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Job 19:23–29

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23“Oh, that my words were recorded,

that they were written on a scroll,e

24that they were inscribed with an iron toolf onb lead,

or engraved in rock forever!g

25I know that my redeemerch lives,i

and that in the end he will stand on the earth.d

26And after my skin has been destroyed,

yete inf my flesh I will see God;j

27I myself will see him

with my own eyesk—I, and not another.

How my heart yearnsl within me!

28“If you say, ‘How we will houndm him,

since the root of the trouble lies in him,g’

29you should fear the sword yourselves;

for wrath will bring punishment by the sword,n

and then you will know that there is judgment.h”o

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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. bOr and
  2. cOr vindicator
  3. dOr on my grave
  4. eOr And after I awake, / though this body has been destroyed, / then
  5. fOr destroyed, / apart from
  6. gMany Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts me
  7. hOr sword, / that you may come to know the Almighty

Cross references

  1. eSee Ex 17:14; See Ps 40:7; See Isa 8:1
  2. fJer 17:1
  3. gSee Job 16:18
  4. hSee Ex 6:6; See Lev 25:25; Ps 68:5; 78:35; Pr 23:11; Isa 41:14; 43:14; 44:6, 24; 47:4; 48:17; 49:26; 54:5; 59:20; 60:16
  5. iSee 1 Sa 14:39; Job 16:19
  6. jSee Nu 12:8; See Mt 5:8; 1 Co 13:12; 1 Jn 3:2
  7. kLk 2:30
  8. lPs 42:1; 63:1; 84:2
  9. mSee Job 13:25
  10. nJob 15:22
  11. oJob 27:13–23; Ps 1:5; 9:7; 58:11; Ecc 3:17; 11:9; 12:14

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In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Oh that my words were written!

Oh that they were inscribed in a book!

Oh that with an iron pen and lead

they were engraved in the rock forever!

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,

whom I shall see for myself,

and my eyes shall behold, and not another.

My heart faints within me!

If you say, ‘How we will pursue him!’

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

be afraid of the sword,

for wrath brings the punishment of the sword,

that you may know there is a judgment.”

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I wish that my words were written down,

that they were recorded on a scroll

or were inscribed in stone forever

by an iron stylus and lead!

But I know that my Redeemer lives,

and at the end he will stand on the dust.

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.

If you say, “How will we pursue him,

since the root of the problem lies with him?”

then be afraid of the sword,

because wrath brings punishment by the sword,

so that you may know there is a judgment.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

“Oh, that my words could be recorded.

Oh, that they could be inscribed on a monument,

carved with an iron chisel and filled with lead,

engraved forever in the rock.

“But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives,

and he will stand upon the earth at last.

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!

“How dare you go on persecuting me,

saying, ‘It’s his own fault’?

You should fear punishment yourselves,

for your attitude deserves punishment.

Then you will know that there is indeed a judgment.”

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“O that my words could be written down!

O that they could be inscribed in a scroll!

That with a pen of iron and with lead

they might be engraved on a rock forever!

But I myself know that my redeemer is alive,

and at the last he will stand up upon the earth.

And after my skin has been thus destroyed,

but from my flesh I will see God,

whom I will see for myself,

and whom my eyes will see and not a stranger.

My heart faints within me.

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

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

be afraid for yourselves because of the sword,

for wrath brings punishment by the sword,

so that you may know that there is judgment.”

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

Oh that my words were now written!

Oh that they were printed in a book!

That they were graven with an iron pen and lead

In the rock for ever!

For I know that my redeemer liveth,

And that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

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.

But ye should say, Why persecute we him,

Seeing the root of the matter is found in me?

Be ye afraid of the sword:

For wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword,

That ye may know there is a judgment.

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