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Job 19:28 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me? "
Job 19:28
Verse in Context
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26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.
28 But ye should 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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Job 19:1
"Then Job answered and said,"
Job 19:2
"How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?"
Job 19:3
"These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me."
Job 19:4
"And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself."
Job 19:5
"If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:"
Job 19:6
"Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net."
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