Job 19:5

³ Ten times now you have reproached me; you shamelessly mistreat me.

⁴ Even if I have truly gone astray, my error concerns me alone.

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

⁶ then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.

⁷ Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my disgrace against me,
KJV: If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:
WEB: If indeed you will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach,
ASV: If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, And plead against me my reproach;
DARBY: If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and prove against me my reproach,
BLB: If you⁺ would truly magnify [yourselves] over me and plead my reproach against me,

ÅB: Vil dere virkelig opphøye dere over meg og vise meg at min vanære har rammet meg med rette?
OTB: Hvis dere virkelig opphøyer dere over meg
og bruker min vanære mot meg,
B1930: Vil I virkelig ophøie eder over mig og vise mig at min vanære har rammet mig med rette?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 35:26
May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
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Psalms 55:12
For 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.
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Psalms 38:16
For I said, “Let them not gloat over me— those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
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Zephaniah 2:10
This they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and mocking the people of the LORD of Hosts.
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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.”
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Micah 7:8
Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
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Psalms 41:11
By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.
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John 9:34
They replied, “You were born in utter sin, and you are instructing us?” And they threw him out.
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