Job 16:19

Job 16:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.
• New International Version (NIV)Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and he who testifies for me is on high.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Surely even now my witness is in heaven, And my evidence is on high.

Context of Job 16:19

17Although there is no violence or wrongdoing in my hands, And my prayer is pure. 18“O earth, do not cover my blood, And let there be no [resting] place for my cry [where it will cease being heard]. Even now, behold, my Witness is in heaven, And my Advocate [who vouches and testifies for me] is on high. 20My friends are scoffers [who ridicule]; My eye pours out tears to God. 21Oh, that a man would mediate and plead with God [for me] Just as a man [mediates and pleads] with his neighbor and friend.

Job 16:19 word by word

גַּם־עַ֭תָּה הִנֵּה־בַשָּׁמַ֣יִם עֵדִ֑י וְ֝שָׂהֲדִ֗י בַּמְּרוֹמִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Also now, behold, my witnessעֵד‛êd · witnessH5707
• in heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• and my recordשָׂהֵדώâhêd · witnessH7717
• on highמָרוֹםmârôm · heightH4791

Cross-references for Job 16:19

• 1 Samuel 12:5Samuel said to them, “The Lord is a witness against you, and [Saul] His anointed is a witness this day that you have not found anything in my hand.” And they answered, “He is a witness.”
• Romans 1:9For God, whom I serve with my spirit by preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness as to how continuously I mention you
• Romans 9:1I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience testifies with me [enlightened and prompted] by the Holy Spirit,
• 2 Corinthians 1:23But I call on God as my soul’s witness, that it was to spare you [pain and discouragement] that I did not come again to Corinth—
• 2 Corinthians 11:31The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, He who is blessed and to be praised forevermore, knows that I am not lying.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:10You are witnesses, and so is God, how unworldly and just and blameless was our behavior toward you who believe [in our Lord Jesus Christ].
• Job 25:2“Dominion and awe belong to God; He establishes peace and order in His high places.
• Psalms 113:5Who is like the Lord our God, Who is enthroned on high,

Commentaries on Job 16:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19My witness is in heaven - I appeal to God for my innocence.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19My witness is in heaven - That is, I can appeal to God for my sincerity. He is my witness; and he will bear record for me. This is an evidence of returning confidence in God - to which Job always returns even after the most passionate and irreverent expressions. Such is his real trust in God, that though he is betrayed at times into expressions of impatience and irreverence, yet he is sure to return to calmer views, and to show that he has true confidence…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-22Verses 17-22 Job's condition was very deplorable; but he had the testimony of his conscience for him, that he never allowed himself in any gross sin. No one was ever more ready to acknowledge sins of infirmity. Eliphaz had charged him with hypocrisy in religion, but he specifies prayer, the great act of religion, and professes that in this he was pure, though not from all infirmity. He had a God to go to, who he doubted not took full notice of all his…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-21my witness is in heaven: Job wished for a kind third party to be "a mediator" between him and God (see 9:32–35). Job wanted a heavenly advocate who would eventually stand on the earth (16:19; compare Zechariah 3:1; Job 19:25; compare 1 Samuel 24:15; John 14:16, 26; 15:26; 16:7; 1 John 2:1).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. Also now--Even now, when I am so greatly misunderstood on earth, God in heaven is sensible of my innocence. record--Hebrew, "in the high places"; Hebrew, "my witness." Amidst all his impatience, Job still trusts in God.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 16:19

• Faith
• Heart
• Holy Spirit
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

• Comforter
• Foul
• Plead
• Scorn
• Bildad
• Death
• God
• Jegar-Saha-Dutha
• Record

Commentaries on Job 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary