Job 19:5
If, truly, over me ye magnify yourselves, And decide against me my reproach;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:
In Context
4And also — truly, I have erred, With me doth my error remain.
6Know now, that God turned me upside down, And His net against me hath set round,
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:6and her adversity hath also provoked her greatly, so as to make her tremble, for Jehovah hath shut up her womb.
Psalms 35:26They are ashamed and confounded together, Who are rejoicing at my evil. They put on shame and confusion, Who are magnifying themselves against me.
Psalms 41:11By this I have known, That Thou hast delighted in me, Because my enemy shouteth not over me.
Isaiah 4:1And taken hold have seven women on one man, In that day, saying, 'Our own bread we do eat, And our own raiment we put on, Only, let thy name be called over us, Remove thou our reproach.'
Zephaniah 2:10This [is] to them for their arrogancy, Because they have reproached, And they magnify [themselves] against the people of Jehovah of Hosts.
Luke 1:25'Thus hath the Lord done to me, in days in which He looked upon [me], to take away my reproach among men.'
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 →