Job 19:28

If ye say, How we will persecute him! And that the root of the matter is found in me,

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?

In Context

27whom I, even I, shall see on my side, and my eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger. My heart is consumed within me.

29be ye afraid of the sword. For wrath [brings] the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.

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Cross References

Job 19:22Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

Matthew Henry on Job 19:24-29

Job's Confession of Faith; Happiness of the Redeemed. ( b. c. 1520.) 23 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! 24 That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever! 25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: 26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: 27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me. 28… Read the whole commentary →

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