Christian Standard Bible
Job 19:26
26Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet I will see God in my flesh.
Job 19:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
- New International Version (NIV)And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God;
- English Standard Version (ESV)And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God,
- New King James Version (NKJV)And after my skin is destroyed, this I know, That in my flesh I shall see God,
Context of Job 19:26
24or were inscribed in stone forever by an iron stylus and lead! 25But I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the end he will stand on the dust. Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet I will see God in my flesh. 27I will see him myself; my eyes will look at him, and not as a stranger. My heart longs within me. 28If you say, “How will we pursue him, since the root of the problem lies with him?”
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וְאַחַ֣ר ע֭וֹרִֽי נִקְּפוּ־זֹ֑את וּ֝מִבְּשָׂרִ֗י אֶֽחֱזֶ֥ה אֱלֽוֹהַּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 19:26
- Psalms 17:15But I will see your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied with your presence.
- Psalms 16:9Therefore my heart is glad and my whole being rejoices; my body also rests securely.
- Matthew 5:8Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
- 1 Corinthians 13:12For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, as I am fully known.
- 1 Corinthians 15:53For this corruptible body must be clothed with incorruptibility, and this mortal body must be clothed with immortality.
- Philippians 3:21He will transform the body of our humble condition into the likeness of his glorious body, by the power that enables him to subject everything to himself.
- 1 John 3:2Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when he appears, we will be like him because we will see him as he is.
- Revelation 1:7Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. So it is to be. Amen.
Commentaries on Job 19:26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26And though after my skin worms destroy this body - My skin, which is now almost all that remains of my former self, except the bones; see Job 19:20. They destroy this - not body. זאת נקפו nikkephu zoth, they - diseases and affliction, destroy This wretched composition of misery and corruption. Yet in my flesh shall I see God - Either, I shall arise from the dead, have a renewed body and see him with eyes of flesh and blood, though what I have now shall…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26And though - Margin, Or, after I shall awake, though this body be destroyed, yet out of my flesh shall I see God. This verse has given not less perplexity than the preceding. Noyes renders it, And though with this skin this body be wasted away, Yet in my flesh shall I see God. Dr. Good renders it, And, after the disease hath destroyed my skin, That in my flesh I shall see God. Rosenmuller explains it, “And when after my skin (scil. is consumed and…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-29Verses 23-29 The Spirit of God, at this time, seems to have powerfully wrought on the mind of Job. Here he witnessed a good confession; declared the soundness of his faith, and the assurance of his hope. Here is much of Christ and heaven; and he that said such things are these, declared plainly that he sought the better country, that is, the heavenly. Job was taught of God to believe in a living Redeemer; to look for the resurrection of the dead, and the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26Job believed God would prove him right, even if he died first.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. Rather, though after my skin (is no more) this (body) is destroyed ("body" being omitted, because it was so wasted as not to deserve the name), yet from my flesh (from my renewed body, as the starting-point of vision, So 2:9, "looking out from the windows") "shall I see God." Next clause [Job 19:27] proves bodily vision is meant, for it specifies "mine eyes" [Rosenmuller, 2d ed.]. The Hebrew opposes "in my flesh." The "skin" was the first destroyed by…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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