King James Version
Job 19:9 in the King James Version says “He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.” — study this verse from Job chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.”
Job 19:9 · KJV
Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment. wrong: or, violence
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“me of my glory”
H3519properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“He hath stripped”
H6584to spread out (i.e., deploy in hostile array); by analogy, to strip (i.e., unclothe, plunder, flay, etc.)
“from my head”
H7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
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