Job 19:9
in Job 19He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.
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ASV
He hath stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head.
KJV
He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
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This verse in Job 19
Commentary
10 notes on this verseHe hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head. ALLEGORICAL INTERPRETATION That all this suits the person of the blessed man set in the midst of tribulation, there can be no doubt; but, since the words of the historical account are plain, they do not require explaining after the letter, therefore they have to be traced out in their mystical senses. Thus he says, He hath stripped me of my glory. For the glory of each individual is his righteousness.
This site's exposition
drawn His net around me
on Job 19:6-9
Job answers Bildad's doctrine at 18:8 by naming the net's owner: "it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me". Barnes notes that Job's error is honest and profound. Job reads suffering as God's hostility because he cannot see the court of chapters 1 and 2.
This site's exposition
removed the crown from my head
The crown stands for the honor and dignity Job held among his people, as Barnes explains. Henry counts his children as part of that glory, and Barnes adds his property, health and the esteem of friends. All of it is gone.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
He says that his crown was taken away from him, that is, he also was a king before, or … "He tore me off," he says, "and like a tree he cut away all my hopes from the roots. Like an enemy who is inflamed …
The Medieval Church1 voice
Then, after he has excluded the cures, he adds the adversities, beginning with the exterior goods which he lost. He places first among these the loss of honor and glory when he says, "He stripped me of my glory," because although he had previously been …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
My children were my glory, but I have lost them; and whatever was a crown to my head he has taken it from me, and has laid all my honour in the dust." See the vanity of worldly glory: it is what we may be soon stripped of; and, whatever strips us, we must see and own God's hand in it and comply with his design.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — odd-straight-quotes
A certain number for an uncertain. Strange - That you carry yourselves like strangers to me, and condemn me as if you had never known my integrity. Erred - If I have sinned, I myself suffer for my sins, and therefore deserve your pity rather than reproaches.
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2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
He hath stripped me of my glory - Everything which I had that contributed to my respectability and honor, he has taken away. My property, my health, my family, the esteem of my friend - all is gone. And taken the crown from my head - The crown is an emblem of honor and dignity - and Job says that God had removed all that contributed to his - and Job says that God had removed all that contributed to his former dignity; compare Pro 4:9; Pro 17:6; Eze 16:12; Lam 5:16.
He hath stripped me of my glory - I am reduced to such circumstances, that I have lost all my honor and respect.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כְּ֭בוֹדִי | kevodi | honor my | H3519 → | |
| מֵעָלַ֣י | mealai | from on <the> me | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הִפְשִׁ֑יט | hifshit | he has stripped off | H6584 → | 43 times |
| וַ֝יָּ֗סַר | vaiyasar | and he has removed | H5493 → | 299 times |
| עֲטֶ֣רֶת | ʾateret | [the] crown of | H5850 → | |
| רֹאשִֽׁי׃ | roshi | head my | H7218 → | 599 times |
כְּ֭בוֹדִיhonor my
kevodiH3519 →
מֵעָלַ֣יfrom on <the> me
mealaiH5921 →5755 times
הִפְשִׁ֑יטhe has stripped off
hifshitH6584 →43 times
וַ֝יָּ֗סַרand he has removed
vaiyasarH5493 →299 times
עֲטֶ֣רֶת[the] crown of
ʾateretH5850 →
רֹאשִֽׁי׃head my
roshiH7218 →599 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Lamentations 5:16The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
it leads to
- Psalms 89:39
You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.
- Isaiah 3:9–11
The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.
- Jeremiah 13:18
Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”
- Psalms 89:39
Through
Job 12:17He leads counselors away barefoot and makes fools of judges.
it leads to
- Isaiah 29:14
Therefore I will again confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will vanish, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.”
- 1 Corinthians 1:19–20
For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
- Isaiah 29:14
Through
Job 30:1“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to entrust with my sheep dogs.
it leads to
- Job 12:4
I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.
- Psalms 35:15–16
But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.
- Psalms 69:12
Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.
- Job 12:4
Where this verse is studied
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About Job
This page draws on 10 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Job; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Gregory the Dialogist, Morals on the Book of Job, Book XIV; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Olympiodorus of Alexandria, COMMENTARY ON JOB 19:8-11 and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Job.