Job 19:5

5 If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my humiliation against me,

Job 19:5 in Other Translations

KJV
5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:
ESV
5 If indeed you magnify yourselves against me and make my disgrace an argument against me,
NLT
5 You think you’re better than I am, using my humiliation as evidence of my sin.
MSG
5 Why do you insist on putting me down, using my troubles as a stick to beat me?
CSB
5 If you really want to appear superior to me and would use my disgrace as evidence against me,

Job 19:5 In-Context

3 Ten times now you have reproached me; shamelessly you attack me.
4 If it is true that I have gone astray, my error remains my concern alone.
5 If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my humiliation against me,
6 then know that God has wronged me and drawn his net around me.
7 “Though I cry, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Psalms 35:26; Psalms 38:16; Psalms 55:12
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