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Job 19:21

Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
חָנֻּ֬נִיcha.Nu.nishow favor to meH2603 →
חָנֻּ֣נִיcha.Nu.nishow favor to meH2603 →
אַתֶּ֣ם'a.TemO youH859 →
רֵעָ֑יre.'Aifriends myH7453 →
כִּ֥יkiforH3588 →
יַד־yad-[the] hand ofH3027 →
אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahGodH433 →
נָ֣גְעָהNa.ge.'ahit has touchedH5060 →
בִּֽי׃Bi<in> me

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Ruth 1:13would you wait for them to grow up? Would you refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, it grieves me very much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD has gone out against me.”Job 1:11But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”Job 4:5But now trouble has come upon you, and you are weary. It strikes you, and you are dismayed.Psalms 38:2For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.Ruth 2:9Let your eyes be on the field they are harvesting, and follow along after these girls. Indeed, I have ordered the young men not to touch you. And when you are thirsty, go and drink from the jars the young men have filled.”Job 6:9that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off!Lamentations 3:1I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath.Acts 13:11Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and for a time you will be blind and unable to see the light of the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.Job 2:10“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.1 Corinthians 12:26If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.Romans 12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.Hebrews 13:3Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.Job 6:14A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.Job 2:5But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”Genesis 3:3but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’”Job 2:11Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.Job 32:13So do not claim, ‘We have found wisdom; let God, not man, refute him.’

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