Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone;
And He has uprooted my hope like a tree.

King James Version

He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.

Holman Bible

He tears me down on every side so that I am ruined.
He uproots my hope like a tree.

International Standard Version

He is breaking me down on every side, and now it's too late for me; he has uprooted my hopes like a tree.

A Conservative Version

He has broken me down on every side, and I am gone. And he has plucked up my hope like a tree.

American Standard Version

He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; And my hope hath he plucked up like a tree.

Amplified


“He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone;
He has uprooted my hope like a tree.

Bible in Basic English

I am broken down by him on every side, and I am gone; my hope is uprooted like a tree.

Darby Translation

He breaketh me down on every side, and I am gone; and my hope hath he torn up as a tree.

Julia Smith Translation

He will lay me waste round about, and I shall go: and he will remove my hope as a tree.

King James 2000

He has destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and my hope has he removed like a tree.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He has broken me down all around, and I am gone. And he has uprooted my hope like a tree,

Modern King James verseion

He has broken me on every side, and I am gone, and He has uprooted my hope like a tree.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am undone: My hope hath he taken away from me, as it were a tree plucked up by the root.

NET Bible

He tears me down on every side until I perish; he uproots my hope like one uproots a tree.

New Heart English Bible

He has broken me down on every side, and I am gone. My hope he has plucked up like a tree.

The Emphasized Bible

He hath ruined me on every side, and I am gone, and he hath taken away - like a tree - my hope;

Webster

He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and my hope hath he removed like a tree.

World English Bible

He has broken me down on every side, and I am gone. My hope he has plucked up like a tree.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נתץ 
Nathats 
Usage: 42

me on every side
סביבה סביב 
Cabiyb 
Usage: 334

and I am gone
ילך 
Yalak 
Usage: 0

and mine hope
תּקוה 
Tiqvah 
Usage: 34

נסע 
Naca` 
Usage: 146

Context Readings

Job's Sixth Speech: A Response To Bildad

9 He stripped me of my honor. He took the crown off my head. 10 “He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone;
And He has uprooted my hope like a tree.
11 He is very angry with me. He considers me his enemy.

Cross References

Job 24:20

The womb forgets them. The worm finds them sweet. They are no longer remembered. Wickedness is broken like a tree.

Job 1:13-19

One day when Job's children were having a feast at the home of their oldest brother,

Job 2:7

Satan left Jehovah's presence and struck Job with painful boils from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head.

Job 6:11

What strength do I have, that I should wait and hope? What prospects, that I should be patient?

Job 7:6

My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle flying back and forth. They end without hope.

Job 8:13-18

Such is the destiny of all who forget God. The hope of the godless will perish.

Job 12:14

What he tears down cannot be rebuilt. The man he imprisons cannot be released.

Job 17:11

My days are passing by. My plans are broken. My dreams are shattered.

Job 17:15

Where is my hope? Can you see any hope left in me?

Psalm 37:35-36

I have seen a wicked, violent man spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil.

Psalm 88:13-18

I cry out to you for help, O Jehovah, and in the morning my prayer will come before you.

Psalm 102:11

My days are like a lengthened shadow and I wither away like grass.

Lamentations 2:5-6

Jehovah has become like an enemy fighting against her, sending destruction on Israel. He has sent destruction on all her great houses, turning his strong places into waste. He increases the grief and the sorrow of the daughter of Judah.

2 Corinthians 4:8-9

We are pressed (afflicted) (troubled) on every side, but not crushed. We are perplexed yet not to despair.

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