For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
Parallel translations
- WEB But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth.
- BSB But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.
- NKJV For I know that my Redeemer lives, And He shall stand at last on the earth;
- NASB “Yet as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, And at the last, He will take His stand on the earth.
- NLT “But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and he will stand upon the earth at last.
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Quick answer
Job declares, 'I know that my Redeemer lives,' confident his Vindicator will at last stand upon the earth. This is the soaring high point of his faith amid suffering.
Overview
From the depths of despair Job rises to triumphant assurance that a living Redeemer (a kinsman-vindicator) will ultimately rise to defend him and set things right. Christians have long heard in these words a foreshadowing of Christ, the living Redeemer who stands upon the earth and will return in glory. Job's confidence that his Vindicator lives finds its fullness in the risen Jesus, who lives forever to redeem his people (Revelation 1:18).
Cross-references & the web
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- Eph 1:7In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
- Isa 54:5For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
- Ps 78:35And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
- Ps 19:14Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
- Prov 23:11For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
- John 5:22–29For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
- Isa 59:20–21And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.
- Jer 50:34Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
- Isa 43:14Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.
- Job 16:19Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.
- Jude 1:14And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
- Job 33:23–24If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
- Gen 3:15And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
- Gen 22:18And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
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Job's cry for a mediator who can lay his hand on both God and man, and his confidence that 'my Redeemer lives' and will stand on the earth, reaches forward to Jesus the living Redeemer.
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