Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 19:5
If, indeed, ye will magnify yourselves against me - This is connected with the next verse. The sense is, “all these calamities came from God. He has brought them upon me in a sudden and mysterious manner. In these circumstances you ought to have pity upon me; Job 19:21. Instead of magnifying yourselves against me, setting yourselves up as censors and judges, overwhelming me with reproaches and filling my mind with pain and anguish, you ought to show to me the sympathy of a friend.” The phrase,... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Job 19:6
Know now that God hath overthrown me ; or, perverted me—"subverted me in my cause" (see Lamentations 3:6 ). And hath compassed me with his net . Professor Lee thinks that the net, or rather noose, intended by the rare word מצוּד is the lasso , which was certainly employed in war (Herod; 7.85), and probably also in hunting, from ancient times in the East. Bildad had insinuated that Job had fallen into his own snare ( Job 18:7-9 ); Job replies that the snare in which he is taken... read more