New English Translation
Job 19:29
29Fear the sword yourselves, for wrath brings the punishment by the sword, so that you may know that there is judgment.”
Job 19:29 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
- New International Version (NIV)you should fear the sword yourselves; for wrath will bring punishment by the sword, and then you will know that there is judgment.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)be afraid of the sword, for wrath brings the punishment of the sword, that you may know there is a judgment."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Be afraid of the sword for yourselves; For wrath brings the punishment of the sword, That you may know there is a judgment.”
Context of Job 19:29
27whom I will see for myself, and whom my own eyes will behold, and not another. My heart grows faint within me. 28If you say, ‘How we will pursue him, since the root of the trouble is found in him!’ Fear the sword yourselves, for wrath brings the punishment by the sword, so that you may know that there is judgment.”
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גּ֤וּרוּ לָכֶ֨ם׀ מִפְּנֵי־חֶ֗רֶב כִּֽי־חֵ֭מָה עֲוֹנ֣וֹת חָ֑רֶב לְמַ֖עַן תֵּדְע֣וּן שַׁדּֽוּן׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 19:29
- Job 13:7Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf? Will you speak deceitfully for him?
- Romans 13:1Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except by God’s appointment, and the authorities that exist have been instituted by God.
- Psalms 58:10The godly will rejoice when they see vengeance carried out; they will bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.
- Ecclesiastes 11:9Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes, but know that God will judge your motives and actions.
- Matthew 7:1“Do not judge so that you will not be judged.
- James 4:11Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters. He who speaks against a fellow believer or judges a fellow believer speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but its judge.
Commentaries on Job 19:29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29Be ye afraid of the sword - Of God's judgments. For wrath bringeth - Such anger as ye have displayed against me, God will certainly resent and punish. That ye may know there is a judgment - That ye may know that God will judge the world; and that the unequal distribution of riches and poverty, afflictions and health, in the present life, is a proof that there must be a future judgment, where evil shall be punished and virtue rewarded. It would not be…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29Be ye afraid of the sword - Of the sword of justice, of the wrath of God. In taking such views, and using such language, you ought to dread the vengeance of God, for he will punish the guilty. For wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword - The word “bringeth” is supplied by the translators, and as it seems to me improperly. The idea is, that wrath or anger such as they had manifested, was proper for punishment; that such malice as they had shown was a…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. 29According to biblical principles against lying, Job warned his friends to fear God's judgment (13:7–11; see Matthew 7:1–2; James 4:11–12). They eventually encountered his judgment, but they also received mercy (Job 42:7–8).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2929. wrath--the passionate violence with which the friends persecuted Job. bringeth, &c.--literally, "is sin of the of the sword" that ye may know--Supply, "I say this." judgment--inseparably connected with the coming of the Vindicator. The "wrath" of God at His appearing for the temporal vindication of Job against the friends (Job 42:7) is a pledge of the eternal wrath at the final coming to glorify the saints and judge their enemies (2Th 1:6-10; Is 25:8).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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