Job 19:2

Job asks how long his friends will torment him and crush him with their words. He feels battered not by comfort but by accusation.

Cross-references · 15

• Ps 6:2–3Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.
• 2 Pet 2:7–8and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless
• Ps 55:21His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.
• Rev 6:10And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”
• Ps 64:3who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
• Ps 59:7See what they spew from their mouths—sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”
• Prov 18:21Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
• Job 8:2“How long will you go on saying such things? The words of your mouth are a blustering wind.
• Job 27:2“As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice—the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—
• Ps 42:10Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
• Jas 3:6–8The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
• Judg 16:16Finally, after she had pressed him daily with her words and pleaded until he was sick to death,
• Job 18:2“How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.
• Prov 12:18Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
• Ps 13:1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?

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