Job 19:27

Modern

I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!

Traditional

Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.

Literal

He whom I will see for myself, indeed my eyes will see, and not a stranger. My kidneys yearn in my bosom!

Latin

…quem visurus sum ego ipse, et oculi mei conspecturi sunt, et non alius: reposita est hæc spes mea in sinu meo.

Hebrew

English

I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!

I will see Him for myself: This thought is like the psalmist's in "when I awake" (Psalm 17:15). For Job, this hope could only come true by seeing God at the end of time when his body transformed (Matthew 5:8; 1 Corinthians 13:12; 1 John 3:2; Revelation 1:7; 1 Corinthians 15:43–53; Philippians 3:21).

Theme notes and profiles

Psalm 73:26
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Isaiah 26:19
Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.
Numbers 24:17
I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and strike down all the sons of Sheth.