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28 If you say, ‘How we will persecute him!’
    and, ‘The root of the matter is found in him,’(A)
29 be afraid of the sword,
    for wrath brings the punishment of the sword,
    so that you may know there is a judgment.”(B)

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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