the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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Job 16:19
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Even now my witness is in heaven. My advocate is there on high.
Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and he that coucheth for me is on high.
Even now, look, my witness is in heaven, And he that vouches for me is on high.
Even now I have one who speaks for me in heaven; the one who is on my side is high above.
Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high.
Also now, behold, my witness [is] in heaven, and my record [is] on high.
Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven. He who vouches for me is on high.
"Even now, behold, my Witness is in heaven, And my Advocate [who vouches and testifies for me] is on high.
Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and he who testifies for me is on high.
`For, lo! my witnesse is in heuene; and the knowere of my consience is in hiye places.
Even now my witness is in heaven, and my advocate is on high!
Even now, God in heaven is both my witness and my protector.
Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, And he that voucheth for me is on high.
Even now my witness is in heaven, and the supporter of my cause is on high.
Even now, my witness is in heaven; my advocate is there on high.
Even now, behold, my Witness is in the heavens, and he that voucheth for me is in the heights.
Even now there is someone in heaven who will speak for me. There is someone above who will testify for me.
Even now, behold, my Witness is in heaven, and He that testifieth of me is on high.
Also now, behold my witnesse is in heauen, and my record is on high.
See, even now there is One Who sees me from heaven. The One Who speaks for me is on high.
Even now, in fact, my witness is in heaven, and he that vouches for me is on high.
For lo, now my witnesse is in the heauen, and my record is on hie.
And now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my acquaintances are on high.
There is someone in heaven to stand up for me and take my side.
Even now, lo! in the heavens, is my witness,
(16-20) For behold my witness is in heaven, and he that knoweth my conscience is on high.
Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and he that vouches for me is on high.
For lo, my witnesse is in heauen, and he that knoweth me, is in the height.
Earth, cover not over the blood of my flesh, and let my cry have no place.
Even now my witness is in heaven,and my advocate is in the heights!
Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven. He who vouches for me is on high.
So now look, my witness is in the heavens, and he who vouches for me is in the heights.
Even now, behold! My witness is in Heaven; and He who testifies of me is on high.
Also, now, lo, in the heavens [is] my witness, And my testifier in the high places.
For lo, my witnesse is in heauen, and he that knoweth me, is aboue in the heyth.
"Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, And my advocate is on high.
Surely even now my witness is in heaven, And my evidence is on high.
"Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, And my advocate is on high.
Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven,And my advocate is on high.
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
my witness: 1 Samuel 12:5, Romans 1:9, Romans 9:1, 2 Corinthians 1:23, 2 Corinthians 11:31, 1 Thessalonians 2:10
on high: Heb. in the high places, Job 25:2, Psalms 113:5
Reciprocal: Acts 20:26 - I take
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Also now, behold, my witness [is] in heaven,.... That is, God, who dwells in the heavens, where his throne is, and which is the habitation of his holiness, and from whence he beholds all the sons of men, and their actions, is the all seeing and all knowing Being; and therefore Job appeals to him as his witness, if he was guilty of the things laid to his charge, to bear witness against him, but if not to be a witness for him, which he believed he would, and desired he might:
for my record [is] on high; or "my testimony"; that can testify for me; who is an "eyewitness" k, as some render it, before whom all things are naked and open; who has seen all my actions, even the very inmost recesses of my mind, all the thoughts of my heart, and all the principles of my actions, and him I desire to bear record of me; such appeals are lawful in some cases, which ought not to be common and trivial ones, but of moment and importance, and which cannot well be determined in any other way; such as was the charge of hypocrisy against Job, and suspicions of his having been guilty of some notorious crime, though it could not be pointed at and proved; see 1 Samuel 12:3 2 Corinthians 1:13.
k שהדי "oculatus meus testis", Schultens.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
My witness is in heaven - That is, I can appeal to God for my sincerity. He is my witness; and he will bear record for me. This is an evidence of returning confidence in God - to which Job always returns even after the most passionate and irreverent expressions. Such is his real trust in God, that though he is betrayed at times into expressions of impatience and irreverence, yet he is sure to return to calmer views, and to show that he has true confidence in the Most High. The strength, the power, and the point of his expressions of passion and impatience are against his “friends;” but they “sometimes” terminate on God, as if even he was leagued with them against him. But he still had “permanent” or “abiding” confidence in God.
My record is on high - Margin “in the high places.” It means, in heaven. Luther renders this, und der mich kennet, ist in der Hohe - and he who knows me is on high. The Hebrew is שׂהדי śâhêdı̂y - “my witness;” properly an eye witness. The meaning is, that he could appeal to God as a witness of his sincerity.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 16:19. My witness is in heaven — I appeal to God for my innocence.
