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Job: My Redeemer Lives

Job 19:27

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In 11 translations

BSB
I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!Hebrew my kidneys yearn
KJV
Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.another: Heb. a strangerthough…: or, my reins within me are consumed with earnest desire (for that day)within…: Heb. in my bosom
WEB
whom I, even I, will see on my side. My eyes will see, and not as a stranger. “My heart is consumed within me.
ASV
Whom I, even I, shall see, on my side, And mine eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger. My heart is consumed within me.
LSV
Whom I see on my side, || And my eyes have beheld, and not a stranger, || My reins have been consumed in my bosom.
YLT
Whom I — I see on my side, And mine eyes have beheld, and not a stranger, Consumed have been my reins in my bosom.
DBY
Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another: — my reins are consumed within me.
DRC
Whom I myself shall see, and my eyes shall behold, and not another: this my hope is laid up in my bosom.
GNV
Whome I my selfe shall see, and mine eyes shall beholde, and none other for me, though my reynes are consumed within me.
JPS
Whom I, even I, shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another's. My reins are consumed within me.
LXXE
which I am conscious of in myself, which mine eye has seen, and not another, but all have been fulfilled to me in my bosom.

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Original-language editions

WLC
אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֲנִ֨י ׀ אֶֽחֱזֶה־לִּ֗י וְעֵינַ֣י רָא֣וּ וְלֹא־זָ֑ר כָּל֖וּ כִלְיֹתַ֣י בְּחֵקִֽי׃
LXX-Br
ἃ ἐγὼ ἐμαυτῷ συνεπίσταμαι, ἃ ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου ἑώρακε, καὶ οὐκ ἄλλος, πάντα δέ μοι συντετέλεσται ἐν κόλπῳ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
  • Isaiah 26:19Your 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.
  • Numbers 24:17I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and strike down all the sons of Sheth.

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