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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/job/19.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my humiliation against me,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/19.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />You think you’re better than I am, using my humiliation as evidence of my sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/19.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />If indeed you magnify yourselves against me and make my disgrace an argument against me,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/19.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my disgrace against me,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/19.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />If indeed ye will magnify <i>yourselves</i> against me, and plead against me my reproach:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/19.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />If indeed you exalt <i>yourselves</i> against me, And plead my disgrace against me,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“If indeed you exalt yourselves against me And prove my disgrace to me,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/19.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220If indeed you vaunt yourselves against me And prove my disgrace to me,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“If indeed you vaunt yourselves against me, And prove my disgrace to me,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />If truly you magnify yourselves against me And argue my disgrace to me,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“If indeed you [braggarts] vaunt <i>and</i> magnify yourselves over me And prove my disgrace (humiliation) to me,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If you really want to appear superior to me and would use my disgrace as evidence against me,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If you really want to appear superior to me and would use my disgrace as evidence against me, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/19.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, And plead against me my reproach;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/19.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You boast of your goodness, claiming I am suffering because I am guilty. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/19.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />If you are trying to make yourselves look better than me by using my disgrace as an argument against me,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/19.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You think you are better than I am, and regard my troubles as proof of my guilt. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/19.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />If you really intend to vaunt yourselves over me, and make my problems the basis of your case against me,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my disgrace against me,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/19.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and plead my disgrace against me, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />If indeed you will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/19.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />If indeed you will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />If, truly, you magnify yourselves over me, "" And decide my reproach against me;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> If, truly, over me ye magnify yourselves, And decide against me my reproach;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and prove against me my reproach:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But you have set yourselves up against me, and reprove me with my reproaches. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But you have risen up against me, and you accuse me to my disgrace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/19.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />If truly you exalt yourselves at my expense, and use my shame as an argument against me, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />If indeed you magnify yourselves against me, and make my humiliation an argument against me,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />If you have justly magnified yourselves against me, rebuked me, and reproached me,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/19.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And if, from truth, you have magnified yourselves against me, and you have rebuked me and reproached me<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/19.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, And plead against me my reproach;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/19.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But alas! for ye magnify yourselves against me, and insult me with reproach.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/19-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=2842" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/19.htm">Job: My Redeemer Lives</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>Even if I have truly gone astray, my error concerns me alone. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">If</a> <a href="/hebrew/551.htm" title="551: ’ā·mə·nām (Conj) -- Verily, truly. Adverb from 'omen; verily.">indeed</a> <a href="/hebrew/1431.htm" title="1431: taḡ·dî·lū (V-Hifil-Imperf-2mp) -- To grow up, become great. A primitive root; properly, to twist, i.e. To be large.">you would exalt yourselves</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lay (Prep:: 1cs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">above me</a> <a href="/hebrew/2781.htm" title="2781: ḥɛr·på̄t·tī (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- A reproach. From charaph. contumely, disgrace, the pudenda.">and use my disgrace</a> <a href="/hebrew/3198.htm" title="3198: wə·ṯō·w·ḵî·ḥū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjImperf-2mp) -- To decide, adjudge, prove. A primitive root; to be right; reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lay (Prep:: 1cs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">against me,</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/16-4.htm">Job 16:4</a></span><br />I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/13-4.htm">Job 13:4</a></span><br />You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/12-4.htm">Job 12:4</a></span><br />I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/21-34.htm">Job 21:34</a></span><br />So how can you comfort me with empty words? For your answers remain full of falsehood.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/6-25.htm">Job 6:25-26</a></span><br />How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove? / Do you intend to correct my words, and treat as wind my cry of despair?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/17-2.htm">Job 17:2</a></span><br />Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/30-9.htm">Job 30:9-10</a></span><br />And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them. / They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/35-11.htm">Psalm 35:11</a></span><br />Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/38-12.htm">Psalm 38:12</a></span><br />Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/41-5.htm">Psalm 41:5-9</a></span><br />My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?” / My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad. / All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me: ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/69-19.htm">Psalm 69:19-20</a></span><br />You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You. / Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/29-21.htm">Isaiah 29:21</a></span><br />those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/18-18.htm">Jeremiah 18:18</a></span><br />Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-14.htm">Lamentations 3:14</a></span><br />I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-59.htm">Matthew 26:59-61</a></span><br />Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death. / But they did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward / and declared, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">If indeed you will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:</p><p class="hdg">magnify</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/35-26.htm">Psalm 35:26</a></b></br> Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify <i>themselves</i> against me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/38-16.htm">Psalm 38:16</a></b></br> For I said, <i>Hear me</i>, lest <i>otherwise</i> they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify <i>themselves</i> against me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/41-11.htm">Psalm 41:11</a></b></br> By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.</p><p class="hdg">plead</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/1-6.htm">1 Samuel 1:6</a></b></br> And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/1-3.htm">Nehemiah 1:3</a></b></br> And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province <i>are</i> in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also <i>is</i> broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/4-1.htm">Isaiah 4:1</a></b></br> And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/13-19.htm">Argument</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/19-8.htm">Decide</a> <a href="/job/10-15.htm">Disgrace</a> <a href="/job/17-4.htm">Exalt</a> <a href="/job/12-23.htm">Great</a> <a href="/ezra/9-5.htm">Humiliation</a> <a href="/job/19-4.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/job/7-17.htm">Magnify</a> <a href="/job/16-21.htm">Plead</a> <a href="/job/9-20.htm">Prove</a> <a href="/job/13-26.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/job/19-3.htm">Reproach</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-24.htm">Use</a> <a href="/job/9-14.htm">Using</a> <a href="/judges/7-2.htm">Vaunt</a> <a href="/job/19-3.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/18-18.htm">Argument</a> <a href="/job/22-28.htm">Decide</a> <a href="/psalms/6-10.htm">Disgrace</a> <a href="/job/36-24.htm">Exalt</a> <a href="/job/20-22.htm">Great</a> <a href="/psalms/44-15.htm">Humiliation</a> <a href="/job/30-2.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/job/36-24.htm">Magnify</a> <a href="/job/23-6.htm">Plead</a> <a href="/job/24-25.htm">Prove</a> <a href="/job/19-29.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/job/20-3.htm">Reproach</a> <a href="/job/22-2.htm">Use</a> <a href="/psalms/52-2.htm">Using</a> <a href="/psalms/94-4.htm">Vaunt</a> <a href="/job/19-29.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Job 19</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/19-1.htm">Job, complaining of his friends' cruelty, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/19-6.htm">shows there is misery enough in him to feed their cruelty</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/19-21.htm">He craves pity</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/19-23.htm">He believes the resurrection</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The context is a dialogue where Job feels misunderstood and judged by those who should be offering comfort. The idea of exalting oneself over another is a recurring theme in the Bible, often associated with pride and self-righteousness. <a href="/proverbs/16-18.htm">Proverbs 16:18</a> warns that pride precedes destruction, and this is a cautionary reminder of the dangers of elevating oneself at the expense of others. Job's friends, in their attempt to explain his suffering, have assumed a position of moral superiority, which is contrary to the humility that God desires (<a href="/micah/6-8.htm">Micah 6:8</a>).<p><b>and use my disgrace against me</b><br>Job's "disgrace" refers to his suffering and the loss of his status, wealth, and health. In the ancient Near Eastern culture, such misfortunes were often seen as a sign of divine disfavor or personal failure. Job's friends interpret his suffering as evidence of sin, reflecting a common belief of the time that equated prosperity with righteousness and suffering with sinfulness. This perspective is challenged throughout the Book of Job, which ultimately reveals that suffering can occur for reasons beyond human understanding. The use of someone's disgrace against them is a form of judgment and condemnation, which Jesus warns against in <a href="/matthew/7.htm">Matthew 7:1-2</a>, emphasizing the importance of compassion and understanding rather than judgment.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central figure in the Book of Job, experiencing intense suffering and loss.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_friends.htm">Job's Friends</a></b><br>Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, who come to comfort Job but end up accusing him of wrongdoing, suggesting his suffering is due to his own sin.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land_of_uz.htm">The Land of Uz</a></b><br>The setting of the Book of Job, traditionally considered to be in the region of Edom or northern Arabia.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign Creator who allows Job's testing but ultimately restores him.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/satan.htm">Satan</a></b><br>The adversary who challenges Job's integrity, suggesting that Job is faithful only because of his prosperity.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_misplaced_judgment.htm">Understanding Misplaced Judgment</a></b><br>Job's friends wrongly assume his suffering is due to personal sin. We must be cautious not to judge others' circumstances without understanding God's purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_pride.htm">The Danger of Pride</a></b><br>Job accuses his friends of exalting themselves. Pride can lead us to wrongly assess others and ourselves, distancing us from truth and compassion.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/seeking_god's_perspective.htm">Seeking God’s Perspective</a></b><br>In times of suffering, seek God’s wisdom and perspective rather than relying solely on human understanding.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/compassionate_support.htm">Compassionate Support</a></b><br>When others suffer, offer support and empathy rather than judgment. Reflect Christ’s love and understanding.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/endurance_in_trials.htm">Endurance in Trials</a></b><br>Like Job, we are called to endure through trials, trusting in God’s ultimate justice and restoration.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_19.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 19</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_god_permit_satan_to_test_job.htm">Why did God permit Satan to test Job?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_trust_elihu's_insight_in_job_33.htm">In the context of Job 33 as a whole, why should readers trust Elihu's self-proclaimed divine insight when there is no independent confirmation of his authority?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_job_22_12-14_align_with_god's_omniscience.htm">In Job 22:12-14, Eliphaz suggests God may not see everything; how does this align with other scriptures asserting God's omniscience?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_spiritual_dryness.htm">What defines spiritual dryness?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me</span>. If you have no sense of justice, and are disinclined to pay any heed to my expostulations; if you intend still to insist on magnifying yourselves against me, and bringing up against me my "reproach;" then let me make appeal to your pity. Consider my whole condition - how I stand with God, who persecutes me and "destroys" me (ver. 10); how I stand with my relatives and such other friends as I have beside yourselves, who disclaim and forsake me (vers. 13-19); and how I am conditioned with respect to my body, emaciated and on the verge of death (ver. 20); and then, if neither your friendship nor your sense of justice will induce you to abstain from persecuting me, abstain at any rate for pity's sake (ver. 21). <span class="cmt_word">And plead against me my reproach</span>. Job's special "reproach" was that God had laid his hand upon him. This was a manifest fact, and could not be denied. His "comforters" concluded from it that he was a monster of wickedness. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/19-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">If</span><br /><span class="heb">אִם־</span> <span class="translit">(’im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">indeed</span><br /><span class="heb">אָ֭מְנָם</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·mə·nām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_551.htm">Strong's 551: </a> </span><span class="str2">Verily, truly</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you would exalt [yourselves]</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּגְדִּ֑ילוּ</span> <span class="translit">(taḡ·dî·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1431.htm">Strong's 1431: </a> </span><span class="str2">To grow up, become great</span><br /><br /><span class="word">above me</span><br /><span class="heb">עָלַ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·lay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and use my disgrace</span><br /><span class="heb">חֶרְפָּתִּֽי׃‪‬</span> <span class="translit">(ḥer·pāt·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2781.htm">Strong's 2781: </a> </span><span class="str2">Contumely, disgrace, the pudenda</span><br /><br /><span class="word">against me,</span><br /><span class="heb">עָ֝לַ֗י</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·lay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/19-5.htm">Job 19:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/19-5.htm">Job 19:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/19-5.htm">Job 19:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/19-5.htm">Job 19:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/19-5.htm">Job 19:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/19-5.htm">Job 19:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/19-5.htm">Job 19:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/19-5.htm">Job 19:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/19-5.htm">Job 19:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/19-5.htm">Job 19:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/19-5.htm">OT Poetry: Job 19:5 If indeed you will magnify yourselves against (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/19-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 19:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 19:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/19-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 19:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 19:6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>