Job 19:5
If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:
In Context
4And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
6Know now that God hath subverted my cause, and hath compassed me with His net.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:6And her rival vexed her sore, to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.
Psalms 35:26Let them be ashamed and abashed together that rejoice at my hurt; let them be clothed with shame and confusion that magnify themselves against me.
Psalms 41:11(41-12) By this I know that Thou delightest in me, that mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
Isaiah 4:1And seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying: 'We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel; only let us be called by thy name; take thou away our reproach.'
Zephaniah 2:10This shall they have for their pride, because they have taunted and spoken boastfully against the people of the LORD of hosts.
Matthew Henry on Job 19:2-8
The Reply of Job to Bildad. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then Job answered and said, 2 How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words? 3 These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me. 4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself. 5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach: 6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net. 7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not… Read the whole commentary →