And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
Parallel translations
- WEB After my skin is destroyed, then in my flesh shall I see God,
- BSB Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.
- NKJV And after my skin is destroyed, this I know, That in my flesh I shall see God,
- NASB “Even after my skin is destroyed, Yet from my flesh I will see God,
- NLT And after my body has decayed, yet in my body I will see God!
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Quick answer
Job affirms that even after his skin is destroyed, in his flesh he will see God. This is a remarkable expression of hope beyond death.
Overview
Though his body is wasting away and death looms, Job expresses confidence that he will yet behold God, many understanding this as hope of bodily resurrection. The exact translation is debated, but the thrust is a faith that reaches past the grave to a personal vision of God. This anticipates the resurrection hope made sure in Christ, by whom believers will see God face to face (1 Corinthians 15:20-22; 1 John 3:2).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Matt 5:8Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
- 1 Jn 3:2Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
- Ps 17:15As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
- 1 Cor 13:12For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
- Rev 1:7Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
- Ps 16:11Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
- 1 Cor 15:53For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
- Ps 16:9Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
- Phil 3:21Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
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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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