2 How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
2 "How long will you torment me and crush me with words?
2 "How long will you torment me and break me in pieces with words?
2 "How long are you going to keep battering away at me, pounding me with these harangues?
2 "How long will you torment my soul, And break me in pieces with words?
2 "How long will you torture me? How long will you try to crush me with your words?
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 19:2
Commentary on Job 19:1-7
(Read Job 19:1-7)
Job's friends blamed him as a wicked man, because he was so afflicted; here he describes their unkindness, showing that what they condemned was capable of excuse. Harsh language from friends, greatly adds to the weight of afflictions: yet it is best not to lay it to heart, lest we harbour resentment. Rather let us look to Him who endured the contradiction of sinners against himself, and was treated with far more cruelty than Job was, or we can be.