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28 “But should ye say, ‘Why persecute we him?’—seeing the root of the matter is found in me.

29 Be ye afraid of the sword; for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.”

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28 “If you say, ‘How we will hound(A) him,
    since the root of the trouble lies in him,[a]
29 you should fear the sword yourselves;
    for wrath will bring punishment by the sword,(B)
    and then you will know that there is judgment.[b](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 19:28 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts me
  2. Job 19:29 Or sword, / that you may come to know the Almighty