Job

Job 19:21–22

²¹Have pity on me, my friends, have pity,

for the hand of God has struck me.

²²Why do you persecute me as God does?

Will you never get enough of my flesh?

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Have pity on me	חָנֻּ֬נִי	ḥān·nu·nî	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural; first person common singular	H2603 shew favour, be gracious
my friends	רֵעָ֑י	rê·‘āy	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H7453 shouting, roar
have pity	חָנֻּ֣נִי	ḥān·nu·nî	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural; first person common singular	H2603 shew favour, be gracious
for	כִּ֥י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the hand	יַד־	yaḏ-	Noun - feminine singular construct	H3027 hand
of God	אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ	’ĕ·lō·w·ah	Noun - masculine singular	H433 god, God
has struck	נָ֣גְעָה	nā·ḡə·‘āh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H5060 touch, reach, strike
me	בִּֽי׃	bî	Preposition; first person common singular

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Why	לָ֭מָּה	lām·māh	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
do you persecute me	תִּרְדְּפֻ֣נִי	tir·də·p̄u·nî	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural; first person common singular	H7291 pursue, chase, persecute
as	כְמוֹ־	ḵə·mōw-	Preposition	H3644 like, as, when
God does	אֵ֑ל	’êl	Noun - masculine singular	H410 god
Will you never	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
get enough	תִשְׂבָּֽעוּ׃	ṯiś·bā·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H7646 be sated, satisfied, surfeited
of my flesh	וּ֝מִבְּשָׂרִ֗י	ū·mib·bə·śā·rî	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H1320 flesh

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 19:21 Job 1:11 · Psalm 38:2

Job 19:22 Psalm 69:26

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.