Job 19:28

26 Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.

27 I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!

If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,’

29 then you should fear the sword yourselves, because wrath brings punishment by the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment.”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,’
KJV
But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
WEB
If you say, ‘How we will persecute him!’ because the root of the matter is found in me,
ASV
If ye say, How we will persecute him! And that the root of the matter is found in me;
DARBY
If ye say, How shall we persecute him? when the root of the matter is found in me,
BLB
If you⁺ should say, ‘How we will pursue after him,’ and ‘The root of the matter is found with him,’
ÅB
Når dere sier: Hvor vi skal forfølge ham! - dere har jo funnet skylden hos meg -
OTB
Hvis dere sier, ‘Hvordan skal vi forfølge ham,
siden roten til problemet finnes i ham,’
B1930
Når I sier: Hvor vi skal forfølge ham! - I har jo funnet skylden hos mig -

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 19:22

    Why do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?

    Read in context
  • Psalms 69:26

    For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.

    Read in context
  • 1 Kings 14:13

    All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. For this is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will receive a proper burial, because only in him has the LORD, the God of Israel, found any good in the house of Jeroboam.

    Read in context