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26 and after my skin has been thus destroyed,
    then from[a] my flesh I shall see God,[b]
27 whom I shall see on my side,[c]
    and my eyes shall behold, and not another.
    My heart faints within me!
28 If you say, ‘How we will pursue him!’
    and, ‘The root of the matter is found in him’;

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  1. Job 19:26 Or without
  2. Job 19:26 The meaning of this verse is uncertain
  3. Job 19:27 Or for myself

26 And after my skin has been destroyed,
    yet[a] in[b] my flesh I will see God;(A)
27 I myself will see him
    with my own eyes(B)—I, and not another.
    How my heart yearns(C) within me!

28 “If you say, ‘How we will hound(D) him,
    since the root of the trouble lies in him,[c]

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  1. Job 19:26 Or And after I awake, / though this body has been destroyed, / then
  2. Job 19:26 Or destroyed, / apart from
  3. Job 19:28 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts me