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Job 19:9

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19:9 He has stripped me of my honor

and has taken the crown off my head. 1 

Job 20:6

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20:6 Even though his stature 2  reaches to the heavens

and his head touches the clouds,

Job 41:7

Context

41:7 Can you fill its hide with harpoons

or its head with fishing spears?

1 sn The images here are fairly common in the Bible. God has stripped away Job’s honorable reputation. The crown is the metaphor for the esteem and dignity he once had. See 29:14; Isa 61:3; see Ps 8:5 [6].

2 tn The word שִׂיא (si’) has been connected with the verb נָשָׂא (nasa’, “to lift up”), and so interpreted here as “pride.” The form is parallel to “head” in the next part, and so here it refers to his stature, the part that rises up and is crowned. But the verse does describe the pride of such a person, with his head in the heavens.



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