# Job 19.25

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**Book:** [Job](/codex/job/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 23. Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book! 24. That with an iron pen and lead They were graven in the rock for ever!
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> **25. But as for me I know that my Redeemer liveth, And at last he will stand up upon the earth:**
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> 26. And after my skin, even this body, is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God; 27. 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. (Job 19:23-27, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 23. “Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book! 24. That with an iron pen and lead they were engraved in the rock forever!
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> **25. But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth.**
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> 26. After my skin is destroyed, then in my flesh shall I see God, 27. Whom I, even I, shall see on my side. My eyes shall see, and not as a stranger. “My heart is consumed within me. (Job 19:23-27, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 23. Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! <sup>Oh: Heb. Who will give, etc</sup> 24. That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
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> **25. For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:**
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> 26. And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: <sup>And: or, After I shall awake, though this body be destroyed, yet out of my flesh</sup> 27. Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me. <sup>another: Heb. a stranger</sup> <sup>though: or, my reins within me are consumed with earnest desire (for that day)</sup> <sup>within: Heb. in my bosom</sup> (Job 19:23-27, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 23. Who doth grant now, That my words may be written? Who doth grant that in a book they may be graven? 24. With a pen of iron and lead, For ever in a rock they may be hewn.
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> **25. That, I have known my Redeemer, The Living and the Last, For the dust he doth rise.**
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> 26. And after my skin hath compassed this [body], Then from my flesh I see God: 27. Whom I, I see on my side, And mine eyes have beheld, and not a stranger, Consumed have been my reins in my bosom. (Job 19:23-27, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Argument from the Fear of Death](/codex/argument-from-the-fear-of-death/), via [Job 19.25-27](/codex/job-19-25-27/)
- [Argument from the Memory-Continuity Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-memory-continuity-convergence/), via [Job 19.25-27](/codex/job-19-25-27/)
- [Argument from the Universal Burial Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-universal-burial-convergence/), via [Job 19.25-27](/codex/job-19-25-27/)

**Concepts:**

- [Penal Substitutionary Atonement](/codex/penal-substitutionary-atonement/)
- [Zoroastrianism](/codex/zoroastrianism/), via [Job 19.25-27](/codex/job-19-25-27/)

**Lexicon:**

- [G0629 - apolytrosis](/codex/g0629-apolytrosis/)
- [H1350 - goel](/codex/h1350-goel/)
- [H7585 - sheol](/codex/h7585-sheol/), via [Job 19.25-26](/codex/job-19-25-26/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.