Job 19:5

Job 19:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:
• New International Version (NIV)If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my humiliation against me,
• English Standard Version (ESV)If indeed you magnify yourselves against me and make my disgrace an argument against me,
• New King James Version (NKJV)If indeed you exalt yourselves against me, And plead my disgrace against me,

Context of Job 19:5

3These ten times you have been reproaching me; you are not ashamed to attack me! 4But even if it were true that I have erred, my error remains solely my concern! If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and plead my disgrace against me, 6know then that God has wronged me and encircled me with his net. 7“If I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I receive no answer; I cry for help, but there is no justice.

Job 19:5 word by word

אִם־אָ֭מְנָם עָלַ֣י תַּגְדִּ֑ילוּ וְתוֹכִ֥יחוּ עָ֝לַ֗י חֶרְפָּתִּֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• If indeedאׇמְנָם'omnâm · trulyH551
• ye will magnifyגָּדַלgâdal · to magnifyH1431
• against me, and pleadיָכַחyâkach · to rebukeH3198
• against me my reproachחֶרְפָּהcherpâh · reproachH2781

Cross-references for Job 19:5

• Psalms 35:26May those who want to harm me be totally embarrassed and ashamed! May those who arrogantly taunt me be covered with shame and humiliation!
• Psalms 38:16I have prayed for deliverance, because otherwise they will gloat over me; when my foot slips they will arrogantly taunt me.
• Psalms 41:11By this I know that you are pleased with me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.
• Psalms 55:12Indeed, it is not an enemy who insults me, or else I could bear it; it is not one who hates me who arrogantly taunts me, or else I could hide from him.
• Micah 7:8My enemies, do not gloat over me! Though I have fallen, I will get up. Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light.
• Zephaniah 2:10This is how they will be repaid for their arrogance, for they taunted and verbally harassed the people of the Lord who commands armies.
• Zechariah 12:7The Lord also will deliver the homes of Judah first, so that the splendor of the kingship of David and of the people of Jerusalem may not exceed that of Judah.
• 1 Samuel 1:6Her rival wife used to upset her and make her worry, for the Lord had not enabled her to have children.
• Nehemiah 1:3They said to me, “The remnant that remains from the exile there in the province are experiencing considerable adversity and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem lies breached, and its gates have been burned down!”
• Isaiah 4:1Seven women will grab hold of one man at that time. They will say, “We will provide our own food, we will provide our own clothes; but let us belong to you – take away our shame!”
• Luke 1:25“This is what the Lord has done for me at the time when he has been gracious to me, to take away my disgrace among people.”
• Luke 13:2He answered them, “Do you think these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered these things?
• John 9:2His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who committed the sin that caused him to be born blind, this man or his parents?”

Commentaries on Job 19:5

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5If, 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…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. magnify, &c.--Speak proudly (Ob 12; Eze 35:13). against me--emphatically repeated (Psa 38:16). plead ... reproach--English Version makes this part of the protasis, "if" being understood, and the apodosis beginning at Job 19:6. Better with Umbreit, If ye would become great heroes against me in truth, ye must prove (evince) against me my guilt, or shame, which you assert. In the English Version "reproach" will mean Job's calamities, which they "pleaded"…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 19:5

• Persecution

In the dictionaries

• Acquaintance
• Fence
• Mouth
• Net
• Plead

Commentaries on Job 19

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings