Job 19:27
Whom I, even I, shall see, on my side, And mine eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger. My heart is consumed within me.
ASV Byzantine Text
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In Context
26And after my skin, even this body, is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God;
28If ye say, How we will persecute him! And that the root of the matter is found in me;
Cross References
Numbers 24:17I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not nigh: There shall come forth a star out of Jacob, And a scepter shall rise out of Israel, And shall smite through the corners of Moab, And break down all the sons of tumult.
Psalms 17:15As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with beholding thy form.
Psalms 119:81My soul fainteth for thy salvation; But I hope in thy word.
Isaiah 33:17Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold a land that reacheth afar.
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 →