Passage

Job 19.25

Book: Job · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

Immediate context (±2 verses)

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!

25. But as for me I know that my Redeemer liveth, And at last he will stand up upon the earth:

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

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!

25. But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth.

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

23. Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! ^{Oh: Heb. Who will give, etc} 24. That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!

25. For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: ^{And: or, After I shall awake, though this body be destroyed, yet out of my flesh} 27. Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me. ^{another: Heb. a stranger} ^{though: or, my reins within me are consumed with earnest desire (for that day)} ^{within: Heb. in my bosom} (Job 19:23-27, KJV)

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.

25. That, I have known my Redeemer, The Living and the Last, For the dust he doth rise.

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)

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Setting

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Time period: TBD

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.

H1350 - goel, goel, Strong's H1350
H2416 - chay, chay, Strong's H2416
H3045 - yada, yada, Strong's H3045

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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 (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
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.

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