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After my skin is destroyed, Then in my flesh shall I see God,
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In the Flesh or Without It?
Scholars debate the precise meaning of Job's statement. Some, like John Gill, see a clear promise of a future bodily resurrection, where Job will see God in his own restored flesh. Others, like Albert Barnes, analyze the Hebrew phrase, often translated 'in my flesh,' to mean 'from' or 'without' my flesh, suggesting a spiritual vindication after his body is gone. This highlights a long-standing interpretive discussion about the nature of resurrection in the Old Testament.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And though—Margin: Or, after I will awake, though this body is destroyed, yet from my flesh I will see God. This verse has caused n…
19th Century
Anglican
And though after my skin. —The word skin is probably employed according to the common metonymy of a part for the whole, t…
Baptist
Job seems to say, speaking about himself, though in the third person, "He is a devout man, can you not see that? He has faith in God, my friends, c…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And though after my skin [worms] destroy this [body] Meaning not, that after his skin was wholly consumed now, which…
The Spirit of God, at this time, seems to have powerfully worked on the mind of Job. Here he witnessed a good confession, declared the soundness of…
13th Century
Catholic
Job had said above that his hope had been taken away, "like an uprooted tree" (Job 19:10). He certainly said this in reference to the h…
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