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Job 19:26
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
24That with an iron style and lead they were graven in the rock for ever! 25And [as for] me, I know that my Redeemer liveth, and the Last, he shall stand upon the earth; And [if] after my skin this shall be destroyed, yet from out of my flesh shall I see God; 27Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another: — my reins are consumed within me. 28If ye say, How shall we persecute him? when the root of the matter is found in me,
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וְאַחַ֣ר ע֭וֹרִֽי נִקְּפוּ־זֹ֑את וּ֝מִבְּשָׂרִ֗י אֶֽחֱזֶ֥ה אֱלֽוֹהַּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 19:26
- Psalms 17:15As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
- Psalms 16:9Therefore my heart rejoiceth, and my glory exulteth; my flesh moreover shall dwell in hope.
- Matthew 5:8Blessed the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
- 1 Corinthians 13:12For we see now through a dim window obscurely, but then face to face; now I know partially, but then I shall know according as I also have been known.
- 1 Corinthians 15:53For this corruptible must needs put on incorruptibility, and this mortal put on immortality.
- Philippians 3:21who shall transform our body of humiliation into conformity to his body of glory, according to the working of [the] power which he has even to subdue all things to himself.
- 1 John 3:2Beloved, now are we children of God, and what we shall be has not yet been manifested; we know that if it is manifested we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
- Revelation 1:7Behold, he comes with the clouds, and every eye shall see him, and they which have pierced him, and all the tribes of the land shall wail because of him. Yea. 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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