Job 19
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Job 19:23-29

23“OhH4310H5414 that my wordsH4405 were writtenH3789! OhH4310H5414 that they were 1inscribedH2710 in a bookH5612!24That with an ironH1270 stylusH5842 and leadH5777 They were engravedH2672 in the rockH6697 foreverH5703!25As for me, I knowH3045 that 2my 3RedeemerH1350 livesH2416, And 4at the lastH314 He will takeH6965 His standH6965 on the 5earthH6083.26Even afterH310 my skinH5785 6is destroyedH5362, Yet from my fleshH1320 I shall 7seeH2372 GodH433;27WhomH834 I 8myselfH589 shall beholdH2372, And whom my eyesH5869 will seeH7200 and not anotherH2114. My 9heartH3629 10faintsH3615 11withinH2436 me!28IfH3588 you sayH559, ‘HowH4100 shall we 12persecuteH7291 him?’ And ‘13What pretextH8328 for a caseH1697 against him can we findH4672?’29Then be afraidH1481 of 14the swordH2719 for yourselves, For wrathH2534 brings the punishmentH5771 of the swordH2719, SoH4616 that you may knowH3045 15there is judgmentH1779.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Job 19:23 Is 30:8; Jer 36:2 ↩
  2. 2. Job 19:25 Job 16:19; Ps 78:35; Prov 23:11; Is 43:14; Jer 50:34 ↩
  3. 3. Job 19:25 Or Vindicator, defender; lit kinsman ↩
  4. 4. Job 19:25 Or as the Last ↩
  5. 5. Job 19:25 Lit dust ↩
  6. 6. Job 19:26 Lit which they have cut off ↩
  7. 7. Job 19:26 Ps 17:15; Matt 5:8; 1 Cor 13:12; 1 John 3:2 ↩
  8. 8. Job 19:27 Or on my side ↩
  9. 9. Job 19:27 Lit kidneys ↩
  10. 10. Job 19:27 Ps 73:26 ↩
  11. 11. Job 19:27 Lit in my loins ↩
  12. 12. Job 19:28 Job 19:22 ↩
  13. 13. Job 19:28 Or the root of the matter is found in him ↩
  14. 14. Job 19:29 Job 15:22 ↩
  15. 15. Job 19:29 Job 22:4; Ps 1:5; 9:7; Eccl 12:14 ↩

Commentaries on Job 19

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