Job 19:26
New International Version
And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God;

New Living Translation
And after my body has decayed, yet in my body I will see God!

English Standard Version
And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God,

Berean Standard Bible
Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.

King James Bible
And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

New King James Version
And after my skin is destroyed, this I know, That in my flesh I shall see God,

New American Standard Bible
“Even after my skin is destroyed, Yet from my flesh I will see God,

NASB 1995
“Even after my skin is destroyed, Yet from my flesh I shall see God;

NASB 1977
“Even after my skin is destroyed, Yet from my flesh I shall see God;

Legacy Standard Bible
Even after my skin is destroyed, Yet from my flesh I shall behold God,

Amplified Bible
“Even after my [mortal] skin is destroyed [by death], Yet from my [immortal] flesh I will see God,

Christian Standard Bible
Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet I will see God in my flesh.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet I will see God in my flesh.

American Standard Version
And after my skin, even this body, is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God;

Contemporary English Version
My flesh may be destroyed, yet from this body I will see God.

English Revised Version
And after my skin hath been thus destroyed, yet from my flesh shall I see God:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Even after my skin has been stripped off my body, I will see God in my own flesh.

Good News Translation
Even after my skin is eaten by disease, while still in this body I will see God.

International Standard Version
Even after my skin has been destroyed, clothed in my flesh I will see God,

Majority Standard Bible
Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.

NET Bible
And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God,

New Heart English Bible
After my skin is destroyed, then in my flesh shall I see God,

Webster's Bible Translation
And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

World English Bible
After my skin is destroyed, then I will see God in my flesh,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And after my skin has surrounded this [body], "" Then from my flesh I see God—

Young's Literal Translation
And after my skin hath compassed this body, Then from my flesh I see God:

Smith's Literal Translation
And after they destroyed my skin, this, and from my flesh I shall see God:
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I shall be clothed again with my skin, and in my flesh I will see my God.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And I will be enveloped again with my skin, and in my flesh I will see my God.

New American Bible
This will happen when my skin has been stripped off, and from my flesh I will see God:

New Revised Standard Version
and after my skin has been thus destroyed, then in my flesh I shall see God,
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Although devouring worms have covered my skin and my flesh,

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And over my skin it is I will be surrounded with these things and over my flesh
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And when after my skin this is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
and to raise up upon the earth my skin that endures these sufferings: for these things have been accomplished to me of the Lord;

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Job: My Redeemer Lives
25But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth. 26Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God. 27I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!…

Cross References
1 Corinthians 15:42-44
So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable. / It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. / It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

1 Corinthians 15:52-54
in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. / For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. / When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”

Philippians 3:20-21
But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, / who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.

1 John 3:2
Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.

Romans 8:11
And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.

2 Corinthians 5:1-4
For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. / For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, / because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. ...

John 11:25-26
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies. / And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”

Revelation 21:4
‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”

Matthew 22:31-32
But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you: / ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”

Luke 20:37-38
Even Moses demonstrates that the dead are raised, in the passage about the burning bush. For he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ / He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all are alive.”

Isaiah 26:19
Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.

Daniel 12:2
And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.

Psalm 17:15
As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.

Psalm 49:15
But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah

Hosea 13:14
I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.


Treasury of Scripture

And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

And though, etc.

Psalm 17:15
As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

in my flesh

Psalm 16:9,11
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope…

Matthew 5:8
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

1 Corinthians 13:12
For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

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And after my skin has been destroyed
This phrase begins with a stark acknowledgment of mortality and the inevitable decay of the human body. The Hebrew word for "skin" here is "עֹור" (or), which signifies the outermost layer of the body, emphasizing the physical aspect of human existence. Job is acutely aware of his suffering and the deterioration of his physical form, which is a common human experience. The phrase "has been destroyed" uses the Hebrew "נִקְּפוּ" (niqfu), suggesting a complete and utter destruction or decay. This reflects Job's profound suffering and the reality of death, which is a consequence of the Fall as described in Genesis. From a conservative Christian perspective, this acknowledgment of physical decay points to the transient nature of earthly life and the hope of something beyond the physical.

yet in my flesh I will see God
The word "yet" introduces a contrast to the previous statement, indicating hope and faith despite the dire circumstances. The Hebrew word for "flesh" is "בְּשָׂרִי" (besari), which can refer to the physical body but also implies a deeper, more personal aspect of human existence. Job's declaration "I will see God" is profound, as the Hebrew "אֶחֱזֶה" (echezeh) means to see or behold, suggesting a direct and personal encounter. This is a remarkable statement of faith, as Job anticipates a future vindication and restoration beyond his current suffering. In the conservative Christian tradition, this is often seen as a foreshadowing of the resurrection and the ultimate hope of believers to see God face to face, as promised in the New Testament. This phrase encapsulates the hope of eternal life and the belief in a bodily resurrection, affirming that despite the destruction of the physical body, there is a promise of seeing God in a restored, glorified state.

(26) 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 destroyed"--or, "and after my skin hath been destroyed--this shall be: that even from my flesh I shall see God"--referring, probably, in the first instance, to his present personal faith, notwithstanding the corruption produced by his disease. "I can and do still see God, whom I know as my Redeemer;" but perhaps more probably put in contrast to this present knowledge as implying something yet to come, when the Redeemer stands at the last upon the earth, which also seems to be yet further expressed in the following verse.

Verse 26. - And though after my skin worms destroy this body. The supposed ellipsis of "worms" is improbable, as is also that of "body." Translate, and after my skin has been thus destroyed - "thus" meaning, "as you see it before your eyes." Yet in my flesh shall I see God; literally, from my flesh - scarcely, as Renan takes it, "without my flesh," or "away from my flesh" - "prive de ma chair;" but rather, "from the standpoint of my flesh " - "in my body," not "out of my body" - shall I see God. This may be taken merely as a prophecy of the theophany recorded in ch. 38-42. (see especially Job 42:5). But the nexus with ver. 25, and the expressions there used - "at the last," and "he shall stand up over my dust" - fully justify the traditional exegesis, which sees in the passage an avowal by Job of his confidence that he will see God "from his body" at the resurrection.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Even after
וְאַחַ֣ר (wə·’a·ḥar)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 310: The hind or following part

my skin
ע֭וֹרִֽי (‘ō·w·rî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5785: Skin, hide, leather

has been destroyed,
נִקְּפוּ־ (niq·qə·p̄ū-)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 5362: To strike, to knock together, surround, circulate

yet in my flesh
וּ֝מִבְּשָׂרִ֗י (ū·mib·bə·śā·rî)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man

I will see
אֶֽחֱזֶ֥ה (’e·ḥĕ·zeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 2372: To gaze at, to perceive, contemplate, to have a, vision of

God.
אֱלֽוֹהַּ׃ (’ĕ·lō·w·ah)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 433: God -- a deity, the Deity


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