Job 19 · Verse 26

Job 19:26

And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
Job 19:26, King James Version

Job 19:26 in other translations

BSBEven after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.
WEBAfter my skin is destroyed, then I will see God in my flesh,
ASVAnd after my skin, even this body, is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God;
YLTAnd after my skin hath compassed this body, Then from my flesh I see God:
DARBYAnd if after my skin this shall be destroyed, yet from out of my flesh shall I see God;
BBEAnd... without my flesh I will see God;
WebsterAnd though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

What does Job 19:26 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
26. Rather, though after my skin (is no more) this (body) is destroyed ("body" being omitted, because it was so wasted as not to deserve the name), yet from my flesh (from my renewed body, as the starting-point of vision, So 2:9, "looking out from the windows") "shall I see God." Next clause [Job 19:27] proves bodily vision is meant, for it specifies "mine eyes" [Rosenmuller, 2d ed.]. The Hebrew opposes "in my flesh." The "skin" was the first destroyed by elephantiasis, then the "body."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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 - not body. נקפו זאת nikkephu zoth, they - diseases and affliction, destroy This wretched composition of misery and corruption. Yet in my flesh shall I see God - Either, I shall arise from the dead, have a renewed body and see him with eyes of flesh and blood, though what I have now shall shortly moulder into dust, or, I shall see him in the flesh; my Kinsman, who shall partake of my flesh and blood, in order that he may ransom the lost inheritance.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 19:23-29

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. Here is much of Christ and heaven; and he that said such things are these, declared plainly that he sought the better country, that is, the heavenly. Job was taught of God to believe in a living Redeemer; to look for the…

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Job 19:26 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאַחַ֣רve.'a.Charand afterH310
ע֭וֹרִֽיo.riskin myH5785
נִקְּפוּ\־ni.ke.fu-people have struck offH5362
זֹ֑אתZotthisH2063
וּ֝מִבְּשָׂרִ֗יu.mi.be.sa.Riand from flesh myH1320
אֶֽחֱזֶ֥ה'e.che.ZehI will seeH2372
אֱלֽוֹהַּ\׃'e.Lo.ahGodH433

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 19:26

  • Matthew 5:8

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

  • 1 John 3:2

    Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

  • Psalms 17:15

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

  • Revelation 1:7

    Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.

  • 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.

  • Psalms 16:11

    Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

  • Philippians 3:21

    Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

  • Psalms 16:9

    Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:53

    For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And though, etc.Or, After I shall awake, though this body be destroyed, yet out of my flesh shall I see God.
Ps 17:15
in my flesh.
Ps 16:9,11; Mt 5:8; 1Co 13:12; 15:53; Php 3:21; 1Jo 3:2; Re 1:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 19:25

    For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

  • Job 19:26

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

  • Job 19:27

    Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.

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Job 19:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y después de deshecha esta mi piel, aun he de ver en mi carne á Dios;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et après ma peau, ceci sera détruit, et de ma chair je verrai ✝Dieu,
German
Elberfelder 1871		und ist nach meiner Haut dieses da zerstört, so werde ich aus meinem Fleische Gott anschauen,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et rursum circumdabor pelle mea, et in carne mea videbo Deum meum: