Job 19:28

Why then do you now say: “Let us pursue him, and let us find a basis to speak against him?”

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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

27It is he whom I myself will see, and he whom my eyes will behold, and no other. This, my hope, has taken rest in my bosom.

29So then, flee from the face of the sword, for the sword is the avenger of iniquities; but know this: there is to be a judgment.

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Cross References

Job 19:22Why do you pursue me just as God does, and satiate yourselves 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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