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27 whom I will see for myself.
My own eyes will look at him—
    there won’t be anyone else for me!—
        He is the culmination of my innermost desire.”

Job Reminds His Friends of Judgment

28 “When you’re thinking about asking yourselves,
    ‘How will we pursue him,
        since the root of the problem is with him?’[a]
29 Make sure that you remain wary of God’s sword,
    for God’s wrath brings with it the sword of punishment,
        by which you’ll know there’s a judgment.”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 19:28 Lit me

27 I myself will see him
    with my own eyes(A)—I, and not another.
    How my heart yearns(B) within me!

28 “If you say, ‘How we will hound(C) him,
    since the root of the trouble lies in him,[a]
29 you should fear the sword yourselves;
    for wrath will bring punishment by the sword,(D)
    and then you will know that there is judgment.[b](E)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 19:28 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts me
  2. Job 19:29 Or sword, / that you may come to know the Almighty