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Job 19:28

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19:28If you say, ‘How we will pursue him,

since the root of the trouble is found in him!’68

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Footnotes

  1. 68 The reads “in me.” If that is retained, then the question would be in the first colon, and the reasoning of the second colon would be Job’s. But over 100 have “in him,” and so this reading is accepted by most editors. The verse is a little difficult, but it seems to form a warning by Job that God’s appearance which will vindicate Job will bring judgment on those who persecute him and charge him falsely.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

If you say, ‘How we will pursue him!’

and, ‘The root of the matter is found in him,’

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“If you say, ‘How we will hound him,

since the root of the trouble lies in him,’

CSBChristian Standard Bible

If you say, “How will we pursue him,

since the root of the problem lies with him?”

NLTNew Living Translation

“How dare you go on persecuting me,

saying, ‘It’s his own fault’?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“If you say, ‘How will we persecute him?’

And ‘The root of the trouble is found’ in me,

KJV 1900King James Version

But ye should say, Why persecute we him,

Seeing the root of the matter is found in me?