Job 19:10 (DBY)

Passage

He breaketh me down on every side, and I am gone; and my hope hath he torn up as a tree.

Nearby Context

Job 19:8 He hath hedged up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

Job 19:9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

Job 19:10 He breaketh me down on every side, and I am gone; and my hope hath he torn up as a tree.

Job 19:11 And he hath kindled his anger against me, and hath counted me unto him as one of his enemies.

Job 19:12 His troops have come together and cast up their way against me, and have encamped round about my tent.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "breaketh", "down", "side", "gone", "hope", "hath", "torn", and "tree". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "breaketh" and "down", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "He hath stripped me of my glory..." into verse 11's "And he hath kindled his anger against...", so "breaketh" and "down" belong inside that flow. In Job context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "breaketh" and "down" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.