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Job 19:16 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer. I beg him with my mouth. "
Job 19:16
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
14 My relatives have gone away. My familiar friends have forgotten me.
15 Those who dwell in my house and my maids consider me a stranger. I am an alien in their sight.
16 I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer. I beg him with my mouth.
17 My breath is offensive to my wife. I am loathsome to the children of my own mother.
18 Even young children despise me. If I arise, they speak against me.
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Job 19:1
"Then Job answered,"
Job 19:2
"“How long will you torment me, and crush me with words?"
Job 19:3
"You have reproached me ten times. You aren’t ashamed that you attack me."
Job 19:4
"If it is true that I have erred, my error remains with myself."
Job 19:5
"If indeed you will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach,"
Job 19:6
"know now that God has subverted me, and has surrounded me with his net."
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