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23 “How I wish my words were written down,
    written on a scroll.
24 I wish they were carved with an iron pen into lead,
    or carved into stone forever.
25 I know that my Defender lives,
    and in the end he will stand upon the earth.
26 Even after my skin has been destroyed,
    in my flesh I will see God.
27 I will see him myself;
    I will see him with my very own eyes.
    How my heart wants that to happen!

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23 “Oh, that my words were recorded,
    that they were written on a scroll,(A)
24 that they were inscribed with an iron tool(B) on[a] lead,
    or engraved in rock forever!(C)
25 I know that my redeemer[b](D) lives,(E)
    and that in the end he will stand on the earth.[c]
26 And after my skin has been destroyed,
    yet[d] in[e] my flesh I will see God;(F)
27 I myself will see him
    with my own eyes(G)—I, and not another.
    How my heart yearns(H) within me!

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Footnotes

  1. Job 19:24 Or and
  2. Job 19:25 Or vindicator
  3. Job 19:25 Or on my grave
  4. Job 19:26 Or And after I awake, / though this body has been destroyed, / then
  5. Job 19:26 Or destroyed, / apart from