Job 19:10 (YLT)

Passage

He breaketh me down round about, and I go, And removeth like a tree my hope.

Nearby Context

Job 19:8 My way He hedged up, and I pass not over, And on my paths darkness He placeth.

Job 19:9 Mine honour from off me He hath stripped, And He turneth the crown from my head.

Job 19:10 He breaketh me down round about, and I go, And removeth like a tree my hope.

Job 19:11 And He kindleth against me His anger, And reckoneth me to Him as His adversaries.

Job 19:12 Come in do His troops together, And they raise up against me their way, And encamp round about my tent.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "breaketh", "down", "round", "removeth", "like", "tree", and "hope". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "breaketh" and "down", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "Mine honour from off me He hath..." into verse 11's "And He kindleth against me His anger...", so "breaketh" and "down" 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 "breaketh" and "down" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.