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Job 16:19

Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.

KJV

Terra, ne operias sanguinem meum, neque inveniat in te locum latendi clamor meus :

Vulgate

γῆ, μὴ ἐπικαλύψῃς ἐφ’ αἵματι τῆς σαρκός μου, μηδὲ εἴη τόπος τῇ κραυγῇ μου.

LXX

Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, And he that voucheth for me is on high.

ASV

גַּם עַ֭תָּה הִנֵּה בַ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם עֵדִ֑/י וְ֝/שָׂהֲדִ֗/י בַּ/מְּרוֹמִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
הִנֵּ֥ה
hnh
pronoun · 838×
י
y
pronoun · 1×
מְר֣וֹם
mrvm
noun · 54×
עֵ֣ד
'd
noun · 70×
עַתָּ֗ה
'th
adverb · 433×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Thess 2:10 — Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
  • Gen 31:50 — If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.
  • Job 19:25 — For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
  • Rom 1:9 — For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;