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Geneva Bible

Job 19:11

And he hath kindled his wrath against me, and counteth mee as one of his enemies.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Thompson Chain Reference - Job;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Greatness of God;   Hypocrisy;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Job, the Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
His anger burns against me,and he regards me as one of his enemies.
Hebrew Names Version
He has also kindled his wrath against me. He counts me among his adversaries.
King James Version
He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.
English Standard Version
He has kindled his wrath against me and counts me as his adversary.
New Century Version
His anger burns against me, and he treats me like an enemy.
New English Translation
Thus his anger burns against me, and he considers me among his enemies.
Amplified Bible
"He has also kindled His wrath [like a fire] against me And He considers and counts me as one of His adversaries.
New American Standard Bible
"He has also kindled His anger against me And considered me as His enemy.
World English Bible
He has also kindled his wrath against me. He counts me among his adversaries.
Legacy Standard Bible
He has also kindled His anger against meAnd counted me as His adversary.
Berean Standard Bible
His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies.
Contemporary English Version
and attacks with fierce anger, as though I were his enemy.
Complete Jewish Bible
"Inflamed with anger against me, he counts me as one of his foes.
Darby Translation
And he hath kindled his anger against me, and hath counted me unto him as one of his enemies.
Easy-to-Read Version
His anger burns against me. He treats me like an enemy.
George Lamsa Translation
He has also kindled his wrath against me, and he counts me as his enemy.
Good News Translation
God is angry and rages against me; he treats me like his worst enemy.
Lexham English Bible
and he has kindled his wrath against me, and he has counted me as one of his foes.
Literal Translation
And also His wrath glows against me, and to Himself He counts me as His foe.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
His wrath is kyndled agaynst me, he taketh me, as though I were his enemy.
American Standard Version
He hath also kindled his wrath against me, And he counteth me unto him as one of his adversaries.
Bible in Basic English
His wrath is burning against me, and I am to him as one of his haters.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
He hath also kindled His wrath against me, and He counteth me unto Him as one of His adversaries.
King James Version (1611)
He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and hee counteth me vnto him as one of his enemies.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
His wrath is kindled against me, he taketh me as though I were his enemie.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he has dreadfully handled me in anger, and has counted me for an enemy.
English Revised Version
He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his adversaries.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
His stronge veniaunce was wrooth ayens me; and he hadde me so as his enemye.
Update Bible Version
He has also kindled his wrath against me, And he counts me to him as [one of] his adversaries.
Webster's Bible Translation
He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me to him as [one of] his enemies.
New King James Version
He has also kindled His wrath against me, And He counts me as one of His enemies.
New Living Translation
His fury burns against me; he counts me as an enemy.
New Life Bible
He has made His anger burn against me, and thinks of me as one who fights against Him.
New Revised Standard
He has kindled his wrath against me, and counts me as his adversary.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Yea he hath kindled against me his anger, and accounted me towards him like unto his adversaries;
Douay-Rheims Bible
His wrath is kindled against me, and he hath counted me as his enemy.
Revised Standard Version
He has kindled his wrath against me, and counts me as his adversary.
Young's Literal Translation
And He kindleth against me His anger, And reckoneth me to Him as His adversaries.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"He has also kindled His anger against me And considered me as His enemy.

Contextual Overview

8 Hee hath hedged vp my way that I cannot passe, and he hath set darkenesse in my paths. 9 Hee hath spoyled mee of mine honour, and taken the crowne away from mine head. 10 He hath destroyed mee on euery side and I am gone: and he hath remoued mine hope like a tree. 11 And he hath kindled his wrath against me, and counteth mee as one of his enemies. 12 His armies came together, & made their way vpon me, and camped about my tabernacle. 13 He hath remooued my brethre farre from me, and also mine acquaintance were strangers vnto me. 14 My neighbours haue forsaken me, and my familiars haue forgotten me. 15 They that dwel in mine house, and my maydes tooke me for a stranger: for I was a stranger in their sight. 16 I called my seruant, but he would not answere, though I prayed him with my mouth. 17 My breath was strange vnto my wife, though I prayed her for the childrens sake of mine owne body.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

kindled: Deuteronomy 32:22, Psalms 89:46, Psalms 90:7

he counteth: Job 13:24, Job 16:9, Job 33:10, Lamentations 2:5

Reciprocal: Genesis 42:14 - General Job 31:35 - mine Jeremiah 30:14 - I

Cross-References

Genesis 19:28
And looking towarde Sodom and Gomorah and toward all the land of the plaine, behold, he sawe the smoke of the lande mounting vp as the smoke of a fornace.
Genesis 19:29
But yet when God destroyed the cities of the plaine, God thought vpon Abraham, and sent Lot out from the middes of the destruction, when he ouerthrewe the cities, wherein Lot dwelled.
2 Kings 6:18
So they came downe to him, but Elisha prayed vnto the Lord, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindnesse. And he smote them with blindnes, according to the worde of Elisha.
Ecclesiastes 10:15
The labour of the foolish doeth wearie him: for he knoweth not to goe into the citie.
Isaiah 57:10
Thou weariedst thy selfe in thy manifolde iourneys, yet saydest thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found life by thine hand, therefore thou wast not grieued.
Jeremiah 2:36
Why runnest thou about so much to change thy waies? for thou shalt be confounded of Egypt, as thou art confounded of Asshur.
Acts 13:11
Nowe therefore behold, the hand of the Lorde is vpon thee, and thou shalt be blinde, and not see the sunne for a season. And immediately there fel on him a mist & a darknes; and he went about, seeking some to leade him by the hand.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He hath also kindled his wrath against me,.... In this and some following verses the metaphor is taken from a state of warfare, in which enemies are engaged in an hostile way, Job 19:12; in which way Job apprehended God was come forth against him; he imagined that the wrath of God, which is comparable to fire for its force and fury, was kindled against him; that it began to appear, and was bursting out in a flame upon him, and all around him, to consume him; he thought his afflictions were in wrath, which is often the mistaken apprehension of good men, see Psalms 38:1; and that the terrors of it were set in battle array against him, Job 6:4;

and he counted me unto him as [one of] his enemies; all men are by nature enemies to God, yea, enmity itself, and so are his own people while unregenerate, until the enmity of their hearts is slain, and they are reconciled to God by his spirit and grace; but as Job was truly a gracious man, and possessed of the fruits of the spirit, he must among the rest of his graces have the love of God in his heart; and he was sensible and conscious to himself that he was no enemy to God, and could appeal to him, as the searcher of hearts, that he knew he loved him; nay, he could not believe that God reckoned him his enemy, when he had given such a testimony of him, and of his fear of him, that there was none like him; and when Job so strongly trusted in him for salvation, and believed he should enjoy him for ever: but his sense is, that God treated him, by afflicting him in the manner he did, as if he was one of his enemies; had he really been one, he could not have used him, he thought, more roughly and severely; so that, judging according to the outward appearance of things, it might be concluded, as it seems it was by his friends, that he was a wicked man, an hypocrite, an enemy to God and godliness; but whereas Job thought that God dealt with him as with an enemy, he was mistaken; since when God afflicts his people, he deals with them as with sons, Hebrews 12:7.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He hath also kindled his wrath - He is angry. Wrath in the Scriptures is usually represented as burning or inflamed - because like fire it destroys everything before it.

And he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies - He treats me as he would an enemy. The same complaint he elsewhere makes; see Job 13:24; perhaps also in Job 16:9. We are not to understand Job here as admitting that “he” was an enemy of God. He constantly maintained that he was not, but he was constrained to admit that God “treated him” as if he were his enemy, and he could not account for it. “On this ground,” therefore, he now maintains that his friends ought to show him compassion, instead of trying to prove that he “was” an enemy of God; they ought to pity a man who was so strangely and mysteriously afflicted, instead of increasing his sorrows by endeavoring to demonstrate that he was a man of eminent wickedness.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 19:11. And he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies. — From the seventh to the thirteenth verse there seems to be an allusion to a hostile invasion, battles, sieges, c.

1. A neighbouring chief, without provocation, invades his neighbour's territories, and none of his friends will come to his help. "I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard," Job 19:7.

2. The foe has seized on all the passes, and he is hemmed up. "He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass," Job 19:8.

3. He has surprised and carried by assault the regal city, seized and possessed the treasures. "He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head," Job 19:9.

4. All his armies are routed in the field, and his strong places carried. "He hath destroyed me on every side," Job 19:10.

5. The enemy proceeds to the greatest length of outrage, wasting every thing with fire and sword. "He hath kindled his wrath against me, and treateth me like one of his adversaries, Job 19:11.

6. He is cooped up in a small camp with the wrecks of his army and in this he is closely besieged by all the power of his foes, who encompass the place, and raise forts against it. "His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle."

7. Not receiving any assistance from friends or neighbours, he abandons all hope of being able to keep the field, escapes with the utmost difficulty, and is despised and neglected by his friends and domestics because he has been unfortunate. "I am escaped with the skin of my teeth," Job 19:20. "My kinsfolk have failed-all my intimate friends abhorred me," Job 19:14-19.


 
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