Bible Strands
Job 19:9
He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Job addresses his friends while describing his systematic loss of status and security under divine action. The words — The text pairs הִפְשִׁיט (hif.Shit, "he has stripped off") with כְּ֭בוֹדִי (Ke.vo.d/i, "my honor") and וַ֝יָּ֗סַר (va/i.Ya.sar, "he has removed") with עֲטֶרֶת ('a.Te.ret, "the crown") from רֹאשִׁׁי (ro.Sh/i, "my head"). The thread — This dismantling of royal prestige parallels the judgment on earthly rulers in Psalm 89:44 and contrasts with Job’s former civic authority in Job 29:7 and the divine reversal of human judgment in Job 12:17. Why it lands — The verse requires acknowledging that God’s sovereign will can abruptly strip human dignity, forcing the speaker to confront total loss while still directing his complaint to God.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
Cross-references
- Psalms 89:44 You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.
- Job 29:7 When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,
- Job 12:17 He leads counselors away barefoot and makes fools of judges.
- Job 30:1 “But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to put with my sheep dogs.
- Psalms 89:39 You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.
- Lamentations 5:16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
- Job 29:20 My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’
- Psalms 49:16 Do not be afraid when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases.
- Isaiah 61:6 But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will boast in their riches.
- Hosea 9:11 Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.