Job 19:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

If you make yourselves great against me, using my punishment as an argument against me,

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 55:12 : 12 For it was not my hater who said evil of me; that would have been no grief to me; it was not one outside the number of my friends who made himself strong against me, or I would have kept myself from him in a secret place;
  • Ps 35:26 : 26 Let all those who take pleasure in my troubles be shamed and come to nothing: let those who are lifted up against me be covered with shame and have no honour.
  • Ps 38:16 : 16 I said, Let them not be glad over me; when my foot is moved, let them not be lifted up with pride against me.
  • Ps 41:11 : 11 By this I see that you have pleasure in me, because my hater does not overcome me.
  • 1 Sam 1:6 : 6 And the other wife did everything possible to make her unhappy, because the Lord had not let her have children;
  • Neh 1:3 : 3 They said to me, The small band of Jews now living there in the land are in great trouble and shame: the wall of Jerusalem has been broken down, and its doorways burned with fire.
  • Isa 4:1 : 1 And in that day seven women will put their hands on one man, saying, There will be no need for you to give us food or clothing, only let us go under your name, so that our shame may be taken away.
  • Mic 7:8 : 8 Do not be glad because of my sorrow, O my hater: after my fall I will be lifted up; when I am seated in the dark, the Lord will be a light to me.
  • Zeph 2:10 : 10 This will be their fate because of their pride, because they have said evil, lifting themselves up against the people of the Lord of armies.
  • Zech 12:7 : 7 And the Lord will give salvation to the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the family of David and the glory of the people of Jerusalem may not be greater than that of Judah.
  • Luke 1:25 : 25 The Lord has done this to me, for his eyes were on me, to take away my shame in the eyes of men.
  • Luke 13:2-4 : 2 And he, in answer, said to them, Are you of the opinion that these Galilaeans were worse than all other Galilaeans, because these things were done to them? 3 I say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not changed, you will all come to the same end. 4 Or those eighteen men who were crushed by the fall of the tower of Siloam, were they worse than all the other men living in Jerusalem?
  • John 9:2 : 2 And his disciples put a question to him, saying, Master, was it because of this man's sin, or the sin of his father and mother, that he has been blind from birth?
  • John 9:34 : 34 Their answer was: You came to birth through sin; do you make yourself our teacher? And they put him out of the Synagogue.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 19:3-4
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    80%

    3Ten times now you have made sport of me; it gives you no sense of shame to do me wrong.

    4And, truly, if I have been in error, the effect of my error is only on myself.

  • Job 9:19-20
    2 verses
    78%

    19If it is a question of strength, he says, Here I am! and if it is a question of a cause at law, he says, Who will give me a fixed day?

    20Though I was in the right, he would say that I was in the wrong; I have done no evil; but he says that I am a sinner.

  • Job 19:6
    78%

    6Be certain that it is God who has done me wrong, and has taken me in his net.

  • Job 40:8
    77%

    8Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.

  • Job 10:14-17
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    76%

    14That, if I did wrong, you would take note of it, and would not make me clear from sin:

    15That, if I was an evil-doer, the curse would come on me; and if I was upright, my head would not be lifted up, being full of shame and overcome with trouble.

    16And that if there was cause for pride, you would go after me like a lion; and again put out your wonders against me:

    17That you would send new witnesses against me, increasing your wrath against me, and letting loose new armies on me.

  • Job 13:19
    76%

    19Is any one able to take up the argument against me? If so, I would keep quiet and give up my breath.

  • Ps 38:16
    75%

    16I said, Let them not be glad over me; when my foot is moved, let them not be lifted up with pride against me.

  • Ps 55:12
    75%

    12For it was not my hater who said evil of me; that would have been no grief to me; it was not one outside the number of my friends who made himself strong against me, or I would have kept myself from him in a secret place;

  • Job 33:5
    75%

    5If you are able, give me an answer; put your cause in order, and come forward.

  • Job 10:2
    75%

    2I will say to God, Do not put me down as a sinner; make clear to me what you have against me.

  • Ps 35:26
    74%

    26Let all those who take pleasure in my troubles be shamed and come to nothing: let those who are lifted up against me be covered with shame and have no honour.

  • Job 9:31
    74%

    31Then you will have me pushed into the dust, so that I will seem disgusting to my very clothing.

  • Job 23:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6Would he make use of his great power to overcome me? No, but he would give attention to me.

    7There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.

  • Job 34:5
    74%

    5For Job has said, I am upright, and it is God who has taken away my right;

  • Job 35:2
    74%

    2Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say,

  • Job 19:18
    74%

    18Even young children have no respect for me; when I get up their backs are turned on me.

  • Job 22:4
    74%

    4Is it because you give him honour that he is sending punishment on you and is judging you?

  • Isa 50:8
    74%

    8He who takes up my cause is near; who will go to law with me? let us come together before the judge: who is against me? let him come near to me.

  • Jer 2:35
    73%

    35And still you said, I have done no wrong; truly, his wrath is turned away from me. See, I will take up the cause against you, because you say, I have done no wrong.

  • Ps 50:21
    73%

    21These things have you done, and I said nothing; it seemed to you that I was such a one as yourself; but I will make a protest against you, and put them in order before your eyes.

  • Job 19:9
    73%

    9He has put off my glory from me, and taken the crown from my head.

  • Job 31:28-29
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    28That would have been another sin to be rewarded with punishment by the judges; for I would have been false to God on high.

    29If I was glad at the trouble of my hater, and gave cries of joy when evil overtook him;

  • Job 33:32
    73%

    32If you have anything to say, give me an answer; for it is my desire that you may be judged free from sin.

  • Job 33:10
    73%

    10See, he is looking for something against me; in his eyes I am as one of his haters;

  • Job 11:4-5
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    4You may say, My way is clean, and I am free from sin in your eyes.

    5But if only God would take up the word, opening his lips in argument with you;

  • Job 14:3
    73%

    3Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?

  • Ps 69:19
    73%

    19You have seen my shame, how I was laughed at and made low; my haters are all before you.

  • Job 19:11
    73%

    11His wrath is burning against me, and I am to him as one of his haters.

  • Ps 41:10
    73%

    10But you, O Lord, have mercy on me, lifting me up, so that I may give them their punishment.

  • Job 21:4
    73%

    4As for me, is my outcry against man? is it then to be wondered at if my spirit is troubled?

  • Job 42:6
    72%

    6For this cause I give witness that what I said is false, and in sorrow I take my seat in the dust.

  • Job 13:15
    72%

    15Truly, he will put an end to me; I have no hope; but I will not give way in argument before him;

  • Job 30:21
    72%

    21You have become cruel to me; the strength of your hand is hard on me.

  • Job 13:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8Will you have respect for God's person in this cause, and put yourselves forward as his supporters?

    9Will it be good for you to be searched out by him, or have you the thought that he may be guided into error like a man?

  • Job 40:2
    72%

    2Get your strength together like a man of war: I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

  • Job 30:19
    72%

    19Truly God has made me low, even to the earth, and I have become like dust.

  • Ezek 35:13
    72%

    13And you have made yourselves great against me with your mouths, increasing your words against me; and it has come to my ears.

  • Job 20:3
    72%

    3I have to give ear to arguments which put me to shame, and your answers to me are wind without wisdom.

  • Lam 3:61
    72%

    61Their bitter words have come to your ears, O Lord, and all their designs against me;

  • Ps 44:16
    72%

    16Because of the voice of him who says sharp and bitter words; because of the hater and him who is the instrument of punishment.

  • Job 17:2
    72%

    2Truly, those who make sport of me are round about me, and my eyes become dark because of their bitter laughing.