Job 19:2 (KJV)

Passage

How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

Nearby Context

Job 19:1 Then Job answered and said,

Job 19:2 How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

Job 19:3 These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.

Job 19:4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "long", "soul", "break", "pieces", and "words". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "long" and "soul", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "Then Job answered and said..." into verse 3's "These ten times have ye reproached me...", so "long" and "soul" 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 "long" and "soul" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.