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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  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

23 If only my words were written down;
    if only they were inscribed in a book
24 using an iron stylus with lead for ink!
    Then they’d be engraved in rock forever.

25 “As for me, I know that my Vindicator[a] is alive;
    And he, the Last One,[b] will take his stand on the soil.[c]
26 Even after my skin has been destroyed,
    clothed in my flesh I will see God,
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.”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 19:25 Or Redeemer
  2. Job 19:25 Lit. And the Last
  3. Job 19:25 Or dust