Job 19:27
Whom I see on my side, || And my eyes have beheld, and not a stranger, || My reins have been consumed in my bosom.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
26And after my skin has surrounded this [body], || Then from my flesh I see God—
28But you say, Why do we pursue after him? And the root of the matter has been found in me.
Cross References
Numbers 24:17I see Him, but not now; I behold Him, but not near; A star has proceeded from Jacob, || And a scepter has risen from Israel, || And has struck corners of Moab, || And has destroyed all sons of Seth.
Psalms 17:15I—in righteousness, || I see Your face; I am satisfied, in awaking, [with] Your form!
Psalms 119:81[KAPH] My soul has been consumed for Your salvation, || I have hoped for Your word.
Isaiah 33:17Your eyes see a king in his beauty, || They see a far-off land.
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 →