Cross References

Job 19:10

The Scriptures 2009

He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone; and uproots my expectancy like a tree.

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Look, He breaks down, and it is not rebuilt. If He imprisons a man, there is no release.

as water wears away stones, its outpouring washes away the soil of the earth – so You have destroyed the expectancy of man.

My days have passed by, my plans have been broken off – the desires of my heart.

Where then is my expectancy? As for my expectancy, who would see it?

And Satan went out from the presence of יהוה, and struck Iyoḇ with loathsome sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.

The womb forgets him, the worm feeds sweetly on him; he is remembered no more, and wickedness is broken like a tree;

What strength do I have, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should prolong my life?

My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without expectancy.

My days are like a shadow that lengthens, And I wither away like grass.