He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.
Parallel translations
- WEB He has stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
- KJV He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
- NKJV He has stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head.
- NASB “He has stripped my honor from me And removed the crown from my head.
- NLT He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.
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Quick answer
Job laments that God has stripped him of honor and removed the crown from his head. He has lost all his former dignity and standing.
Overview
Once a respected and prosperous man, Job feels publicly disgraced, his 'glory' and 'crown' (status and reputation) taken away. The language echoes a king dethroned, capturing the totality of his loss. It foreshadows the greater humiliation of Christ, who was stripped and crowned with thorns, yet through his shame won glory for the suffering people of God (Hebrews 2:9).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Ps 89:44You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.
- Job 29:7–14When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,
- Lam 5:16The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
- Ps 89:39You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.
- Job 12:17He leads counselors away barefoot and makes fools of judges.
- Job 30:1“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to entrust with my sheep dogs.
- Job 29:20–21My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’
- Ps 49:16–17Do not be amazed when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases.
- Hos 9:11Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.
- Isa 61:6But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will boast in their riches.
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Job's cry for a mediator who can lay his hand on both God and man, and his confidence that 'my Redeemer lives' and will stand on the earth, reaches forward to Jesus the living Redeemer.
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