Job 19:5 (DBY)

Passage

If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and prove against me my reproach,

Nearby Context

Job 19:3 These ten times have ye reproached me; ye are not ashamed to stupefy me.

Job 19:4 And be it [that] I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.

Job 19:5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and prove against me my reproach,

Job 19:6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath surrounded me with his net.

Job 19:7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, and I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "indeed", "magnify", "yourselves", "against", "prove", and "reproach". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "indeed" and "magnify", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "And be it that I have erred..." into verse 6's "Know now that God hath overthrown me...", so "indeed" and "magnify" belong inside that flow. In Job context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "indeed" and "magnify" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.