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Job 19:26–27

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26And after my skin has been thus destroyed,

bute fromf my flesh I will see God,

27whom I will see for myself,g

and whom my eyes will see and not a stranger.h

My heart faints within me.i

Read in Logos
Job 19:25–26: For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God …

Footnotes

  1. eHebrew “and”
  2. fOr “without”
  3. gLiterally “I myself will see for myself”; emphatic personal pronoun as subject to the singular verb
  4. hOr “another”
  5. iLiterally “My kidneys fail in my lap”; see NRSV

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And after my skin has been thus destroyed,

yet in my flesh I shall see God,

whom I shall see for myself,

and my eyes shall behold, and not another.

My heart faints within me!

NIVNew International Version (2011)

And after my skin has been destroyed,

yet in my flesh I will see God;

I myself will see him

with my own eyes—I, and not another.

How my heart yearns within me!

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Even after my skin has been destroyed,

yet I will see God in my flesh.

I will see him myself;

my eyes will look at him, and not as a stranger.

My heart longs within me.

NLTNew Living Translation

And after my body has decayed,

yet in my body I will see God!

I will see him for myself.

Yes, I will see him with my own eyes.

I am overwhelmed at the thought!

KJV 1900King James Version

And though after my skin worms destroy this body,

Yet in my flesh shall I see God:

Whom I shall see for myself,

And mine eyes shall behold, and not another;

Though my reins be consumed within me.