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Job 19:5 Cross-References
Explore 14 cross-references for Job 19:5 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 19 verse 5 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:”
Job 19:5 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 19:5
If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me (אִם־אָמְנָם עָלַי תַּגְדִּילוּ, im-'omnam 'alay tagdilu)—The verb גָּדַל (gadal, 'to magnify/make great') in the Hiphil stem means 'to exalt oneself.' Job accuses his friends of using his suffering to elevate their own righteousness—a devastating critique of their motives.And plead against me my reproach (וְתוֹכִיחוּ עָלַי חֶרְפָּתִי, wetokhichu 'alay cherpati)—The verb יָכַח (yakach) means 'to prove, argue, reprove.' His friends treat his חֶרְפָּה (cherpah, 'disgrace/shame') as forensic evidence of guilt. Job exposes the cruelty of their 'comfo...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 19:5
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“Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.”
“then I could have endured it. Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me”
“Don't let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.”
“You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us? They threw him out.”
“Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me”
“The remnant who are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down”
“my enemy. When I fall”
“because my enemy doesn't triumph over me.”
“because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of Yahweh of Armies.”
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