Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “How long will you torment me and crush me with words? New Living Translation “How long will you torture me? How long will you try to crush me with your words? English Standard Version “How long will you torment me and break me in pieces with words? Berean Standard Bible “How long will you torment me and crush me with your words? King James Bible How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words? New King James Version “How long will you torment my soul, And break me in pieces with words? New American Standard Bible “How long will you torment me And crush me with words? NASB 1995 “How long will you torment me And crush me with words? NASB 1977 “How long will you torment me, And crush me with words? Legacy Standard Bible “How long will you torment my soul And crush me with words? Amplified Bible “How long will you torment and exasperate me And crush me with words? Christian Standard Bible How long will you torment me and crush me with words? Holman Christian Standard Bible How long will you torment me and crush me with words? American Standard Version How long will ye vex my soul, And break me in pieces with words? Contemporary English Version How long will you torture me with your words? English Revised Version How long will ye vex my soul and break me in pieces with words? GOD'S WORD® Translation "How long will you torment me and depress me with words? International Standard Version "How long do you intend to keep torturing me and trying to break me by what you're saying? Majority Standard Bible “How long will you torment me and crush me with your words? NET Bible "How long will you torment me and crush me with your words? New Heart English Bible "How long will you torment me, and crush me with words? Webster's Bible Translation How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words? World English Bible “How long will you torment me, and crush me with words? Literal Translations Literal Standard Version“Until when do you afflict my soul, "" And bruise me with words? Young's Literal Translation Till when do ye afflict my soul, And bruise me with words? Smith's Literal Translation How long will ye, grieve my soul, and crush me with words? Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleHow long do you afflict my soul, and break me in pieces with words? Catholic Public Domain Version How long will you afflict my soul and wear me down with words? New American Bible How long will you afflict my spirit, grind me down with words? New Revised Standard Version “How long will you torment me, and break me in pieces with words? Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleHow long will you grieve my soul, and make me sick with words? Peshitta Holy Bible Translated “How long will you grieve my soul and afflict me with words? OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917How long will ye vex my soul, And crush me with words? Brenton Septuagint Translation How long will ye vex my soul, and destroy me with words? only know that the Lord has dealt with me thus. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job: My Redeemer Lives1Then Job answered: 2“How long will you torment me and crush me with your words? 3Ten times now you have reproached me; you shamelessly mistreat me.… Cross References Psalm 69:20 Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one. Psalm 31:9-10 Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well. / For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away. Psalm 6:6-7 I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears. / My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes. Psalm 42:10 Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” Psalm 88:15-18 From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair. / Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me. / All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side. ... Jeremiah 20:7-10 You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived. You have overcome me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me. / For whenever I speak, I cry out; I proclaim violence and destruction. For the word of the LORD has become to me a reproach and derision all day long. / If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail. ... Lamentations 3:4-6 He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones. / He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship. / He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages. Isaiah 53:3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. Proverbs 18:14 The spirit of a man can endure his sickness, but who can survive a broken spirit? Psalm 38:17 For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me. Matthew 26:37-38 He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed. / Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.” John 16:33 I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!” 2 Corinthians 1:8-9 We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. / Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead. 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; / persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed. 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me. / That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. Treasury of Scripture How long will you vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words? How long Job 8:2 How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind? Job 18:2 How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak. Psalm 13:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? vex Job 27:2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; Judges 16:16 And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death; Psalm 6:2,3 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed… break me Psalm 55:21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords. Psalm 59:7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear? Psalm 64:3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: Jump to Previous Afflict Bitter Break Bruise Crush Crushing Life Pieces Soul Torment Vex WordsJump to Next Afflict Bitter Break Bruise Crush Crushing Life Pieces Soul Torment Vex WordsJob 19 1. Job, complaining of his friends' cruelty, 6. shows there is misery enough in him to feed their cruelty 21. He craves pity 23. He believes the resurrection How long This phrase reflects Job's deep sense of enduring suffering and his longing for relief. In the Hebrew text, the phrase "ad-anah" conveys a sense of time that seems interminable. Job's question is not just about the duration but also about the intensity of his suffering. It echoes the cries of many biblical figures who have sought God's intervention in times of distress, highlighting the human struggle with patience and the desire for divine justice. will you torment me and crush me with words (2) How long?--Job begins as Bildad himself had begun in both cases. His last speech had been so offensive and unfeeling that Job may well ask "How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?" Moreover, Bildad had infused a kind of personal malice into his charges, which Job felt most keenly, so that he is constrained to ask, "If indeed I have erred, doth not my error remain with myself? I alone suffer for it, and ye do not even sympathise or suffer with me." Hebrew “How longעַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while will you torment תּוֹגְי֣וּן (tō·wḡ·yūn) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | Paragogic nun Strong's 3013: To grieve me נַפְשִׁ֑י (nap̄·šî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion and crush me וּֽתְדַכְּאוּנַ֥נִי (ū·ṯə·ḏak·kə·’ū·na·nî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine plural | first person common singular, Paragogic nun Strong's 1792: To crumble, to bruise with words? בְמִלִּֽים׃ (ḇə·mil·lîm) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 4405: A word, a discourse, a topic Links Job 19:2 NIVJob 19:2 NLT Job 19:2 ESV Job 19:2 NASB Job 19:2 KJV Job 19:2 BibleApps.com Job 19:2 Biblia Paralela Job 19:2 Chinese Bible Job 19:2 French Bible Job 19:2 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 19:2 How long will you torment me (Jb) |