Job 19:5

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“If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my disgrace against me,”

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BSBPD

“If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my disgrace against me,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, And plead against me my reproach;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“If, truly, over me ye magnify yourselves, And decide against me my reproach;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 19:5 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Samuel 1:6Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her and taunt her viciously.
  2. Nehemiah 1:3And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”
  3. Psalms 35:26May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
  4. Psalms 38:16For I said, “Let them not gloat over me— those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
  5. Psalms 41:11By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.
  6. Psalms 55:12For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.
  7. Isaiah 4:1In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothes. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!”
  8. Micah 7:8Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
  9. Zephaniah 2:10This they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and mocking the people of the LORD of Hosts.
  10. Zechariah 12:7The LORD will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and of the people of Jerusalem may not be greater than that of Judah.
  11. Luke 1:25“The Lord has done this for me. In these days He has shown me favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.”
  12. Luke 13:2To this He replied, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered this fate?
  13. John 9:2and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
  14. John 9:34They replied, “You were born in utter sin, and you are instructing us?” And they threw him out.

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