23 I wish that my words were written down,
that they were recorded on a scroll
24 or were inscribed in stone forever
by an iron stylus and lead!
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

Job Says My Redeemer Lives

23 “Oh that my words were written!
Oh that they were (A)recorded in a book!
24 That with an iron stylus and lead
They were engraved in the rock forever!
25 Yet as for me, I know that (B)my Redeemer lives,
And at the last, He will take His stand on the [a]earth.
26 Even after my skin [b]is destroyed,
Yet from my flesh I will (C)see God,
27 Whom I, on my part, shall behold for myself,
And whom my eyes will see, and not another.
My [c]heart (D)faints [d]within me!

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Footnotes

  1. Job 19:25 Lit dust
  2. Job 19:26 Lit which they have cut off
  3. Job 19:27 Lit kidneys
  4. Job 19:27 Lit in my loins