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Job 19:27

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19:27whom I will see for myself,64

and whom my own eyes will behold,

and not another.65

My heart66 grows faint within me.67

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Footnotes

  1. 64 The emphasis is on “I” and “for myself.” No other will be seeing this vindication, but Job himself will see it. Of that he is confident. Some take לִי (li, “for myself”) to mean favorable to me, or on my side (see A. B. Davidson, Job, 143). But Job is expecting (not just wishing for) a face-to-face encounter in the vindication.
  2. 65 Hitzig offered another interpretation that is somewhat forced. The “other” (זָר, zar) or “stranger” would refer to Job. He would see God, not as an enemy, but in peace.
  3. 66 Heb “kidneys,” a poetic expression for the seat of emotions.
  4. 67 Heb “fail/grow faint in my breast.” Job is saying that he has expended all his energy with his longing for vindication.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

whom I shall see for myself,

and my eyes shall behold, and not another.

My heart faints within me!

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I myself will see him

with my own eyes—I, and not another.

How my heart yearns within me!

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I will see him myself;

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

My heart longs within me.

NLTNew Living Translation

I will see him for myself.

Yes, I will see him with my own eyes.

I am overwhelmed at the thought!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

whom I will see for myself,

and whom my eyes will see and not a stranger.

My heart faints within me.

KJV 1900King James Version

Whom I shall see for myself,

And mine eyes shall behold, and not another;

Though my reins be consumed within me.