Job 19:28
26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.
But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye 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 ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
Read in contextPsalms 69:26
For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
Read in context1 Kings 14:13
And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
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