Teks -- Job 19:27 (NET)

19:27 whom I will see for myself, and whom my own eyes will behold, and not another. My heart grows faint within me.

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Wesley: Job 19:27 - See

No wonder he repeats it again, because the meditation of it was most sweet to him.

Wesley: Job 19:27 - For

For my own benefit and comfort.

Wesley: Job 19:27 - Another

For me or in my stead. I shall not see God by another's eyes, but by my own, and by these self - same eyes, in this same body which now I have.

Wesley: Job 19:27 - Though

This I do confidently expect, tho' the grave and the worms will consume my whole body.

JFB: Job 19:27 - for myself

For my advantage, as my friend.

JFB: Job 19:27 - not another

Mine eyes shall behold Him, but no longer as one estranged from me, as now [BENGEL].

JFB: Job 19:27 - though

Better omitted.

JFB: Job 19:27 - my reins

Inward recesses of the heart.

JFB: Job 19:27 - be consumed within me

That is, pine with longing desire for that day (Psa 84:2; Psa 119:81). The Gentiles had but few revealed promises: how gracious that the few should have been so explicit (compare Num 24:17; Mat 2:2).

Clarke: Job 19:27 - Whom I shall see for myself

Whom I shall see for myself - Have a personal interest in the resurrection, as I shall have in the Redeemer

Clarke: Job 19:27 - And mine eyes shall behold

And mine eyes shall behold - That very person who shall be the resurrection, as he is the life

Clarke: Job 19:27 - And not another

And not another - ולא זר velo zar , and not a stranger, one who has no relation to human nature; but גאלי goali , my redeeming Kinsman

Clarke: Job 19:27 - Though my reins be consumed within me

Though my reins be consumed within me - Though I am now apparently on the brink of death, the thread of life being spun out to extreme tenuity. This, on the mode of interpretation which I have assumed, appears to be the meaning of this passage. The words may have a somewhat different colouring put on them; but the basis of the interpretation will be the same. I shall conclude with the version of Coverdale: -

For I am sure that my Redeemer liveth

And that I shal ryse out of the earth in the latter daye

That I shal be clothed againe with this skynn

And se God in my flesh

Yee, I myself shal beholde him

Not with other, but with these same eyes

My reins are consumed within me, when ye saye

Why do not we persecute him

We have founde an occasion against him.

Defender: Job 19:27 - mine eyes shall behold

Job thus somehow knows that he himself will again have eyes to see with, even after worms have destroyed his body. This will be at the latter day, when God again stands on the earth."

TSK: Job 19:27 - I shall // another // within me

I shall : Num 24:17; Isa 26:19

another : Heb. a stranger, though my reins, etc. or, my reins within me are consumed with earnest desire for that day. Psa 119:81; Phi 1:23

within me : Heb. in my bosom

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Poole: Job 19:27 - Whom I shall see // For myself // Not another // Though my reins be consumed within me // though // consumed

Whom I shall see in manner before and after expressed. No wonder that he repeats it again, because the meditation of it was most sweet to him.

For myself i.e. for my own comfort and benefit, as that phrase is oft used. Or, which is much of the same importance, on my behalf; to plead my cause, and vindicate me from all your reproaches.

Not another to wit, for me, or in my stead. I shall not see God by another’ s eyes, but by my own, and by these selfsame eyes in this same body which now I have. Heb. not a stranger , i.e. this privilege shall be granted to me and to all other sincere servants of God, but not to strangers, i.e. to wicked men, who are oft called strangers, as Psa 18:44,45 54:3 Pro 21:8 , because they are estranged or alienated from God, and from his service and people. And if I were such a one, as you suppose me to be, I could never hope to enjoy that happiness.

Though my reins be consumed within me: this I do confidently expect and hope for, though at present my case seems desperate, my very inward parts being even consumed with grief; and though, as I have said, the grave and the worms will consume my whole body, not excepting the reins, which seem to be safest and furthest out of their reach. Or without

though which is not in the Hebrew, my reins are consumed within me . So this may be a sudden and passionate ejaculation or exclamation, (such as we find Gen 49:18 , and oft in the Book of Psalms,) arising from the contemplation and confident expectation of this his unspeakable happiness, wherein he expresseth his vehement desire and longing for that blessed time and state. The reins are oft put for earnest desires or affections, whereof they are supposed to be the seat; as Job 38:36 Pro 23:16 . And men are oft in Scripture said to be

consumed or eaten up , or the like, by ardent affections; as Psa 69:9 84:2 119:81,82Jo 2:17 .

Haydock: Job 19:27 - Myself // This

Myself. Hebrew, "for myself," and for my comfort; not like the reprobate, who shall see their judge to their eternal confusion. Job insists so much on this point, that he shews he in not speaking merely of the divine favour being restored to him, in the re-establishment of his health and affairs, but that he raises his mind to something more solid and desirable, of which the former was only a faint representation. (Calmet) ---

"No one since Christ has spoken so plainly of the resurrection, as this man did before the coming of the Messias." (St. Jerome, ad Pam.) ---

This. Hebrew, " though my reins be consumed within me;" (Protestants; Haydock) or, "my reins (desires and tender affections) are completed in my bosom." (Calmet)

Gill: Job 19:27 - Whom I shall see for myself // and mine eyes shall behold, and not another // though // my reins are consumed within me

Whom I shall see for myself,.... For his pleasure and profit, to his great advantage and happiness, and to his inexpressible joy and satisfaction, see Psa 17:15;

and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; or "a stranger" ^h; these very selfsame eyes of mine I now see with will behold this glorious Person, God in my nature, and not the eyes of another, of a strange body, a body not my own; or as I have seen him with my spiritual eyes, with the eyes of faith and knowledge, as my living Redeemer, so shall I see him with my bodily eyes after the resurrection, and enjoy uninterrupted communion with him, which a stranger shall not; one that has never known anything of him, or ever intermeddled with the joy of saints here, such shall not see him hereafter, at least with pleasure; like Balaam, they may see him, but not nigh, may behold him, but afar off: though "my reins be consumed within me"; or "in my bosom";

though; this word may be left out, and be read,

my reins are consumed within me; or, "within my bosom" ⁱ; and both being the seat of the affections and desires, may signify his most earnest and eager desire after the state of the resurrection of the dead; after such a sight of God in his flesh, of the incarnate Redeemer, he believed he should have, insomuch that it ate up his spirits, as the Psalmist says, zeal for the house of God ate up his, Psa 69:9; it was not the belief of restoration of health, and to his former outward happiness, and a deliverance from his troubles, and a desire after that, which is here expressed; for he had no faith in that, nor hope, nor expectation of it, as appears by various expressions of his; but much greater, more noble, more refined enjoyments, were experienced by him now, and still greater he expected hereafter; and his words concerning these were what he wished were written, and printed, and engraven; which, if they only respected outward happiness, he would never have desired; and though he had not his wish in his own way, yet his words are written and printed in a better book than he had in his view, and will outlast engravings with an iron pen on sheets of lead, or marble rocks. The Vulgate Latin version seems to incline to this sense,

"this here is laid up in my bosom,''

that is, of seeing God in my flesh; so the Tigurine version, rather as a paraphrase than a version, "which is my only desire".