Job 19:15
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 19:15 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 19:15 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 19:15 — KJV
“They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.”
— Job 19:15 (KJV)
Job 19:15 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 19:15
“And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:”
Shares key themes with Job 19:15: mine, house, count
“Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them:”
Shares key themes with Job 19:15: mine, house, stranger
“And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour. of the...: or, of the handmaids of my servants”
Shares key themes with Job 19:15: mine, maids, sight
“Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name. this...: Heb. thy name is called upon this house”
Shares key themes with Job 19:15: dwell, house, stranger
“Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house; toward...: or, in this place”
Shares key themes with Job 19:15: house, count, stranger
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