Job 19:11
New International Version
His anger burns against me; he counts me among his enemies.

New Living Translation
His fury burns against me; he counts me as an enemy.

English Standard Version
He has kindled his wrath against me and counts me as his adversary.

Berean Standard Bible
His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies.

King James Bible
He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.

New King James Version
He has also kindled His wrath against me, And He counts me as one of His enemies.

New American Standard Bible
“He has also kindled His anger against me And considered me as His enemy.

NASB 1995
“He has also kindled His anger against me And considered me as His enemy.

NASB 1977
“He has also kindled His anger against me, And considered me as His enemy.

Legacy Standard Bible
He has also kindled His anger against me And counted me as His adversary.

Amplified Bible
“He has also kindled His wrath [like a fire] against me And He considers and counts me as one of His adversaries.

Christian Standard Bible
His anger burns against me, and he regards me as one of his enemies.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
His anger burns against me, and He regards me as one of His enemies.

American Standard Version
He hath also kindled his wrath against me, And he counteth me unto him as one of his adversaries.

Contemporary English Version
and attacks with fierce anger, as though I were his enemy.

English Revised Version
He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his adversaries.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He is very angry at me. He considers me to be his enemy.

Good News Translation
God is angry and rages against me; he treats me like his worst enemy.

International Standard Version
His anger burns against me; he regards me as his adversary.

Majority Standard Bible
His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies.

NET Bible
Thus his anger burns against me, and he considers me among his enemies.

New Heart English Bible
He has also kindled his wrath against me. He counts me among his adversaries.

Webster's Bible Translation
He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me to him as one of his enemies.

World English Bible
He has also kindled his wrath against me. He counts me among his adversaries.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And He kindles His anger against me, "" And reckons me to Him as His adversaries.

Young's Literal Translation
And He kindleth against me His anger, And reckoneth me to Him as His adversaries.

Smith's Literal Translation
And he will kindle his anger against me, and he will reckon me to him as his enemy.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
His wrath is kindled against me, and he hath counted me as his enemy.

Catholic Public Domain Version
His fury has raged against me, and in this way he has treated me like his enemy.

New American Bible
He has kindled his wrath against me; he counts me one of his enemies.

New Revised Standard Version
He has kindled his wrath against me, and counts me as his adversary.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
He has also kindled his wrath against me, and he counts me as his enemy.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And his anger had grown strong against me, and he considers me as an enemy to him
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
He hath also kindled His wrath against me, And He counteth me unto Him as one of His adversaries.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he has dreadfully handled me in anger, and has counted me for an enemy.

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Context
Job: My Redeemer Lives
10He tears me down on every side until I am gone; He uproots my hope like a tree. 11His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies. 12His troops advance together; they construct a ramp against me and encamp around my tent.…

Cross References
Psalm 88:7
Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah

Lamentations 2:4
He has bent His bow like an enemy; His right hand is positioned. Like a foe He has killed all who were pleasing to the eye; He has poured out His wrath like fire on the tent of the Daughter of Zion.

Isaiah 63:10
But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.

Psalm 38:3
There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.

Jeremiah 30:14
All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins.

Isaiah 34:2
The LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter.

Psalm 7:11
God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.

Jeremiah 4:8
So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”

Isaiah 10:5-6
Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath. / I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.

Psalm 90:11
Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.

Romans 1:18
The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.

Ephesians 5:6
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

Colossians 3:6
Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

Revelation 6:16-17
And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. / For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”

2 Thessalonians 1:8-9
in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. / They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,


Treasury of Scripture

He has also kindled his wrath against me, and he counts me to him as one of his enemies.

kindled

Deuteronomy 32:22
For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

Psalm 89:46
How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?

Psalm 90:7
For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.

he counteth

Job 13:24
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

Job 16:9
He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

Job 33:10
Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,

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His anger burns against me
The Hebrew word for "anger" here is "אַף" (aph), which often conveys the idea of a flaring nostril, symbolizing intense wrath or indignation. In the context of Job, this phrase reflects Job's perception of God's overwhelming displeasure towards him. Historically, the concept of divine anger was understood as a response to sin or disobedience. However, Job's situation is unique because he is described as a righteous man. This phrase highlights the depth of Job's suffering and confusion, as he feels the weight of divine wrath without understanding the cause. It serves as a poignant reminder of the trials believers may face, even when they strive to live righteously, and the importance of faith in God's ultimate justice and mercy.

and He counts me among His enemies
The Hebrew root for "counts" is "חָשַׁב" (chashab), meaning to think, plan, or reckon. This implies a deliberate consideration or judgment. Job feels that God has intentionally categorized him as an adversary. In the ancient Near Eastern context, being considered an enemy of God was a dire situation, often associated with divine punishment or abandonment. This phrase underscores Job's profound sense of alienation and despair. Despite his faithfulness, he perceives himself as being on the opposite side of God's favor. For conservative Christians, this can be a powerful reflection on the mystery of suffering and the testing of faith. It encourages believers to trust in God's sovereignty and goodness, even when circumstances seem to suggest otherwise. The verse challenges us to maintain hope and integrity, trusting that God's purposes, though sometimes hidden, are ultimately for our good and His glory.

(11) He hath also kindled . . .--Comp. Job 16:9; Job 16:12, &c.

Verse 11. - He hath also kindled his wrath against me. It is not what has happened to him in the way of affliction and calamity that so much oppresses and crushes the patriarch, as the cause to which he, not unnaturally, ascribes his afflictions, vie. the wrath of God. Participating in the general creed of his time, he believes his sufferings to come direct from God, and to be proofs of God's severe anger against him. He is not, however, prepared on this account to renounce God. "Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him" (Job 13:15) is still his inward sustaining thought and guiding principle. And he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies. Job felt himself treated as an enemy of God, and supposed that God must consider him such. He either had no glimpse of the cheering truth, "Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth" (Hebrews 12:6), or he could not imagine that such woes as his were mere chastenings.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
His anger
אַפּ֑וֹ (’ap·pōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 639: The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire

burns
וַיַּ֣חַר (way·ya·ḥar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2734: To glow, grow warm, to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy

against me,
עָלַ֣י (‘ā·lay)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

and He counts me
וַיַּחְשְׁבֵ֖נִי (way·yaḥ·šə·ḇê·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 2803: To think, account

among His enemies.
כְצָרָֽיו׃ (ḵə·ṣā·rāw)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6862: Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent


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