KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Job 19:22 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?”
What does this verse really mean? Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. Use this reference information to gain deeper insight into the Bible and enrich your understanding. Information based on Strong's Exhaustive Concordance[1].
| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Why” | לָ֭מָּה | Properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses | Why |
| “do ye persecute” | תִּרְדְּפֻ֣נִי | To run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively [of time] gone by) | do persecute |
| “me as” | כְמוֹ | As, thus, so | me as |
| “God,” | אֵ֑ל | Strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity) | God |
| “and are not” | לֹ֣א | Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | are not |
| “satisfied” | תִשְׂבָּֽעוּ׃ | To sate, i.e., fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively) | satisfied |
| “with my flesh?” | וּ֝מִבְּשָׂרִ֗י | Flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man | flesh |
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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!
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