Job 19:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 55:12 : 12 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:
Ps 35:26 : 26 Let them be put to shame and confounded together that rejoice at my hurt: Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.
Ps 38:16 : 16 For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
Ps 41:11 : 11 By this I know that thou delightest in me, Because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
1 Sam 1:6 : 6 And her rival provoked her sore, to make her fret, because Jehovah had shut up her womb.
Neh 1:3 : 3 And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
Isa 4:1 : 1 And seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name; take thou away our reproach.
Mic 7:8 : 8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah will be a light unto me.
Zeph 2:10 : 10 This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of Jehovah of hosts.
Zech 12:7 : 7 Jehovah also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem be not magnified above Judah.
Luke 1:25 : 25 Thus hath the Lord done unto me in the days wherein he looked upon [me], to take away my reproach among men.
Luke 13:2-4 : 2 And he answered and said unto them, Think ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they have suffered these things? 3 I tell you, Nay: but, except {G3361} ye repent, ye shall all in like manner perish. 4 Or those eighteen, {G2532} {G3638} upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them, think ye that they were offenders above all the men that dwell in Jerusalem?
John 9:2 : 2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, this man, or his parents, that he should be born blind?
John 9:34 : 34 They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Job 19:3-4
2 verses
80%
3These ten times have ye reproached me: Ye are not ashamed that ye deal hardly with me.
4And be it indeed that I have erred, Mine error remaineth with myself.
Job 9:19-20
2 verses
78%
19If [we speak] of strength, lo, [he is] mighty! And if of justice, Who, [saith he], will summon me?
20Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.
Job 19:6
78%
6Know now that God hath subverted me [in my cause], And hath compassed me with his net.
Job 40:8
77%
8Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?
Job 10:14-17
4 verses
76%
14If I sin, then thou markest me, And thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
15If I be wicked, woe unto me; And if I be righteous, yet shall I not lift up my head; Being filled with ignominy, And looking upon mine affliction.
16And if [my head] exalt itself, thou huntest me as a lion; And again thou showest thyself marvellous upon me.
17Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, And increasest thine indignation upon me: Changes and warfare are with me.
Job 13:19
76%
19Who is he that will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the ghost.
Ps 38:16
75%
16For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
Ps 55:12
75%
12For 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:
Job 33:5
75%
5If thou canst, answer thou me; Set [thy words] in order before me, stand forth.
Job 10:2
75%
2I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; Show me wherefore thou contendest with me.
Ps 35:26
74%
26Let them be put to shame and confounded together that rejoice at my hurt: Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.
Job 9:31
74%
31Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, And mine own clothes shall abhor me.
Job 23:6-7
2 verses
74%
6Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.
7There the upright might reason with him; So should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
Job 34:5
74%
5For Job hath said, I am righteous, And God hath taken away my right:
Job 35:2
74%
2Thinkest thou this to be [thy] right, [Or] sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God's,
Job 19:18
74%
18Even young children despise me; If I arise, they speak against me.
Job 22:4
74%
4Is it for thy fear [of him] that he reproveth thee, That he entereth with thee into judgment?
Isa 50:8
74%
8He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand up together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.
Jer 2:35
73%
35Yet thou saidst, I am innocent; surely his anger is turned away from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
Ps 50:21
73%
21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself: [But] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.
Job 19:9
73%
9He hath stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head.
Job 31:28-29
2 verses
73%
28This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God that is above.
29If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him;
Job 33:32
73%
32If thou hast anything to say, answer me: Speak, for I desire to justify thee.
Job 33:10
73%
10Behold, he findeth occasions against me, He counteth me for his enemy:
Job 11:4-5
2 verses
73%
4For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in thine eyes.
5But oh that God would speak, And open his lips against thee,
Job 14:3
73%
3And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee?
Ps 69:19
73%
19Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor: Mine adversaries are all before thee.
Job 19:11
73%
11He hath also kindled his wrath against me, And he counteth me unto him as [one of] his adversaries.
Ps 41:10
73%
10But thou, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me, and raise me up, That I may requite them.
Job 21:4
73%
4As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?
Job 42:6
72%
6Wherefore I abhor [myself], And repent in dust and ashes.
Job 13:15
72%
15Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope: Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.
Job 30:21
72%
21Thou art turned to be cruel to me; With the might of thy hand thou persecutest me.
Job 13:8-9
2 verses
72%
8Will ye show partiality to him? Will ye contend for God?
9Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceiveth a man, will ye deceive him?
Job 40:2
72%
2Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it.
Job 30:19
72%
19He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.
Ezek 35:13
72%
13And ye have magnified yourselves against me with your mouth, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard it.
Job 20:3
72%
3I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame; And the spirit of my understanding answereth me.
Lam 3:61
72%
61Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, and all their devices against me,
Ps 44:16
72%
16For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth, By reason of the enemy and the avenger.
Job 17:2
72%
2Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye dwelleth upon their provocation.