Job 19:26 BSB — MannaFest

Job 19:26

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

BSB

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ASV

And after my skin, even this body, is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God;

KJV

And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

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Commentary

2 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Morals on the Book of Job, Book XIV (604)

And I shall be again encompassed with my skin. But see, I hear of the resurrection, but it is the effect of the resurrection that I am searching out. For I believe that I shall rise again, but I wish that I might hear what kind of person; since it is a thing I ought to know, whether I shall rise again perhaps in some other subtle or ethereal body, or in that body wherein I shall die. But if I shall rise again in an ethereal body, it will no longer be myself, who rise again.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

God - The same whom he called his Redeemer, ver. 25, who having taken flesh, and appearing in his flesh or body with and for Job upon the earth, might well be seen with his bodily eyes. Nor is this understood of a simple seeing of him; but of that glorious and beatifying vision of God, which is promised to all God's people.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And though after my skin worms destroy this body - My skin, which is now almost all that remains of my former self, except the bones; see Job 19:20. They destroy this - not body. נקפו זאת nikkephu zoth, they - diseases and affliction, destroy This wretched composition of misery and corruption.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Rather, though after my skin (is no more) this (body) is destroyed ("body" being omitted, because it was so wasted as not to deserve the name), yet from my flesh (from my renewed body, as the starting-point of vision, So 2:9, "looking out from the windows") "shall I see God." Next clause [Job 19:27] proves bodily vision is meant, for it specifies "mine eyes" [ROSENMULLER, 2d ed.].

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאַחַ֣ר	ve.'a.Char	and after	H310 →
ע֭וֹרִֽי	o.ri	skin my	H5785 →
נִקְּפוּ־	ni.ke.fu-	people have struck off	H5362 →
זֹ֑את	Zot	this	H2063 →
וּ֝מִבְּשָׂרִ֗י	u.mi.be.sa.Ri	and from flesh my	H1320 →
אֶֽחֱזֶ֥ה	'e.che.Zeh	I will see	H2372 →
אֱלֽוֹהַּ׃	'e.Lo.ah	God	H433 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
1 John 3:2
Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as…
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 3:18
  And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Philippians 3:21
  who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.
Through
Matthew 5:8
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
leads to
- Psalms 24:4
  He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.
- Psalms 51:10
  Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
- Hebrews 10:22
  let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
- Hebrews 12:14
  Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
- Ezekiel 36:25–27
  I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
Through
Revelation 1:7
Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen.
leads to
- Matthew 24:30
  At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds…

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Job

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Job