶν μου οὐκ ἐμπίπλασθε;

LXX

Why do ye persecute me as God, And are not satisfied with my flesh?

ASV

לָ֭/מָּה תִּרְדְּפֻ֣/נִי כְמוֹ אֵ֑ל וּ֝/מִ/בְּשָׂרִ֗/י לֹ֣א תִשְׂבָּֽעוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֣ל
'l
noun · 244×
וֹ
v
noun · 269×
יִֽשְׂבַּֽע
yshb'
verb · 96×
כְּמוֹ
kmv
preposition · 142×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 144×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Job 19:28 — But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
  • Ps 27:2 — When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
  • Ps 69:26 — For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.