the Week of Proper 4 / Ordinary 9
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Job 19:26
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Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.
My flesh may be destroyed, yet from this body I will see God.
so that after my skin has been thus destroyed, then even without my flesh, I will see God.
And [if] after my skin this shall be destroyed, yet from out of my flesh shall I see +God;
After I leave my body and my skin has been destroyed, I know I will still see God.
And after my skin, even this body, is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God;
And Three dots are used where it is no longer possible to be certain of the true sense of the Hebrew words, and for this reason no attempt has been made to put them into Basic English. without my flesh I will see God;
And though after my skinne the [wormes] destroy this body, yet shall I see God in my fleshe:
And though after my skin wormes destroy this bodie, yet shall I see God in my flesh.
Although devouring worms have covered my skin and my flesh,
Even after my skin is eaten by disease, while still in this body I will see God.
And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God,
After my skin is destroyed, Then in my flesh shall I see God,
Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet I will see God in my flesh.
And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God;
"Even after my skin is destroyed, Yet from my flesh I will see God,
And though after my skin, wormes destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
"Even after my [mortal] skin is destroyed [by death], Yet from my [immortal] flesh I will see God,
And [though] after my skin [worms] destroy this [body], yet in my flesh shall I see God:
After my skin is destroyed, Then in my flesh shall I see God,
And after my skin has been thus destroyed, but from my flesh I will see God,
and after my skin has been struck off from my flesh, yet this, I shall see God,
Even after my skin has been destroyed, in my flesh I will see God.
And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God,
And after my skin is destroyed, this I know, That in my flesh I shall see God,
and eft Y schal be cumpassid with my skyn, and in my fleisch Y schal se God, my sauyour.
and after my skin has been thus destroyed, then in my flesh I shall see God,
And, though, after my skin is struck off, this followeth , yet, apart from my flesh, shall I see GOD:
And I shall be clothed again with my skin, and in my flesh I shall see my God.
and after my skin has been thus destroyed, then from my flesh I shall see God,
And after my skin hath compassed this [body], Then from my flesh I see God:
that I shal be clothed againe with this skynne, and se God in my flesh.
And when after my skin this is destroyed, then without my flesh shall I see God;
and to raise up upon the earth my skin that endures these sufferings: for these things have been accomplished to me of the Lord;
And after my skin hath been thus destroyed, yet from my flesh shall I see God:
And after my body has decayed, yet in my body I will see God!
Even after my skin is destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.
And after my skin, [even] this [body], is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God;
"Even after my skin is destroyed, Yet from my flesh I shall see God;
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
And though: etc. Or, After I shall awake, though this body be destroyed, yet out of my flesh shall I see God. Psalms 17:15
in my flesh: Psalms 16:9, Psalms 16:11, Matthew 5:8, 1 Corinthians 13:12, 1 Corinthians 15:53, Philippians 3:21, 1 John 3:2, Revelation 1:7
Reciprocal: Genesis 3:19 - and Job 7:5 - flesh Job 14:10 - where is he Job 14:14 - shall he live Job 14:22 - his flesh Job 17:14 - to the worm Job 21:26 - the worms Job 24:20 - the worm Psalms 138:7 - Though I walk John 5:28 - for Acts 12:23 - and he Acts 13:36 - and saw Acts 24:15 - that 2 Corinthians 4:16 - though 2 Corinthians 5:1 - we know Philippians 1:23 - with Hebrews 12:14 - no man
Cross-References
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the Lord , therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And though after my skin [worms] destroy this [body],.... Meaning not, that after his skin was wholly consumed now, which was almost gone, there being scarce any left but the skin of his teeth,
Job 19:20; the worms in his ulcers would consume what was left of his body, which scarce deserved the name of a body, and therefore he points to it, and calls it "this", without saying what it was; but that when he should be entirely stripped of his skin in the grave, then rottenness and worms would strip him also of all the rest of his flesh and his bones; by which he expresses the utter consumption of his body by death, and after it in the grave; and nevertheless, though so it would be, he was assured of his resurrection from the dead:
yet in my flesh shall I see God: he believed, that though he should die and moulder into dust in the grave, yet he should rise again, and that in true flesh, not in an aerial celestial body, but in a true body, consisting of flesh, blood, and bones, which spirits have not, and in the same flesh or body he then had, his own flesh and body, and not another's; and so with his fleshly or corporeal eyes see God, even his living Redeemer, in human nature; who, as he would stand upon the earth in that nature, in the fulness of time, and obtain redemption for him, so he would in the latter day appear again, raise him from the dead, and take him to himself, to behold his glory to all eternity: or "out of my flesh" f, out of my fleshly eyes; from thence and with those shall I behold God manifest in the flesh, my incarnate God; and if Job was one of those saints that rose when Christ did, as some say g, he saw him in the flesh and with his fleshly eyes.
f מבשרי "e carne mea", Tigurine version, Mercerus, Piscator, Cocceius, Schmidt, Schultens; so Gussetius, p. 446. g "Suidas in voce" ιωβ, & Sept. in ch. xlii. 17.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And though - Margin, Or, after I shall awake, though this body be destroyed, yet out of my flesh shall I see God. This verse has given not less perplexity than the preceding. Noyes renders it,
And though with this skin this body be wasted away,
Yet in my flesh shall I see God.
Dr. Good renders it,
And, after the disease hath destroyed my skin,
That in my flesh I shall see God.
Rosenmuller explains it, “And when after my skin (scil. is consumed and destroyed) they consume (scil. those corroding, or consuming, that is, it is corroded, or broken into fragments) this, that is, this structure of my bones - my body (which he does not mention, because it was so wasted away that it did not deserve to be called a body) - yet without my flesh - with my whole body consumed, shall I see God.” He translates it,
Et quum post cutem meam hoc fuerit consumptum,
Tamen absque carne mea videbo Deum.
The Hebrew is literally, “and after my skin.” Gesenius translates it, “After they shall have destroyed my skin, this shall happen - that I will see God.” Herder renders it,
Though they tear and devour this my skin,
Yet in my living body shall I see God.
The fair and obvious meaning, I think, is that which is conveyed by our translation. Disease had attacked his skin. It was covered with ulcers, and was fast consuming; compare Job 2:8; Job 7:5. This process of corruption and decay he had reason to expect would go on until all would be consumed. But if it did, he would hold fast his confidence in God. He would believe that he would come forth as his vindicator, and he would still put his trust in him.
Worms - This word is supplied by our translators. There is not a semblance of it in the original. That is, simply, “they destroy;” where the verb is used impersonally, meaning that it would be destroyed; The agent by which this would be done is not specified. The word rendered “destroy” נקפו nâqaphû from נקף nâqaph, means “to cut, to strike, to cut down” (compare the notes at Job 1:5, for the general meaning of the word), and here means to destroy; that is, that the work of destruction might go on until the frame should be wholly wasted away. It is not quite certain that the word here would convey the idea that he expected to die. It may mean that he would become entirely emaciated, and all his flesh be gone. There is nothing, however, in the word to show that he did not expect to die - and perhaps that would be the most obvious and proper interpretation.
This body - The word body is also supplied by the translators. The Hebrew is simply זאת zô'th - this. Perhaps he pointed to his body - for there can be no doubt that his body or flesh is intended. Rosenmuller supposes that he did not mention it, because it was so emaciated that it did not deserve to be called a body.
Yet in my flesh - Hebrew “From my flesh” - מבשׂרי mı̂bâśârı̂y. Herder renders this, “In my living body.” Rosenmuller, absque carne mea - “without my flesh;” and explains it as meaning, “my whole body being consumed, I shall see God.” The literal meaning is, “from, or out of, my flesh shall I see God.” It does not mean in his flesh, which would have been expressed by the preposition ב (b) - but there is the notion that from or out of his flesh he would see him; that is, clearly, as Rosenmuller has expressed it, tho’ my body be consumed, and I have no flesh, I shall see him. Disease might carry its fearful ravages through all his frame, until it utterly wasted away, yet; he had confidence that he would see his vindicator and Redeemer on the earth. It cannot be proved that this refers to the resurrection of that body, and indeed the natural interpretation is against it. It is, rather, that though without a body, or though his body should all waste away, he would see God as his vindicator. He would not always be left overwhelmed in this manner with calamities and reproaches. He would be permitted to see God coming forth as his Goal or Avenger, and manifesting himself as his friend. Calmly, therefore, he would bear these reproaches and trials, and see his frame waste away, for it would not always be so - God would yet undertake and vindicate his cause.
Shall I see God - He would be permitted to behold him as his friend and avenger. What was the nature of the vision which he anticipated, it is not possible to determine with certainty. If he expected that God would appear in some remarkable manner to judge the world and to vindicate the cause of the oppressed; or that he would come forth in a special manner to vindicate his cause; or if he looked to a general resurrection, and to the trial on that day, the language would apply to either of these events.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 19:26. 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.
Yet in my flesh shall I see God — Either, I shall arise from the dead, have a renewed body and see him with eyes of flesh and blood, though what I have now shall shortly moulder into dust, or, I shall see him in the flesh; my Kinsman, who shall partake of my flesh and blood, in order that he may ransom the lost inheritance.
