Job 19 · Verse 9

Job 19:9

He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
Job 19:9, King James Version

Job 19:9 in other translations

BSBHe has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.
WEBHe has stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
ASVHe hath stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head.
YLTMine honour from off me He hath stripped, And He turneth the crown from my head.
DARBYHe hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
BBEHe has put off my glory from me, and taken the crown from my head.
WebsterHe hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

What does Job 19:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. stripped ... crown--image from a deposed king, deprived of his robes and crown; appropriate to Job, once an emir with all but royal dignity (La 5:16; Psa 89:39).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 He hath stripped me of my glory - I am reduced to such circumstances, that I have lost all my honor and respect.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 19:8-22

How doleful are Job's complaints! What is the fire of hell but the wrath of God! Seared consciences will feel it hereafter, but do not fear it now: enlightened consciences fear it now, but shall not feel it hereafter. It is a very common mistake to think that those whom God afflicts he treats as his enemies. Every creature is that to us which God makes it to be; yet this does not excuse Job's relations and friends…

Read the full comment on Job 19:8-22 →

Job 19:9 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.

כְּ֭בוֹדִיKe.vo.dihonor myH3519
מֵעָלַ֣יme.'a.Laifrom on <the> meH5921
הִפְשִׁ֑יטhif.Shithe has stripped offH6584
וַ֝יָּ֗סַרvai.Ya.sarand he has removedH5493
עֲטֶ֣רֶת'a.Te.ret[the] crown ofH5850
רֹאשִֽׁי\׃ro.Shihead myH7218

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

Cross references for Job 19:9

  • Psalms 89:44

    Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.

  • Job 29:7-14

    When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up. The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. …

  • Psalms 89:39

    Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

  • Lamentations 5:16

    The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!

  • Job 30:1

    But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.

  • Job 12:17

    He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.

  • Hosea 9:11

    As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.

  • Job 29:20-21

    My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand. Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.

  • Psalms 49:16-17

    Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.

  • Isaiah 61:6

    But ye shall be named the Priests of the Lord: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
stripped.
29:7-14,20,21; 30:1; Ps 49:16,17; 89:44; Isa 61:6; Ho 9:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 19:8

    He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

  • Job 19:9

    He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

  • Job 19:10

    He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.

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Job 19:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Hame despojado de mi gloria, y quitado la corona de mi cabeza.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Il m’a dépouillé de ma gloire et a ôté la couronne de dessus ma tête;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Meine Ehre hat er mir ausgezogen, und weggenommen die Krone meines Hauptes.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Spoliavit me gloria mea, et abstulit coronam de capite meo.