Job 19:9 - Exposition

He hath stripped me of my glory . The glory which he had in his prosperity; not exactly that of a king, but that of a great sheikh or emir—of one who was on a par with the noblest of those about him (see Job 1:3 ). And taken the crown from my head . Not an actual crown, which sheikhs do not wear, but a metaphor for dignity or honour.