Quotes about Suffering
I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;
— Job 16:12
His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground.
— Job 16:13
He breaks me with wound upon wound; He rushes me like a mighty warrior.
— Job 16:14
I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my horn in the dust.
— Job 16:15
yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.
— Job 16:17
My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.
— Job 16:20
“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.
— Job 17:1
He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.
— Job 17:6
It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.
— Job 18:13
He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.
— Job 18:14
Then Job answered:
— Job 19:1
“How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?
— Job 19:2