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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/job/19.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/19.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />And after my body has decayed, yet in my body I will see God!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/19.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/19.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/19.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And <i>though</i> after my skin <i>worms</i> destroy this <i>body</i>, yet in my flesh shall I see God:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/19.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And after my skin is destroyed, this <i>I know,</i> That in my flesh I shall see God,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Even after my skin is destroyed, Yet from my flesh I will see God,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/19.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Even after my skin is destroyed, Yet from my flesh I shall see God;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Even after my skin is destroyed, Yet from my flesh I shall see God;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Even after my skin is destroyed, Yet from my flesh I shall behold God,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Even after my [mortal] skin is destroyed [by death], Yet from my [immortal] flesh I will see God,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet I will see God in my flesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet I will see God in my flesh. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/19.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And after my skin, even this body, is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/19.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />My flesh may be destroyed, yet from this body I will see God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/19.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And after my skin hath been thus destroyed, yet from my flesh shall I see God:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Even after my skin has been stripped off my body, I will see God in my own flesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/19.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Even after my skin is eaten by disease, while still in this body I will see God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/19.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Even after my skin has been destroyed, clothed in my flesh I will see God,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/19.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />After my skin is destroyed, then in my flesh shall I see God,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/19.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />After my skin is destroyed, then I will see God in my flesh, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And after my skin has surrounded this [body], "" Then from my flesh I see God—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And after my skin hath compassed this body, Then from my flesh I see God:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And after they destroyed my skin, this, and from my flesh I shall see God:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I shall be clothed again with my skin, and in my flesh I will see my God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And I will be enveloped again with my skin, and in my flesh I will see my God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/19.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />This will happen when my skin has been stripped off, and from my flesh I will see God: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />and after my skin has been thus destroyed, then in my flesh I shall see God,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Although devouring worms have covered my skin and my flesh,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/19.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And over my skin it is I will be surrounded with these things and over my flesh<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/19.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And when after my skin this is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/19.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br /><i>and</i> to raise up upon the earth my skin that endures these <i>sufferings</i>: for these things have been accomplished to me of the Lord;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/19-26.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=2965" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/19.htm">Job: My Redeemer Lives</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">25</span>But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth. <span class="reftext">26</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: wə·’a·ḥar (Conj-w:: Prep) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">Even after</a> <a href="/hebrew/5785.htm" title="5785: ‘ō·w·rî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- A skin. From uwr; skin; by implication, hide, leather.">my skin</a> <a href="/hebrew/5362.htm" title="5362: niq·qə·p̄ū- (V-Piel-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to strike with more or less violence; by implication to knock together, i.e. Surround or circulate.">has been destroyed,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: zōṯ (Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1320.htm" title="1320: ū·mib·bə·śā·rî (Conj-w, Prep-m:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- Flesh. From basar; flesh; by extension, body, person; also The pudenda of a man.">yet in my flesh</a> <a href="/hebrew/2372.htm" title="2372: ’e·ḥĕ·zeh (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- See, behold. A primitive root; to gaze at; mentally, to perceive, contemplate; specifically, to have a vision of.">I will see</a> <a href="/hebrew/433.htm" title="433: ’ĕ·lō·w·ah (N-ms) -- God, god. Probably prolonged From 'el; a deity or the Deity.">God.</a> </span><span class="reftext">27</span>I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-42.htm">1 Corinthians 15:42-44</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-52.htm">1 Corinthians 15:52-54</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/3-20.htm">Philippians 3:20-21</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/3-2.htm">1 John 3:2</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-11.htm">Romans 8:11</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-1.htm">2 Corinthians 5:1-4</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/11-25.htm">John 11:25-26</a></span><br />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?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-4.htm">Revelation 21:4</a></span><br />‘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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/22-31.htm">Matthew 22:31-32</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/20-37.htm">Luke 20:37-38</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/26-19.htm">Isaiah 26:19</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/12-2.htm">Daniel 12:2</a></span><br />And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/17-15.htm">Psalm 17:15</a></span><br />As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/49-15.htm">Psalm 49:15</a></span><br />But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/13-14.htm">Hosea 13:14</a></span><br />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.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:</p><p class="hdg">And though, etc.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/17-15.htm">Psalm 17:15</a></b></br> As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.</p><p class="hdg">in my flesh</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/16-9.htm">Psalm 16:9,11</a></b></br> Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/5-8.htm">Matthew 5:8</a></b></br> Blessed <i>are</i> the pure in heart: for they shall see God.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_corinthians/13-12.htm">1 Corinthians 13:12</a></b></br> 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.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/19-17.htm">Body</a> <a href="/job/14-19.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/job/19-10.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/job/19-22.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/job/19-20.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/job/7-5.htm">Worms</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/20-7.htm">Body</a> <a href="/psalms/5-6.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/job/22-20.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/job/20-23.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/job/30-30.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/job/21-26.htm">Worms</a><div class="vheading2">Job 19</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/19-1.htm">Job, complaining of his friends' cruelty, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/19-6.htm">shows there is misery enough in him to feed their cruelty</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/19-21.htm">He craves pity</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/19-23.htm">He believes the resurrection</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/19.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/19.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Even after my skin has been destroyed</b><br>This phrase reflects Job's profound suffering and the physical decay he is experiencing. In the context of the book, Job is afflicted with painful sores and is in a state of physical ruin (<a href="/job/2-7.htm">Job 2:7-8</a>). The destruction of his skin symbolizes the depth of his affliction and the mortality of human life. This imagery is consistent with the ancient Near Eastern understanding of the body and the effects of disease. It also echoes the biblical theme of human frailty and the inevitability of death, as seen in <a href="/genesis/3-19.htm">Genesis 3:19</a>, where humanity is reminded of returning to dust.<p><b>yet in my flesh I will see God</b><br>This statement is a powerful declaration of faith and hope in the resurrection. Despite his current suffering, Job expresses a confident expectation of seeing God in a restored, physical form. This anticipates the New Testament revelation of bodily resurrection, as seen in <a href="/1_corinthians/15-42.htm">1 Corinthians 15:42-44</a>, where the resurrection body is described as imperishable and glorious. Job's hope is not just for spiritual deliverance but for a tangible, bodily experience of God's presence. This can be seen as a type of Christ, who, after His resurrection, appeared in a glorified body (<a href="/luke/24-39.htm">Luke 24:39</a>). Job's declaration also connects to the broader biblical narrative of redemption and restoration, where God promises to renew and restore His creation (<a href="/revelation/21-4.htm">Revelation 21:4</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central figure in the Book of Job, enduring immense suffering and loss.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The Almighty Creator, whom Job seeks to understand and see, even amidst his suffering.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/suffering_and_restoration.htm">Suffering and Restoration</a></b><br>The broader context of Job's trials, where he loses his wealth, health, and family, yet maintains his faith in God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_resurrection.htm">Hope in Resurrection</a></b><br>Job's declaration is a profound statement of faith in the resurrection. Despite his physical decay, he believes in a future bodily restoration where he will see God. This hope is foundational for Christians, affirming the belief in life after death and the resurrection of the body.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_amidst_suffering.htm">Faith Amidst Suffering</a></b><br>Job's unwavering faith, even when his circumstances seem hopeless, challenges believers to trust in God's ultimate justice and goodness. It encourages maintaining faith even when God's presence feels distant.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/seeing_god.htm">Seeing God</a></b><br>The desire to see God reflects a deep personal relationship with the Creator. It encourages believers to cultivate a longing for God's presence, both in this life and the next.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_eternal_life.htm">The Reality of Eternal Life</a></b><br>Job's confidence in seeing God in his flesh points to the reality of eternal life. This assurance can provide comfort and perspective in the face of life's trials and mortality.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_19.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 19</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_a_resurrection_body.htm">What is a resurrection body?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_job_19_25's_'redeemer'_validated.htm">How can Job 19:25’s reference to a “Redeemer” be historically or archaeologically validated, given the era in which Job is said to have lived? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_body_donation.htm">What does the Bible say about body donation?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_jesus's_resurrection_claim_fit.htm">Matthew 22:23–33: How can Jesus’s claim about resurrection make sense given the Sadducees’ detailed scenario and no clear scientific explanation? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/19.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(26) <span class= "bld">And though after my skin.</span>--The word <span class= "ital">skin </span>is probably put by the common metonymy of a part for the whole for <span class= "ital">body. </span>"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 <span class= "ital">see </span>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.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 26.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And though after my skin worms destroy this body</span>. The supposed ellipsis of "worms" is improbable, as is also that of "body." Translate, <span class="accented">and after my skin has been thus destroyed -</span> "thus" meaning, "as you see it before your eyes." <span class="cmt_word">Yet in my flesh shall I see God</span>; literally, from <span class="accented">my flesh</span> - 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 <a href="/job/42-5.htm">Job 42:5</a>). 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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/19-26.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Even after</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאַחַ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’a·ḥar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> </span><span class="str2">The hind or following part</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my skin</span><br /><span class="heb">ע֭וֹרִֽי</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·w·rî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5785.htm">Strong's 5785: </a> </span><span class="str2">Skin, hide, leather</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has been destroyed,</span><br /><span class="heb">נִקְּפוּ־</span> <span class="translit">(niq·qə·p̄ū-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5362.htm">Strong's 5362: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strike, to knock together, surround, circulate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">yet in my flesh</span><br /><span class="heb">וּ֝מִבְּשָׂרִ֗י</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mib·bə·śā·rî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1320.htm">Strong's 1320: </a> </span><span class="str2">Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will see</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶֽחֱזֶ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(’e·ḥĕ·zeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2372.htm">Strong's 2372: </a> </span><span class="str2">To gaze at, to perceive, contemplate, to have a, vision of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">God.</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֽוֹהַּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·w·ah)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_433.htm">Strong's 433: </a> </span><span class="str2">God -- a deity, the Deity</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/19-26.htm">Job 19:26 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/19-26.htm">Job 19:26 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/19-26.htm">Job 19:26 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/19-26.htm">Job 19:26 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/19-26.htm">Job 19:26 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/19-26.htm">Job 19:26 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/19-26.htm">Job 19:26 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/19-26.htm">Job 19:26 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/19-26.htm">Job 19:26 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/19-26.htm">Job 19:26 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/19-26.htm">OT Poetry: Job 19:26 After my skin is destroyed then (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/19-25.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 19:25"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 19:25" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/19-27.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 19:27"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 19:27" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>