Job 16 · Verse 19

Job 16:19

Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.
Job 16:19, King James Version

Job 16:19 in other translations

BSBEven now my witness is in heaven, and my advocate is on high.
WEBEven now, behold, my witness is in heaven. He who vouches for me is on high.
ASVEven now, behold, my witness is in heaven, And he that voucheth for me is on high.
YLTAlso, now, lo, in the heavens is my witness, And my testifier in the high places.
DARBYEven now, behold, my Witness is in the heavens, and he that voucheth for me is in the heights.
BBEEven now my witness is in heaven, and the supporter of my cause is on high.
WebsterAlso now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.

What does Job 16:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
19. Also now--Even now, when I am so greatly misunderstood on earth, God in heaven is sensible of my innocence. record--Hebrew, "in the high places"; Hebrew, "my witness." Amidst all his impatience, Job still trusts in God.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 My witness is in heaven - I appeal to God for my innocence.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 16:17-22

Job's condition was very deplorable; but he had the testimony of his conscience for him, that he never allowed himself in any gross sin. No one was ever more ready to acknowledge sins of infirmity. Eliphaz had charged him with hypocrisy in religion, but he specifies prayer, the great act of religion, and professes that in this he was pure, though not from all infirmity. He had a God to go to, who he doubted not took…

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Job 16:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

גַּם\־gam-alsoH1571
עַ֭תָּה'A.tahnowH6258
הִנֵּה\־hi.neh-there!H2009
בַשָּׁמַ֣יִםva.sha.Ma.yim[is] in the heavensH8064
עֵדִ֑י'e.Diwitness myH5707
וְ֝שָׂהֲדִ֗יve.sa.ha.Diand witness myH7717
בַּמְּרוֹמִֽים\׃ba.me.ro.Mim[is] in <the> high placesH4791

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Cross references for Job 16:19

  • Romans 1:9

    For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;

  • Genesis 31:50

    If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:5

    For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:10

    Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:

  • Romans 9:1

    I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,

  • Job 25:2

    Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.

  • Psalms 113:5

    Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high,

  • 1 Samuel 12:5

    And he said unto them, The Lord is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.

  • 2 Corinthians 1:23

    Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.

  • 2 Corinthians 11:31

    The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
my witness.
1Sa 12:5; Ro 1:9; 9:1; 2Co 1:23; 11:31; 1Th 2:10
on high. Heb. in the high places.
25:2; Ps 113:5

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Context

  • Job 16:18

    O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.

  • Job 16:19

    Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.

  • Job 16:20

    My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.

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Job 16:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas he aquí que en los cielos está mi testigo, y mi testimonio en las alturas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Maintenant aussi, voici, mon témoin est dans les cieux, et celui qui témoigne pour moi est dans les lieux élevés.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Sogar jetzt, siehe, im Himmel ist mein Zeuge, und der mir Zeugnis gibt, in den Höhen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Terra, ne operias sanguinem meum, neque inveniat in te locum latendi clamor meus: