Job 19:7-17

7 He aquí yo clamaré agravio, y no seré oído; daré voces, y no habrá juicio

8 Cercó de vallado mi camino, y no pasaré; y sobre mis veredas puso tinieblas

9 Me quitó mi honra, y quitó la corona de mi cabeza

10 Me arrancó por todos lados, y me sequé; y ha hecho pasar mi esperanza como árbol arrancado

11 E hizo inflamar contra mí su furor, y me contó para sí entre sus enemigos

12 Vinieron sus tropas a una, y trillaron sobre mí su camino, y asentaron campamento en derredor de mi tienda

13 Hizo alejar de mí mis hermanos, y ciertamente mis conocidos se extrañaron de mí

14 Mis parientes se detuvieron, y mis conocidos se olvidaron de mí

15 Los moradores de mi casa y mis criadas me tuvieron por extraño; forastero fui yo en sus ojos

16 Llamé a mi siervo, y no respondió; de mi propia boca le suplicaba

17 Mi espíritu vino a ser extraño a mi mujer, aunque por los hijos de mis entrañas le rogaba

Job 19:7-17 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 19

This chapter contains Job's reply to Bildad's second speech, in which he complains of the ill usage of his friends, of their continuing to vex him, and to beat, and bruise, and break him in pieces with their hard words, and to reproach him, and carry it strange to him, Job 19:1-3; which he thought was very cruel, since, if he was mistaken, the mistake lay with himself, Job 19:4; and if they were determined to go on at this rate, he would have them observe, that his afflictions were of God, and therefore should take care to what they imputed them, since he could not get the reasons of them, or his cause to be heard, though he vehemently and importunately sought it, Job 19:5-7; and then gives an enumeration of the several particulars of his distress, all which he ascribes to God, Job 19:8-12; and he enlarges upon that part of his unhappy case, respecting the alienation of his nearest relations, most intimate acquaintance and friends, from him, and their contempt of him, and the like treatment he met with from his servants, and even young children, Job 19:13-19; all which, with other troubles, had such an effect upon him as to reduce him to a mere skeleton, and which he mentions to move the pity of these his friends, now conversing with him, Job 19:20-22; and yet after all, and in the midst of it, and which was his great support under his trials, he expresses his strong faith in his living Redeemer, who should appear on the earth in the latter day, and be his Saviour, and in the resurrection of the dead through him, which he believed he should share in, and in all the happiness consequent on it; and he wishes this confession of his faith might be written and engraven, and be preserved on a rock for ever for the good of posterity, Job 19:23-27; and closes the chapter with an expostulation with his friends, dissuading them from persecuting him any longer, since there was no reason for it in himself, and it might be attended with bad consequences to them, Job 19:28,29.