Job 19 · Verse 5

Job 19:5

If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:
Job 19:5, King James Version

Job 19:5 in other translations

BSBIf indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my disgrace against me,
WEBIf indeed you will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach,
ASVIf indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, And plead against me my reproach;
YLTIf, truly, over me ye magnify yourselves, And decide against me my reproach;
DARBYIf indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and prove against me my reproach,
BBEIf you make yourselves great against me, using my punishment as an argument against me,
WebsterIf indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:

What does Job 19:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. magnify, &c.--Speak proudly (Ob 12; Eze 35:13). against me--emphatically repeated (Psa 38:16). plead ... reproach--English Version makes this part of the protasis, "if" being understood, and the apodosis beginning at Job 19:6. Better with Umbreit, If ye would become great heroes against me in truth, ye must prove (evince) against me my guilt, or shame, which you assert. In the English Version "reproach" will mean Job's calamities, which they "pleaded" against him as a "reproach," or proof of guilt.

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 19:1-7

Job's friends blamed him as a wicked man, because he was so afflicted; here he describes their unkindness, showing that what they condemned was capable of excuse. Harsh language from friends, greatly adds to the weight of afflictions: yet it is best not to lay it to heart, lest we harbour resentment. Rather let us look to Him who endured the contradiction of sinners against himself, and was treated with far more…

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Job 19:5 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.

אִם\־'im-ifH518
אָ֭מְנָם'A.me.nomtrulyH551
עָלַ֣י'a.Laiabove meH5921
תַּגְדִּ֑ילוּtag.Di.luyou will magnify yourselvesH1431
וְתוֹכִ֥יחוּve.to.Khi.chuand you may argueH3198
עָ֝לַ֗י'a.Laion meH5921
חֶרְפָּתִּֽי\׃cher.pa.Tidisgrace myH2781

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 19:5

  • Psalms 35:26

    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.

  • Psalms 55:12

    For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

  • Psalms 38:16

    For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

  • Zephaniah 2:10

    This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the Lord of hosts.

  • Luke 1:25

    Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.

  • Micah 7:8

    Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.

  • Psalms 41:11

    By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.

  • John 9:34

    They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.

  • John 9:2

    And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?

  • Zechariah 12:7

    The Lord also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah.

  • 1 Samuel 1:6

    And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb.

  • Nehemiah 1:3

    And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
magnify.
Ps 35:26; 38:16; 41:11; 55:12; Mic 7:8; Zep 2:10; Zec 12:7
plead.
1Sa 1:6; Ne 1:3; Isa 4:1; Lu 1:25; 13:2-4; Joh 9:2,34

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Context

  • Job 19:4

    And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.

  • Job 19:5

    If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:

  • Job 19:6

    Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.

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Job 19:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas si vosotros os engrandeciereis contra mí, y adujereis contra mí mi oprobio,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Si réellement vous voulez vous élever contre moi et faire valoir mon opprobre contre moi,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wenn ihr wirklich wider mich großtun wollt, und wider mich dartun meine Schmach,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
At vos contra me erigimini, et arguitis me opprobriis meis.