Job 19:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 19:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 19:5 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 19:5 — KJV
“If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:”
— Job 19:5 (KJV)
Job 19:5 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 19:5
“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:”
Shares key themes with Job 19:5: magnify, against, reproach
“These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me. make...: or, harden yourselves against me”
Shares key themes with Job 19:5: yourselves, against, reproach
“For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the LORD, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day. For Moses...: or, And Moses said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the LORD, because every man hath been against his brother, etc Consecrate...: Heb. Fill your hands”
Shares key themes with Job 19:5: yourselves, against
“And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.”
Shares key themes with Job 19:5: yourselves, against
“And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD? Ye take...: Heb. It is much for you”
Shares key themes with Job 19:5: yourselves, against
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