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Job 19:10

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

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

He hath also kindled his wrath against me,.... In this and some following verses the metaphor is taken from a state of warfare, in which enemies are engaged in an hostile way, Job 19:12; in which way…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

He hath destroyed me on every side - He has left me nothing. The word which is used here is that which is commonly applied to which is used here is that which is commonly applied to destroying cities,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 19:8-22

Bildad had very disingenuously perverted Job's complaints by making them the description of the miserable condition of a wicked man; and yet he repeats them here, to move their pity, and to work upon…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

He hath destroyed Rather, he breaketh me down; the figure of a building. In the second clause the image is that of a great tree torn up by the roots, whose fall is pitiful. The words, and I am gone,…