Job 19:2 (LSB)

Passage

“How long will you torment my soul And crush me with words?

Nearby Context

Job 19:1 Then Job answered and said,

Job 19:2 “How long will you torment my soul And crush me with words?

Job 19:3 These ten times you have dishonored me; You are not ashamed that you wrong me.

Job 19:4 Even if I have truly erred, My error lodges with me.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "long", "torment", "soul", "crush", and "words". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "long" and "torment", 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 you have dishonored me...", so "long" and "torment" 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 "torment" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.