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24 Or with a chisel carve my words in stone
    and write them so that they would last forever.[a]

25 But I know there is someone in heaven
    who will come at last to my defense.
26 Even after my skin is eaten by disease,
    while still in this body[b] I will see God.[c]

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  1. Job 19:24 last forever; or be on record.
  2. Job 19:26 while still in this body; or although not in this body.
  3. Job 19:26 Verse 26 in Hebrew is unclear.

24 that they were inscribed with an iron tool(A) on[a] lead,
    or engraved in rock forever!(B)
25 I know that my redeemer[b](C) lives,(D)
    and that in the end he will stand on the earth.[c]
26 And after my skin has been destroyed,
    yet[d] in[e] my flesh I will see God;(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 19:24 Or and
  2. Job 19:25 Or vindicator
  3. Job 19:25 Or on my grave
  4. Job 19:26 Or And after I awake, / though this body has been destroyed, / then
  5. Job 19:26 Or destroyed, / apart from