"Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me." — Job 19:21

Job 19:21 · KJV

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

— Job 19:21

My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. {and to: or, as to}

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

Job 19 — Context

All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me. {my...: Heb. the men of my secret}

My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. {and to: or, as to}

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

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

Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! {Oh...: Heb. Who will give, etc}

Cross References

Job 1:11

But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face. {and he...: Heb. if he curse thee not to thy face}

Psalms 38:2

For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

Job 6:14

To him that is afflicted pity {should be shewed} from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. {is afflicted: Heb. melteth}

Job 2:5

But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.

Romans 12:15

Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

1 Corinthians 12:26

And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.

Job 6:4

For the arrows of the Almighty {are} within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

Hebrews 13:3

Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; {and} them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.