23 “Oh, that my words were written!
Oh, that they were inscribed in a book!
24 That they were engraved on a rock
With an iron pen and lead, forever!
25 For I know that my Redeemer lives,
And He shall stand at last on the earth;
26 And after my skin is [a]destroyed, this I know,
That (A)in my flesh I shall see God,
27 Whom I shall see for myself,
And my eyes shall behold, and not another.
How my [b]heart yearns within me!

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Footnotes

  1. Job 19:26 Lit. struck off
  2. Job 19:27 Lit. kidneys

23 Oh that my words were now written!
Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
24 That with an iron pen and lead
They were graven in the rock for ever!
25 [a]But as for me I know that my [b]Redeemer liveth,
And at last he will stand up upon the [c]earth:
26 [d]And after my skin, even this body, is destroyed,
Then without my flesh shall I see God;
27 Whom I, even I, shall see, [e]on my side,
And mine eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger.
My [f]heart is consumed within me.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 19:25 Or, For
  2. Job 19:25 Or, vindicator. Hebrew goel.
  3. Job 19:25 Hebrew dust.
  4. Job 19:26 Or, And after my skin hath been thus destroyed, Yet from my flesh shall I see God
  5. Job 19:27 Or, for myself
  6. Job 19:27 Hebrew reins.