Job 19:21
Good News Translation
You are my friends! Take pity on me! The hand of God has struck me down.

New Revised Standard Version
Have pity on me, have pity on me, O you my friends, for the hand of God has touched me!

Contemporary English Version
My friends, I beg you for pity! God has made me his target.

New American Bible
Pity me, pity me, you my friends, for the hand of God has struck me!

Douay-Rheims Bible
Have pity on me, have pity on me, at least you my friends, because the hand of the Lord hath touched me.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Have pity on me, have pity on me, at least you my friends, because the hand of the Lord hath touched me.

have pity

Job 6:14 He that taketh away mercy from his friend, forsaketh the fear of the Lord.

Romans 12:15 Rejoice with them that rejoice: weep with them that weep.

1 Corinthians 12:26 And if one member suffer any thing, all the members suffer with it: or if one member glory, all the members rejoice with it.

Hebrews 13:3 Remember them that are in bands, as if you were bound with them: and them that labour, as being yourselves also in the body.

the hand

Job 1:11 But stretch forth thy hand a little, and touch all that he hath, and see if he bless thee not to thy face.

Job 2:5,10 But put forth thy hand, and touch his bone and his flesh, and then thou shalt see that he will bless thee to thy face. . . .

Job 6:4 For the arrows of the Lord are in me, the rage whereof drinketh up my spirit, and the terrors of the Lord war against me.

Psalm 38:2 For thy arrows are fastened in me: and thy hand hath been strong upon me.

Context
Job: My Redeemer Lives
20The flesh being consumed, my bone hath cleaved to my skin, and nothing but lips are left about my teeth. 21Have pity on me, have pity on me, at least you my friends, because the hand of the Lord hath touched me.22Why do you persecute me as God, and glut yourselves with my flesh?…
Cross References
Acts 13:11
And now behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee: and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a time. And immediately there fell a mist and darkness upon him: and going about, he sought some one to lead him by the hand.

Ruth 1:13
If you would wait till they were grown up, and come to man's estate, you would be old women before you marry. Do not so, my daughters, I beseech you: for I am grieved the more for your distress, and the hand of the Lord is gone out against me.

Job 1:11
But stretch forth thy hand a little, and touch all that he hath, and see if he bless thee not to thy face.

Job 4:5
But now the scourge is come upon thee, and thou faintest: It hath touched thee, and thou art troubled.

Psalm 38:2
For thy arrows are fastened in me: and thy hand hath been strong upon me.

Job 19:20
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