Job 19:28 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?”

Job 19:28 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Job 19:28 in 6 Bible Translations

Read Job 19:28 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.

Job 19:28 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“If you say, ‘How we will persecute him!’ because the root of the matter is found in me,”

Job 19:28 — World English Bible

Job 19:28 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“If ye say, How we will persecute him! And that the root of the matter is found in me;”

Job 19:28 — American Standard Version

Job 19:28 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“But ye say, `Why do we pursue after him?' And the root of the matter hath been found in me.”

Job 19:28 — Young's Literal Translation

Job 19:28 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“If ye say, How shall we persecute him? when the root of the matter is found in me,”

Job 19:28 — Darby Translation

Job 19:28 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“But yee sayde, Why is hee persecuted? And there was a deepe matter in me.”

Job 19:28 — Geneva Bible

Job 19:28 in Context — Job 19

26 Y después de deshecha esta mi piel, aun he de ver en mi carne á Dios;

27 Al cual yo tengo de ver por mí, y mis ojos lo verán, y no otro, [aunque] mis riñones se consuman dentro de mí.

28 Mas debierais decir: ¿Por qué lo perseguimos? ya que la raíz del negocio en mí se halla.

29 Temed vosotros delante de la espada; porque [sobreviene] el furor de la espada [á causa] de las injusticias, para que sepáis que hay un juicio.

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What Does Job 19:28 Mean?

Job 19:28 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 19. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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