Job 19:22 (GNV)

Passage

Why do ye persecute me, as God? and are not satisfied with my flesh?

Nearby Context

Job 19:20 My bone cleaueth to my skinne and to my flesh, and I haue escaped with the skinne of my teeth.

Job 19:21 Haue pitie vpon me: haue pitie vpon me, (O yee my friendes) for the hande of God hath touched me.

Job 19:22 Why do ye persecute me, as God? and are not satisfied with my flesh?

Job 19:23 Oh that my wordes were nowe written! oh that they were written euen in a booke,

Job 19:24 And grauen with an yron pen in lead, or in stone for euer!

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "persecute", "satisfied", and "flesh". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "persecute" and "satisfied", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "Haue pitie vpon me haue pitie vpon..." into verse 23's "Oh that my wordes were nowe written...", so "persecute" and "satisfied" 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 "persecute" and "satisfied" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.