Job 19:26

And after my skin is cut to pieces will this be: and then freed from my body shall I behold God;

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

In Context

25And well I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he will remain as the last after the creatures of the dust [are passed away];

27Whom I shall myself behold to my happiness, and whom my eyes will see, and not as a stranger, [when even] my reins are consumed within my bosom.

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Cross References

Psalms 16:11Thou wilt let me know the path of life: fulness of joy is in thy presence; pleasures are at thy right hand for evermore.

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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