Verse 25
Job 19:25
Free Bible Version
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I myself will see him—with my own eyes, and not those of someone else! The thought overcomes me!
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/אֲנִ֣י יָ֭דַעְתִּי גֹּ֣אֲלִ/י חָ֑י וְ֝/אַחֲר֗וֹן עַל עָפָ֥ר יָקֽוּם
English Translation
And I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last He will stand upon the earth.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 19 Context
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Job replied,
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“How long will you go on tormenting me? How long will you go on crushing me with words?
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Ten times already you have humiliated me. Aren't you ashamed for treating me so badly?
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Even if I did sin, that's my problem, and has nothing to do with you.
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You think you're so much better than me, and you use my degradation against me.
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But you should realize that it's God (Elohim) who has wronged me, he has trapped me in his net.
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Even though I cry for help, I get no answer; even though I shout my objections, I get no justice.
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God (Elohim) has walled me in so I can't escape; he has plunged my path into darkness.
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He has stripped my honor from me; he has taken away my reputation.
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He tears me down from all sides until I am finished; he has destroyed my hope like a tree that is up...
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His anger burns against me; he treats me as one of his enemies.
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God (Elohim)'s troops assemble to attack me. They build ramparts against me. They encircle and besie...
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He has driven my brothers far away from me; all my former friends are estranged from me.
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My relatives have abandoned me; my close friends have forgotten me.
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My house guests and my maidservants treat me as a stranger—to them I have become a foreigner.
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I call my servant, but he doesn't reply. I have to beg him!
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I am repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own brothers.
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Even young children despise me; when I stand up they ridicule me.
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All my closest friends despise me, and those I loved have turned on me.
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Have pity on me, my friends, have pity on me, because God (Elohim) has struck me down!
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Why are you persecuting me like God (Elohim) does? Aren't you satisfied with getting your pound of f...
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I wish my words could be written down, recorded in a book,
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I know my Redeemer is alive, and that he shall finally take the stand for me on the earth.
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Even though my skin is destroyed, in my body I shall see God (Elohim).
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I myself will see him—with my own eyes, and not those of someone else! The thought overcomes me!
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You say to yourselves, ‘How can we make him suffer so he can see he is the source of his problems?’
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You yourselves should fear being punished by God (Elohim), for you know anger brings God (Elohim)'s...
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