Job 19:27
Whom I — I see on my side, And mine eyes have beheld, and not a stranger, Consumed have been my reins in my bosom.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
26And after my skin hath compassed this [body], Then from my flesh I see God:
28But ye say, 'Why do we pursue after him?' And the root of the matter hath been found in me.
Cross References
Numbers 24:17I see it, but not now; I behold it, but not near; A star hath proceeded from Jacob, And a sceptre hath risen from Israel, And hath smitten corners of Moab, And hath destroyed all sons of Sheth.
Psalms 17:15I — in righteousness, I see Thy face; I am satisfied, in awaking, [with] Thy form!
Psalms 119:81[Kaph.] Consumed for Thy salvation hath been my soul, For Thy word I have hoped.
Isaiah 33:17A king in his beauty, see do thine eyes, They see a land afar 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 →