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.

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25 I know that my redeemer[a](A) lives,(B)
    and that in the end he will stand on the earth.[b]
26 And after my skin has been destroyed,
    yet[c] in[d] my flesh I will see God;(C)
27 I myself will see him
    with my own eyes(D)—I, and not another.
    How my heart yearns(E) within me!

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Footnotes

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

25 For I (A)know that my (B)Redeemer lives,
    and at the last he will stand upon the (C)earth.[a]
26 And after my skin has been thus destroyed,
    yet in[b] my flesh I shall (D)see God,
27 whom I shall see for myself,
    and my eyes shall behold, and not (E)another.
    My heart (F)faints within me!

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  1. Job 19:25 Hebrew dust
  2. Job 19:26 Or without

25 But I know that my Redeemer lives,[a](A)
and at the end he will stand on the dust.(B)
26 Even after my skin has been destroyed,[b]
yet I will see God in[c] my flesh.(C)
27 I will see him myself;
my eyes will look at him, and not as a stranger.[d]
My heart longs[e] within me.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 19:25 Or know my living Redeemer
  2. 19:26 Lit skin which they destroyed, or skin they destroyed in this way
  3. 19:26 Or apart from
  4. 19:27 Or not a stranger
  5. 19:27 Lit My kidneys grow faint