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Job 19:6

Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.

KJV

Saltem nunc intelligite quia Deus non æquo judicio afflixerit me, et flagellis suis me cinxerit.

Vulgate

γνῶτε οὖν ὅτι ὁ κύριός ἐστιν ὁ ταράξας, ὀχύρωμα δὲ αὐτοῦ ἐπ’ ἐμὲ ὕψωσεν.

LXX

Know now that God hath subverted me in my cause, And hath compassed me with his net.

ASV

דְּֽעוּ אֵ֭פוֹ כִּי אֱל֣וֹהַּ עִוְּתָ֑/נִי וּ֝/מְצוּד֗/וֹ עָלַ֥/י הִקִּֽיף

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱל֣וֹהַּ
'lvh
noun · 60×
אֵפ֔וֹא
'pv'
adverb · 15×
י
y
noun · 22×
יְעַוֵּֽת
y'vt
verb · 11×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מַקִּפִ֥ים
mqpym
verb · 19×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Job 7:20 — I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
  • Job 16:11 — God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
  • Job 18:8 — For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
  • Job 27:2 — As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
  • Job 30:21 — Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
  • Job 40:2 — Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
  • Lam 1:13 — From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.
  • Ruth 1:20 — And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.