Job 19:2

What does Job 19:2 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 19:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

How long will ye vex my soul, And break me in pieces with words?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

How long will ye vex my soul, And break me in pieces with words?

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

How long will you make my life bitter, crushing me with words?

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Till when do ye afflict my soul, And bruise me with words?

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

How long do you afflict my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

How long will ye vex my soul, and crush me with words?

Context

v.1Then Job answered and said,

v.2This passage

v.3These ten times have ye reproached me: Ye are not ashamed that ye deal hardly with me.

Cross references

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

  • Psalms 55:21

    His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords.

  • 2 Peter 2:7

    and delivered righteous Lot, sore distressed by the lascivious life of the wicked

  • Judges 16:16

    And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was vexed unto death.

  • Psalms 59:7

    Behold, they belch out with their mouth; Swords are in their lips: For who, say they, doth hear?

  • James 3:6

    And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.

  • Revelation 6:10

    and they cried with a great voice, saying, How long, O Master, the holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

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