Job 19:27
Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.
King James Version
In Context
26And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
28But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
Cross References
Numbers 24:17I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
Psalms 17:15As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
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 the land that is very far off.
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 →