Job 19:10

What does Job 19:10 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 19:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

I am broken down by him on every side, and I am gone; my hope is uprooted like a tree.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

He breaketh me down round about, and I go, And removeth like a tree my hope.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am lost, and he hath taken away my hope, as from a tree that is plucked up.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

He breaketh me down on every side, and I am gone; and my hope hath he torn up as a tree.

Context

v.9He hath stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head.

v.10This passage

v.11He hath also kindled his wrath against me, And he counteth me unto him as one of his adversaries.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 17:15

    Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?

  • Job 8:13

    So are the paths of all that forget God; And the hope of the godless man shall perish:

  • Job 7:6

    My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, And are spent without hope.

  • Job 24:20

    The womb shall forget him; The worm shall feed sweetly on him; He shall be no more remembered; And unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.

  • 2 Corinthians 4:8

    we are pressed on every side, yet not straitened; perplexed, yet not unto despair;

  • Psalms 88:13

    But unto thee, O Jehovah, have I cried; And in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.

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