Job 19:6 - Exposition

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 is from God.