Job 19:5 (WEB)

Passage

If indeed you will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach;

Nearby Context

Job 19:3 You have reproached me ten times. You aren’t ashamed that you attack me.

Job 19:4 If it is true that I have erred, my error remains with myself.

Job 19:5 If indeed you will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach;

Job 19:6 know now that God has subverted me, and has surrounded me with his net.

Job 19:7 “Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard. I cry for help, but there is no justice.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "indeed", "magnify", "yourselves", "against", "plead", 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 "If it is true that I have..." into verse 6's "know now that God has subverted 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.