Job 19:5 (GNV)

Passage

But in deede if ye will aduance your selues against me, and rebuke me for my reproche,

Nearby Context

Job 19:3 Ye haue now ten times reproched me, and are not ashamed: ye are impudent toward mee.

Job 19:4 And though I had in deede erred, mine errour remaineth with me.

Job 19:5 But in deede if ye will aduance your selues against me, and rebuke me for my reproche,

Job 19:6 Know nowe, that God hath ouerthrowen me, and hath compassed me with his net.

Job 19:7 Beholde, I crie out of violence, but I haue none answere: I crie, but there is no iudgement.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "deede", "aduance", "selues", "against", "rebuke", and "reproche". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "deede" and "aduance", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "And though I had in deede erred..." into verse 6's "Know nowe that God hath ouerthrowen me...", so "deede" and "aduance" 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 "deede" and "aduance" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.