Job 19:9
He has stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
In Context
8He has walled up my way that I cannot pass, and has set darkness in my paths.
10He has broken me down on every side, and I am gone. And he has plucked up my hope like a tree.
Cross References
Job 29:7when I went forth to the gate to the city, when I prepared my seat in the street.
Job 30:1But now those who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.
Psalms 89:39Thou have abhorred the covenant of thy servant. Thou have profaned his crown to the ground.
Psalms 89:44Thou have made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
Lamentations 5:16The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us! For we have sinned.
Matthew Henry on Job 19:9-23
Job Complains of God's Displeasure; Job Complains of His Friends. ( b. c. 1520.) 8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths. 9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head. 10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree. 11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies. 12 His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my… Read the whole commentary →