Job 19:9
He has stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
World English Bible Classic
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 so that I can’t pass, and has set darkness in my paths.
10He has broken me down on every side, and I am gone. He has plucked my hope up like a tree.
Cross References
Job 29:7when I went out to the city gate, when I prepared my seat in the street.
Job 30:1“But now those who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I considered unworthy to put with my sheep dogs.
Psalms 89:39You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.
Psalms 89:44You have ended his splendor, and thrown 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 →