Job 19:2 (WEB)

Passage

“How long will you torment me, and crush me with words?

Nearby Context

Job 19:1 Then Job answered,

Job 19:2 “How long will you torment me, and crush me with words?

Job 19:3 You have reproached me ten times. You aren’t ashamed that you attack me.

Job 19:4 If it is true that I have erred, my error remains with myself.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "long", "torment", "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..." into verse 3's "You have reproached me ten times You...", 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.