Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Job 19:26
In my flesh] rather, 'without' or 'apart from my flesh,' i.e. after death.
In my flesh] rather, 'without' or 'apart from my flesh,' i.e. after death.
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 _- no...
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 th...
CHAPTER 19 JOB'S REPLY TO BILDAD _ 1. How long will ye vex my soul? (Job 19:1)_ 2. And I am not heard! (Job 19:7) 3. Forsaken of men he pleads to be pitied (Job 19:13) 4. Faith supreme ...
JOB 19. JOB'S ANSWER. Here the gradual progress of Job's soul towards faith reaches its climax (Job 19:25 f.). It is to be remembered that Job's problem is in reality twofold: it has a personal side,...
SKIN. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part), App-6, for the whole body....
Job turns to the future. He desires that his protestation of innocence could find indelible record in the rock, that it might stand a perpetual witness to all generations. But he shall have something...
_and_though _after my skin_worms _destroy_ See trans. above. The word _destroy_means _to break off_, strike down or off, as branches from a tree (Isaiah 10:34). The words literally run, _and after my...
DISCOURSE: 469 CHRIST A LIVING REDEEMER Job 19:25. _I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth; and though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in...
FOR I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVETH, &C.— We are now come to the celebrated text which has so much divided interpreters, and which has been generally thought to express Job's strong faith in a future r...
5. And asserts his hope of a vindicator (_go-'el)_ (Job 19:23-27) TEXT 19:23-27 23 OH THAT MY WORDS WERE NOW WRITTEN! Oh that they were Inscribed in a book! 24 That with an iron pen and lead They...
_AND THOUGH AFTER MY SKIN WORMS DESTROY THIS BODY, YET IN MY FLESH SHALL I SEE GOD:_ And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God - rather, 'though after, my skin...
19:26 flesh (f-15) Or 'yet with my flesh.'...
These verses may be the most important verses in the Book of Job. Elsewhere Job explained his troubles, fears and doubts. But in these verses, Job explained the reasons why he still had hope. Elsewhe...
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 19 JOB REPLIES TO BILDAD’S...
AND THOUGH AFTER MY SKIN. — The word _skin_ is probably put by the common metonymy of a part for the whole for _body._ “After they have thus destroyed my skin,” or “after my skin hath been thus destro...
וְ אַחַ֣ר עֹ֖ורִֽי נִקְּפוּ ־זֹ֑את וּ֝ מִ
XVI. "MY REDEEMER LIVETH" Job 19:1 Job SPEAKS WITH simple strong art sustained by exuberant eloquence the author has now thrown his hero upon our sympathies, blending a strain of expectancy with te...
“I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVETH” Job 19:1 In Job's melancholy condition his friends seemed only to add vexation and trial. The hirelings who sojourned in his household looked on him with disdain; his...
To this terrible accusation Job replied first with a rebuke and a complaint. He demanded how long they would vex him, and declared that if he had erred, his sin was his own. If they would continue, le...
And [though] after my skin [worms] destroy this [body], yet (r) in my flesh shall I see God: (r) In this Job declares plainly that he had a full hope, that both the soul and body would enjoy the pres...
And I. Septuagint, "But he will raise up my body or skin, which has sustained these things. This now has been accomplished for me by the Lord; (27) which I know within myself, which my eyes have seen,...
(25) For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: (26) And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: (27) Whom I s...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...
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 1...
And [though] after my skin [worms] destroy this [body], yet in my flesh shall I see God: _Ver 26. And though after my skin worms destroy this body_] Here he pointeth again, as doth likewise David, wh...
_And though after my skin_, &c. The style of this and other poetical books of the Scripture is concise and short, and therefore many words are to be understood in some places to complete the sense. Th...
And though after my skin worms destroy this body, literally, "and afterward will with my skin be surrounded this" (body). He is sure that there will be a glorious resurrection of the body on the Last...
JOB STATES HIS BELIEF IN FINAL VINDICATION...
JOB'S REPLY TO BILDAD (vv.1-6). Though Job did not lose his temper at the unjust accusations of Bildad, he shows here that the reproaches of his friends have struck deeply into his soul. "How long w...
AND THOUGH AFTER MY SKIN WORMS DESTROY THIS BODY, YET IN MY FLESH SHALL I SEE GOD: Or, After I shall awake though this body be destroyed, yet out of my flesh shall I see God...
"EVEN AFTER MY SKIN IS DESTROYED, YET FROM MY FLESH. SHALL SEE GOD": This is. powerful insight into Job's understanding and what men knew about God and His truth in ancient times. Job expects to "see...
23-29 The Spirit of God, at this time, seems to have powerfully wrought on the mind of Job. Here he witnessed a good confession; declared the soundness of his faith, and the assurance of his hope. He...
The style of this and other poetical books is concise and short, and therefore many words are to be understood in some places to complete the sense. The meaning of the place is this, Though my skin is...
Job 19:26 after H310 skin H5785 destroyed H5362 (H8765) flesh H1320 see H2372 (H8799) God H433 And though -
Job 19:25 I. The first point to notice is the use of the present tense by Job in speaking of his Redeemer: "I know that my Redeemer _liveth."_There is thus in the prophecy a distinct testimony to the...
Job 19:26 The happiness of heaven is the seeing God; and because our Lord and Saviour is God incarnate, therefore to see Christ was to faithful men a kind of heaven upon earth; and losing sight of Hi...
Job 19:25 I. Consider what were Job's supporting convictions. (1) Nothing could be more decisive in tone or positive in assertion than the words, "I know." It is a bold challenge made by a suffering m...
Job 19:1. _Then, Job answered and said, How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?_ They struck at him with their hard words, as if they were breaking stones on the roadside. We...
CONTENTS: Job's answer to Bildad. His sublime faith. CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends. CONCLUSION: We may easily bear the unjust reproaches of men if we live in expectation of the glorious appearance o...
Job 19:3. _These ten times have ye reproached me._ A form of speech which puts a certain number for one less certain. Job had no doubt noticed about ten principal arguments levelled against him. Job 1...
_For I know that my Redeemer liveth._ OF THE RESURRECTION (ON EASTER DAY) This text is a prophecy and prediction of our Saviour Christ’s glorious resurrection. A sacred truth, requiring not only the...
_Then Job answered and said._ COMPLAINTS AND CONFIDENCES I. Job bitterly complaining. 1. He complains of the conduct of his friends, and especially their want of sympathy. (1) They exasperated him...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 19:1 Job responds, asking his friends how long they will persist in accusing him and why they feel no shame for doing so. Even if he has done wrong, it is God who has brought about his...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 19:25 FOR. Job states why he wants his words recorded (see vv. Job 19:23): I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVES. The Hebrew word fo
NOTES Job 19:23. “_O that my words were now written!_” The “words” understood as either— (1) _Those now to be uttered_. So JEROME, PISCATOR, CARYL, HENRY, &c. As an everlasting monument of his faith...
EXPOSITION JOB 19:1 Job begins his answer to Bildad's second speech by an expostulation against the unkindness of his friends, who break him in pieces, and torture him, with their reproaches (verses...
Then Job answered and said, How long will you vex my soul, and break me in pieces with your words? These ten times you have reproached me: and you're not ashamed that you made yourself like a stranger...
1 Corinthians 13:12; 1 Corinthians 15:53; 1 John 3:2; Matthew 5:8;...
JOB'S VICTORIOUS FAITH Job 19:23 INTRODUCTORY WORDS All of the heroes of the faith have not lived in our day. To tell the truth, we fear that the heroic faith which marked the ancients is waning. E...
Though — Though my skin is now in a great measure consumed, and the rest of it, together with this body, shall be devoured by the worms, which may seem to make my case desperate. Flesh — Or with bodil...
Does this verse indicate that the resurrection body will be a body of flesh? PROBLEM: Satan had afflicted Job’s body, and his flesh was rotting away. However, Job expressed his faith in God by saying...