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Job 19:2–5

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How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.
And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:
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From verse 2

  1. 2 Peter 2:7–8Rank 1 from verse 2
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    7And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:

    8(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)

  2. James 3:6–8Rank 2 from verse 2
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    6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

    7For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:

    8But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

  3. Job 18:2Rank 3 from verse 2
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    2How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.

  4. Job 27:2Rank 4 from verse 2
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    2As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;

  5. Job 8:2Rank 5 from verse 2
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    2How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?

  6. Judges 16:16Rank 6 from verse 2
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    16And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;

  7. Proverbs 12:18Rank 7 from verse 2
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    18There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

  8. Proverbs 18:21Rank 8 from verse 2
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    21Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

  9. Psalms 13:1Rank 9 from verse 2
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    1HOW long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

  10. Psalms 42:10Rank 10 from verse 2
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    10As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?

  11. Psalms 55:21Rank 11 from verse 2
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    21The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.

  12. Psalms 59:7Rank 12 from verse 2
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    7Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?

  13. Psalms 6:2–3Rank 13 from verse 2
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    2Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak: O Lord, heal me; for my bones are vexed.

    3My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O Lord, how long?

  14. Psalms 64:3Rank 14 from verse 2
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    3Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

  15. Revelation 6:10Rank 15 from verse 2
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    10And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

From verse 3

  1. Genesis 31:7Rank 1 from verse 3
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    7And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

  2. Daniel 1:20Rank 2 from verse 3
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    20And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.

  3. Job 15:11–12Rank 3 from verse 3
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    11Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?

    12Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

  4. Job 15:4–6Rank 4 from verse 3
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    4Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.

    5For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

    6Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

  5. Job 18:4–21Rank 5 from verse 3
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    4He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

    5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

    6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

    7The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

    8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.

    9The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.

    10The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

    11Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.

    12His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.

    13It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.

    14His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.

    15It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

    16His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.

    17His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

    18He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

    19He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.

    20They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.

    21Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

  6. Job 19:17Rank 6 from verse 3
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    17My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body.

  7. Nehemiah 4:12Rank 7 from verse 3
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    12And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you.

  8. Psalms 69:8Rank 8 from verse 3
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    8I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children.

  9. Genesis 42:7Rank 9 from verse 3
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    7And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

  10. Job 11:14Rank 10 from verse 3
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    14If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

  11. Job 11:3Rank 11 from verse 3
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    3Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

  12. Job 4:6–11Rank 12 from verse 3
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    6Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?

    7Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

    8Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

    9By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.

    10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

    11The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.

  13. Job 5:3–4Rank 13 from verse 3
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    3I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

    4His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

  14. Job 8:4–6Rank 14 from verse 3
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    4If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;

    5If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;

    6If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

  15. Numbers 14:22Rank 15 from verse 3
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    22Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;

  16. Leviticus 26:26Rank 16 from verse 3
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    26And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.

From verse 4

  1. 2 Corinthians 5:10Rank 1 from verse 4
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    10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

  2. Ezekiel 18:4Rank 2 from verse 4
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    4Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

  3. Proverbs 9:12Rank 3 from verse 4
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    12If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

  4. 2 Samuel 24:17Rank 4 from verse 4
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    17And David spake unto the Lord when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father’s house.

  5. Galatians 6:5Rank 5 from verse 4
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    5For every man shall bear his own burden.

  6. Job 11:3–6Rank 6 from verse 4
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    3Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

    4For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

    5But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;

    6And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.

From verse 5

  1. Psalms 35:26Rank 1 from verse 5
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    26Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

  2. Psalms 38:16Rank 2 from verse 5
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    16For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

  3. Psalms 55:12Rank 3 from verse 5
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    12For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

  4. 1 Samuel 1:6Rank 4 from verse 5
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    6And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb.

  5. Isaiah 4:1Rank 5 from verse 5
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    1AND in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.

  6. John 9:2Rank 6 from verse 5
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    2And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?

  7. John 9:34Rank 7 from verse 5
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    34They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.

  8. Luke 1:25Rank 8 from verse 5
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    25Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.

  9. Luke 13:2–4Rank 9 from verse 5
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    2And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilæans were sinners above all the Galilæans, because they suffered such things?

    3I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

    4Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?

  10. Micah 7:8Rank 10 from verse 5
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    8¶ Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.

  11. Nehemiah 1:3Rank 11 from verse 5
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    3And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.

  12. Psalms 41:11Rank 12 from verse 5
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    11By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.

  13. Zechariah 12:7Rank 13 from verse 5
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    7The Lord also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah.

  14. Zephaniah 2:10Rank 14 from verse 5
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    10This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the Lord of hosts.

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DEFINED WORDS

Job 19:2

COMBINED MEANING

long

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Sense 1: Extending a great distance or duration. Sense 2: To desire earnestly.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

vex

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To trouble, distress, afflict, harass, or oppress.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

soul

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Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

break

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1. To separate, fracture, burst, or open. 2. To interrupt or violate. 3. To subdue. 4. To burst forth.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

words

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Spoken or written expressions, sayings, statements, messages, commands, promises, reports, or units of meaningful speech.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 19:3

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

ashamed

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1. Brought to shame, dishonour, confusion, or disappointed expectation. 2. Feeling or showing shame or embarrassment because of conduct, condition, or exposure. 3. Unwilling or reluctant to own, acknowledge, associate with, or do something because of shame.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

make

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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

strange

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Foreign; belonging to another country. Wonderful; causing surprise; exciting curiosity.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 19:4

COMBINED MEANING

indeed

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Truly, certainly, actually, or in fact; used for emphasis, confirmation, or concession before a contrast.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

erred

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Past-tense or past-participial form of err (to miss the right way, in morals or religion; to deviate from the path or line of duty; to stray by design or mistake).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

error

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A mistake, fault, false belief, wrong course, or departure from truth, law, justice, or right.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

remaineth

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Third-person singular present form of remain. Sense 1: To be left or still exist after others are gone, removed, consumed, or destroyed. Sense 2: To stay, abide, or continue in a place, state, condition, or relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 19:5

COMBINED MEANING

indeed

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Truly, certainly, actually, or in fact; used for emphasis, confirmation, or concession before a contrast.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

plead

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Sense 1: To argue, appeal, or speak in support of a cause before one who may decide it. Sense 2: To contend, judge, vindicate, or maintain a cause.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

reproach

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Sense 1: Shame, disgrace, dishonour, contempt, blame, reviling, or taunt. Sense 2: As a verb, to shame, insult, blame, or speak contemptuously against.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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19:1THEN Job answered and said,

19:2How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

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19:3These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.

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19:4And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.

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19:5If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:

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19:6Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.

19:7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.

19:8He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

19:9He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

19:10He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.

19:11He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.

19:12His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.

19:13He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.

19:14My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.

19:15They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.

19:16I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.

19:17My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body.

19:18Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.

19:19All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.

19:20My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

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

19:22Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

19:23Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!

19:24That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!

19:25For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

19:26And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

19:27Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.

19:28But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?

19:29Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.

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