Job 19:6
Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 19 connects to 10 cross-references. Job delivers one of the most poignant speeches in the book, cataloguing how God has surrounded him with darkness, stripped his glory, and alienated family and friends. Amid this desolation he utters the famous declaration of hope: 'I know that …
Other Translations
Know now that God hath subverted me in my cause, And hath compassed me with his net.
Know now, that God turned me upside down, And His net against me hath set round,
Be certain that it is God who has done me wrong, and has taken me in his net.
Cross References
From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for …
Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto …
As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as …
Thus saith the Lord God; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; …
My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring …