Welcome to BibleStudyMinistry.com, your online Bible Study supplement source. Today we have a chapter summary on Job chapter 19. Before we get to the summary, let’s review the chapter below.
1 Then Job answered and said,
2 How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
3 These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.
4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:
6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.
12 His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.
13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
15 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
16 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.
17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body.
18 Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
19 All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.
20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
23 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!
24 That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.
28 But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
Job Chapter 19 Summary
Job Chapter 19 summary is a profound and emotionally charged passage that delves deep into Job’s suffering and his yearning for vindication.
At the beginning of the chapter, Job expresses his anguish at the harsh treatment he has received from his friends who have accused him of wrongdoing. He feels isolated and profoundly misunderstood. Job pleads for empathy and understanding from his friends but finds little solace in their words.
Job’s focus then shifts to his desire for his words and his story to be inscribed in a permanent record. It is almost as if he is seeking a witness to his suffering and his claim of innocence. He yearns for a Redeemer, a divine advocate, who would plead his case and vindicate him.
This hope in a future Redeemer is a central theme in the Bible.
Despite the depth of his suffering and the physical deterioration of his body, Job clings to the belief that he will see the Creator in the flesh. He even states that His Redeemer will stand on the earth in the latter days. This expression of faith amidst immense hardship is a testament to Job’s unwavering devotion.
In the closing verses of the chapter, Job calls upon his friends for compassion, as he feels abandoned and scorned. He laments the lack of sympathy and understanding he has received, stressing the depth of the nightmare he is living.
This chapter touches on suffering, faith, and the desire for vindication. It reveals Job’s deep emotional turmoil and his unwavering hope in the midst of adversity. This is the summary of Job chapter 19, Glory to the Redeemer of Host.
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Minister Koko
BSM
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