Job 19:12 (DBY)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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.

Job 19:13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are quite estranged from me.

Job 19:14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my known friends have forgotten me.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "troops", "come", "together", "cast", "against", "encamped", "round", and "tent". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "troops" and "come", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "And he hath kindled his anger against..." into verse 13's "He hath put my brethren far from...", so "troops" and "come" 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 "troops" and "come" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.