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27         whom I’ll see myself—
        my eyes see,[a] and not a stranger’s.
    I am utterly dejected.

Warning

28 You say, “How will we pursue him
    so that the root of the matter can be found in him?”[b]
29 You ought to fear the sword yourselves,
    for wrath brings punishment by the sword.
    You should know that there is judgment.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 19:27 Or have seen
  2. Job 19:28 Heb manuscripts; MT in me

27 I myself will see him
    with my own eyes(A)—I, and not another.
    How my heart yearns(B) within me!

28 “If you say, ‘How we will hound(C) him,
    since the root of the trouble lies in him,[a]
29 you should fear the sword yourselves;
    for wrath will bring punishment by the sword,(D)
    and then you will know that there is judgment.[b](E)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 19:28 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts me
  2. Job 19:29 Or sword, / that you may come to know the Almighty