Job
Job 19:26–27
26Even after my skin has been destroyed,
yet in my fleshc I will see God.
27I will see Him for myself;
my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger.
How my heart yearnsd within me!
Footnotes
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
Job 19:26
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Even after | וְאַחַ֣ר | wə·’a·ḥar | Conjunctive waw; Preposition | H310 behind |
| my skin | ע֭וֹרִֽי | ‘ō·w·rî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H5785 skin |
| has been destroyed | נִקְּפוּ־ | niq·qə·p̄ū- | Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural | H5362 strike off |
| yet in my flesh | וּ֝מִבְּשָׂרִ֗י | ū·mib·bə·śā·rî | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H1320 flesh |
| I will see | אֶֽחֱזֶ֥ה | ’e·ḥĕ·zeh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | H2372 see, behold |
| God | אֱלֽוֹהַּ׃ | ’ĕ·lō·w·ah | Noun - masculine singular | H433 god, God |
Job 19:27
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | אֲנִ֨י׀ | ’ă·nî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H589 I |
| will see | אֶֽחֱזֶה־ | ’e·ḥĕ·zeh- | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | H2372 see, behold |
| Him | אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| for myself | לִּ֗י | lî | Preposition; first person common singular | |
| my eyes | וְעֵינַ֣י | wə·‘ê·nay | Conjunctive waw; Noun - cdc; first person common singular | H5869 eye |
| will behold Him | רָא֣וּ | rā·’ū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H7200 see |
| and not | וְלֹא־ | wə·lō- | Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| as a stranger | זָ֑ר | zār | Adjective - masculine singular | H2114 be a stranger |
| How my heart | כִלְיֹתַ֣י | ḵil·yō·ṯay | Noun - feminine plural construct; first person common singular | H3629 kidneys |
| yearns | כָּל֖וּ | kā·lū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent |
| within me | בְּחֵקִֽי׃ | bə·ḥê·qî | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H2436 bosom |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Job 19:26 Matthew 5:8 · 1 John 3:2 · Psalm 17:15 · 1 Corinthians 13:12 · Revelation 1:7 · Psalm 16:11 · 1 Corinthians 15:53 · Psalm 16:9 · Philippians 3:21
Job 19:27 Psalm 73:26 · Isaiah 26:19
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.