Job 19:22 (KJV)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Job 19:20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

Job 19:21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand 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 words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!

Job 19:24 That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!

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 "Have pity upon me have pity upon..." into verse 23's "Oh that my words were now 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.