Job 19:5 - Bible Gateway

Job 19:5

KJ21

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

ASV

If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, And plead against me my reproach;

AMP

“If indeed you [braggarts] vaunt and magnify yourselves over me And prove my disgrace (humiliation) to me,

AMPC

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

BRG

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

CSB

If you really want to appear superior to me and would use my disgrace as evidence against me,

CEB

If you look down on me and use my disgrace to criticize me,

CJB

“You may take a superior attitude toward me and cite my disgrace as proof against me;

CEV

You boast of your goodness, claiming I am suffering because I am guilty.

DARBY

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

DRA

But you have set yourselves up against me, and reprove me with my reproaches.

ERV

You want me to look bad to make yourselves look good. You say my troubles are proof that I did wrong.

EASY

You think that you are better people than I am. Because I have all these troubles, you say that I must be guilty.

EHV

To be sure, when you lord it over me, and you hurl my disgrace against me,

ESV

If indeed you magnify yourselves against me and make my disgrace an argument against me,

ESVUK

If indeed you magnify yourselves against me and make my disgrace an argument against me,

EXB

If you want to make yourselves ·look better than I [or powerful against me], you can ·blame me for my suffering [make my shame/disgrace an argument against me].

GNV

But indeed if ye will advance yourselves against me, and rebuke me for my reproach,

If you are trying to make yourselves look better than me by using my disgrace as an argument against me,

GNT

You think you are better than I am, and regard my troubles as proof of my guilt.

HCSB

If you really want to appear superior to me and would use my disgrace as evidence against me,

ICB

Maybe you want to make yourselves look better than I do so you can blame me for my suffering.

ISV

If you really intend to vaunt yourselves over me, and make my problems the basis of your case against me,

JUB

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

KJV

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

AKJV

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

LSB

If truly you magnify yourselves against me And argue my disgrace to me,

LEB

If indeed you must magnify yourselves against me, and you must let my disgrace argue against me,

TLB

You think yourselves so great? Then prove my guilt!

MSG

Job answered: “How long are you going to keep battering away at me, pounding me with these harangues? Time after time after time you jump all over me. Do you have no conscience, abusing me like this? Even if I have, somehow or other, gotten off the track, what business is that of yours? Why do you insist on putting me down, using my troubles as a stick to beat me? Tell it to God—he’s the one behind all this, he’s the one who dragged me into this mess.

MEV

If indeed you exalt yourselves against me and plead against me with my disgrace,

NOG

If you are trying to make yourselves look better than me by using my disgrace as an argument against me,

NABRE

If truly you exalt yourselves at my expense, and use my shame as an argument against me,

NASB

If indeed you exalt yourselves against me And prove my disgrace to me,

NASB1995

“If indeed you vaunt yourselves against me And prove my disgrace to me,

NCB

“If indeed you want to exalt yourselves above me and use my humiliation against me,

NCV

If you want to make yourselves look better than I, you can blame me for my suffering.

NET

If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and plead my disgrace against me,

NIRV

Suppose you want to place yourselves above me. Suppose you want to use my shame to prove I’m wrong.

NIV

If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my humiliation against me,

NIVUK

If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my humiliation against me,

NKJV

If indeed you exalt yourselves against me, And plead my disgrace against me,

NLV

You put yourselves up high against me, and try to prove my shame to me.

NLT

You think you’re better than I am, using my humiliation as evidence of my sin.

NRSVA