God’s Word Translation
Job 19:27
27I will see him with my own eyes, not with someone else’s. My heart fails inside me!
Job 19:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.
- New International Version (NIV)I myself will see him with my own eyes—I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!
- English Standard Version (ESV)whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. My heart faints within me!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Whom I shall see for myself, And my eyes shall behold, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!
Context of Job 19:27
25But I know that my defender lives, and afterwards, he will rise on the earth. 26Even after my skin has been stripped off my body, I will see God in my own flesh. I will see him with my own eyes, not with someone else’s. My heart fails inside me! 28“You say, ‘We will persecute him! The root of the problem is found in him.’ 29Fear death, because ⌞your anger⌟ is punishable by death. Then you will know there is a judge.”
Read all of Job 19Job 19:27 word by word
אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֲנִ֨י׀ אֶֽחֱזֶה־לִּ֗י וְעֵינַ֣י רָא֣וּ וְלֹא־זָ֑ר כָּל֖וּ כִלְיֹתַ֣י בְּחֵקִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 19:27
- Numbers 24:17I see someone who is not here now. I look at someone who is not nearby. A star will come from Jacob. A scepter will rise from Israel. He will crush the heads of the Moabites and destroy all the people of Sheth.
- Isaiah 26:19Your dead will live. Their corpses will rise. Those who lie dead in the dust will wake up and shout for joy, because your dew is a refreshing dew, and the earth will revive the spirits of the dead.
- Psalms 119:81My soul is weak from waiting for you to save me. My hope is based on your word.
- Philippians 1:23I find it hard to choose between the two. I would like to leave this life and be with Christ. That’s by far the better choice.
Commentaries on Job 19:27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27Whom I shall see for myself - Have a personal interest in the resurrection, as I shall have in the Redeemer. And mine eyes shall behold - That very person who shall be the resurrection, as he is the life. And not another - זר ולא velo zar, and not a stranger, one who has no relation to human nature; but גאלי goali, my redeeming Kinsman. Though my reins be consumed within me - Though I am now apparently on the brink of death, the thread of life being spun…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27Whom I shall see for myself - It will not come to be by mere report. I shall not merely hear of the decision of God in my favor, but I shall myself behold him. He will at length come forth, and I shall be permitted to see him, and shall have the delightful assurance that he settles this controversy in my favor, and declares that I am his friend. Job was thus permitted to see God Job 42:5, and hear his voice in his favor. He spake to him from the whirlwind…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. 27I will see Him for myself: This thought is like the psalmist's in "when I awake" (Psalm 17:15). For Job, this hope could only come true by seeing God at the end of time when his body transformed (Matthew 5:8; 1 Corinthians 13:12; 1 John 3:2; Revelation 1:7; 1 Corinthians 15:43–53; Philippians 3:21).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. for myself--for my advantage, as my friend. not another--Mine eyes shall behold Him, but no longer as one estranged from me, as now [Bengel]. though--better omitted. my reins--inward recesses of the heart. be consumed within me--that is, pine with longing desire for that day (Psa 84:2; 119:81). The Gentiles had but few revealed promises: how gracious that the few should have been so explicit (compare Nu 24:17; Mt 2:2).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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