Job 19:28

What does Job 19:28 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 19:28 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

If ye say, How we will persecute him! And that the root of the matter is found in me;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

If ye say, How we will persecute him! And that the root of the matter is found in me;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

If you say, How cruel we will be to him! because the root of sin is clearly in him:

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

But ye say, `Why do we pursue after him?' And the root of the matter hath been found in me.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Why then do you say now: Let us persecute him, and let us find occasion of word against him?

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

If ye say, How shall we persecute him? when the root of the matter is found in me,

Context

v.27Whom I, even I, shall see, on my side, And mine eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger. My heart is consumed within me.

v.28This passage

v.29Be ye afraid of the sword: For wrathbringeththe punishments of the sword, That ye may know there is a judgment.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Kings 14:13

    And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him; for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.

  • Job 19:22

    Why do ye persecute me as God, And are not satisfied with my flesh?

  • Psalms 69:26

    For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; And they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded.

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