Job 19:9 kjv
He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
Job 19:9 nkjv
He has stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head.
Job 19:9 niv
He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.
Job 19:9 esv
He has stripped from me my glory and taken the crown from my head.
Job 19:9 nlt
He has stripped me of my honor
and removed the crown from my head.
Job 19 9 Cross References
| Verse | Text | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Sam 2:7-8 | "The LORD makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and lifts up... sets them with princes." | God's sovereign control over human destiny. |
| Ps 75:6-7 | "For exaltation comes neither from the east nor from the west nor from the south... God is the Judge." | God alone grants and removes high positions. |
| Ps 107:40 | "He pours contempt on princes and makes them wander in trackless wastes." | Divine humbling of the proud and powerful. |
| Dan 4:17 | "...the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, gives it to whomever He will." | God's ultimate sovereignty over kingdoms. |
| Job 1:21 | "Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I shall return there. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away." | Job's prior acknowledgement of God's right to take what He gives. |
| 1 Sam 2:30 | "...those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed." | Principle of honour/dishonour by God. |
| Ps 44:9-10 | "But You have cast us off and put us to shame... turned us back." | Experiencing God's perceived rejection. |
| Lam 5:16 | "The crown has fallen from our head; Woe to us, for we have sinned!" | Loss of "crown" as national shame, like Job's personal shame. |
| Ezek 21:26 | "Thus says the Lord GOD: Remove the turban, take off the crown. Nothing shall remain as it was." | Divine judgment explicitly involving removal of crowns. |
| Hos 4:7 | "The more they increased, the more they sinned against Me; I will change their glory into shame." | God's act of turning glory into disgrace. |
| Ps 49:10 | "For he sees that even wise men die; the fool and the stupid one perish together and leave their wealth to others." | Earthly prosperity and honor are fleeting. |
| Prov 27:24 | "For riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to all generations." | Warning against reliance on transient worldly glory. |
| 2 Tim 4:8 | "Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness..." | Hope of an eternal, spiritual crown given by God. |
| Jam 1:12 | "Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life." | The crown promised for faithful endurance. |
| 1 Pet 5:4 | "...and when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory." | Unfading spiritual glory contrasted with earthly loss. |
| Rev 2:10 | "...be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life." | Heavenly reward for steadfastness in tribulation. |
| Rev 3:11 | "Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown." | Warning to protect one's spiritual standing. |
| Phil 2:7-9 | "...Jesus emptied himself... became obedient to the point of death... God has highly exalted him." | Christ's suffering, humbling, and ultimate exaltation by God. |
| Heb 2:9 | "But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death." | Christ's journey from suffering to divine coronation. |
| Rom 8:17 | "If we are children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him." | Suffering as a path to future glory with Christ. |
| Isa 62:3 | "You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God." | God can also bestow glory and honour upon His people. |
| Prov 4:9 | "She will place on your head a graceful garland; she will bestow on you a beautiful crown." | Wisdom's blessing of honor and distinction. |
| Ps 8:5 | "Yet you have made him a little lower than the angels and crowned him with glory and honor." | Humanity's God-given dignity and original crowning with glory. |
Job 19 verses
Job 19 9 Meaning
Job laments that God, in His inscrutable ways, has utterly divested him of his dignity, honor, and exalted status. The verse describes a forceful and complete removal of all outward symbols and inward sense of his former position of authority and prosperity, likening his downfall to a king being dethroned and publicly humiliated. It signifies the complete shattering of his identity and standing.
Job 19 9 Context
Job 19:9 is part of Job’s third and most impassioned response to his friends, specifically to Bildad. In this speech (Job 19), Job directly confronts his friends, feeling abandoned by them and tormented by God. He perceives God as his adversary, having subjected him to public disgrace and complete desolation. He feels entirely cut off from his former life and social standing. Historically, Job's narrative is set in a patriarchal period where one's societal standing, honor, and prosperity were seen as direct reflections of divine favor. Job, previously "the greatest of all the people of the East" (Job 1:3) and a man of great influence (Job 29), is now reduced to a pathetic figure, ostracized and despised. His cry in this verse is a deeply personal lament over the total annihilation of his public identity and his private sense of worth, attributing this profound degradation directly to God’s action, as Job perceives it.
Job 19 9 Word analysis
He: Refers implicitly but directly to God. Job holds God responsible for his calamitous circumstances, viewing Him as the active agent behind his suffering and humiliation, albeit without fully understanding why.
has stripped me (Hebrew: yephashshiṭēni, from פָּשַׁט, pashat): This verb denotes a forceful, often violent, act of tearing or pulling something off, leaving one bare, exposed, and vulnerable. It implies not a gentle taking, but a brutal divestment, making Job publicly defenseless and utterly degraded in his own eyes and the eyes of society.
of my glory (Hebrew: כְבוֹדִי, kᵉvôdî, from כָּבוֹד, kavod): Here, "glory" signifies Job’s immense honor, esteemed reputation, wealth, social standing, and dignity as the leading patriarch in his community. It encompasses the entirety of his outwardly apparent prosperity and respect, which were understood as tokens of God’s blessing and Job's righteousness.
and taken (Hebrew: וַיִּסַּר, vayyissar, from סוּר, sur): Conveys a deliberate and purposeful act of removal or turning aside. This emphasizes the direct and intentional agency of God, further cementing Job's perception that his downfall is not mere misfortune but divine design.
the crown (Hebrew: עֲטֶ֣רֶת, ʿǎṭɛrɛṯ, from עֲטָרָה, atarah): A powerful symbol of royalty, authority, wisdom, honor, and joy. In ancient contexts, wearing a crown signified sovereignty, power, and high status. For Job, it represents his position as a leader, his patriarchal authority, and his blessed, joyful life.
from my head (Hebrew: רֹאשִׁי, ro’šî): The head is the preeminent part of the body, often signifying leadership, honor, and life itself. Removing a crown directly from the head is the ultimate gesture of dethronement, personal humiliation, and public shame, directly assaulting one's core identity and dignity.
He has stripped me of my glory: This phrase paints a vivid picture of public degradation. It implies a complete and forceful divestment of all outward manifestations of honor and respect, leaving Job utterly exposed and shorn of his former esteemed identity. This speaks to a profound loss of not just reputation, but his very sense of self in the world.
and taken the crown from my head: This parallel phrase intensifies the first, using a regal metaphor to illustrate the ultimate state of demotion and dispossession. The "crown" represents the peak of his former authority, joy, and blessed state. Its removal from his head signifies a complete overthrow and reversal of fortune, from a king-like figure to one of abject shame, illustrating the extreme and irreversible nature of his perceived fall.
Job 19 9 Bonus section
The metaphor of a "crown" (עֲטָרָה, atarah) appears often in the Old Testament, representing joy (Prov 12:4), wisdom (Prov 4:9), long life (Prov 16:31), beauty (Isa 28:5), and glory (Lam 5:16). Job's use of this symbol personalizes the widespread ancient Near Eastern lament motif where the fall of a king or nation was depicted by the removal of their crown. For Job, the crown embodies his prior holistic blessing and high societal function. His despair here is heightened by the conviction that God Himself has performed this devastating act. However, a significant irony underlies Job's despair, known to the reader from the narrative's prologue: despite Job's intense feelings of being dethroned, his steadfastness through these very trials will ultimately secure for him a "crown of righteousness" (2 Tim 4:8) and "crown of life" (Jam 1:12), highlighting that true honor from God often follows suffering and does not conform to earthly expectations of immediate prosperity.
Job 19 9 Commentary
Job 19:9 is a piercing lament from the depths of Job’s suffering, revealing his perception of God’s role in his utter desolation. He attributes his total loss of honor, authority, and identity directly to God, seeing his ruin as a divine dethronement. The imagery of being "stripped of glory" and having his "crown taken" is intensely personal and highly symbolic. It speaks not only to the material ruin he has endured (loss of family, wealth, health) but, more profoundly, to the complete annihilation of his standing, reputation, and public dignity. He feels not merely impoverished or afflicted, but utterly dishonored and debased, like a sovereign publicly shorn of his authority. This verse underscores the deep wrestling within Job, as he grapples with why a righteous God would deal with him as if he were the most wicked, treating him as a despised king removed from his throne. It highlights Job's challenge to the conventional wisdom of his time regarding suffering and righteousness, firmly placing the perceived agency of his suffering on God, even as he steadfastly maintains his innocence.