Job 19:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

As God - has persecuted me. Prefiguring Jesus Christ (Psalms 69:26). That God afflicts is no reason that man is to add to a sufferer's affliction (Zechariah 1:15).

Satisfied with my flesh. It is not enough that God afflicts my flesh literally (Job 19:20), but you must 'eat my flesh' metaphorically (Psalms 27:2) - i:e., utter the worst calamnies-as the phrase often means in Arabic (Galatians 5:15, "If ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another").

Job 19:22

22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?