Job 16:19
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 16:19 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 16:19 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high. on high: Heb. in the high places" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 16:19 — KJV
“Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high. on high: Heb. in the high places”
— Job 16:19 (KJV)
Job 16:19 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 16:19
“And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven. put...: Heb. caused to cease idolatrous...: Heb. Chemarim planets: or, twelve signs or, constellations”
Shares key themes with Job 16:19: also, heaven, high
“Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities. present: Heb. found images: Heb. statues until...: Heb. until to make an end”
Shares key themes with Job 16:19: also, now, high
“Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him. images: Heb. sun images”
Shares key themes with Job 16:19: also, high, heb
“For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. he built...: Heb. he returned and built”
Shares key themes with Job 16:19: heaven, high, heb
“His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers. the seers: or, Hosai”
Shares key themes with Job 16:19: also, behold, high
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