Parallel Verses New Living Translation And after my body has decayed, yet in my body I will see God! King James Bible And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: Darby Bible Translation And if after my skin this shall be destroyed, yet from out of my flesh shall I see +God; World English Bible After my skin is destroyed, then in my flesh shall I see God, Young's Literal Translation And after my skin hath compassed this body, Then from my flesh I see God: Job 19:26 Parallel Commentary Wesley's Notes on the Bible19:26 Though - Though my skin is now in a great measure consumed, and the rest of it, together with this body, shall be devoured by the worms, which may seem to make my case desperate. Flesh - Or with bodily eyes; my flesh or body being raised from the grave, and re - united to my soul. God - The same whom he called his Redeemer, ver.25, who having taken flesh, and appearing in his flesh or body with and for Job upon the earth, might well be seen with his bodily eyes. Nor is this understood of a simple seeing of him; but of that glorious and beatifying vision of God, which is promised to all God's people. Job 19:26 Parallel Commentaries Library Whether the Essence of God Can be Seen with the Bodily Eye?Objection 1: It seems that the essence of God can be seen by the corporeal eye. For it is written (Job 19:26): "In my flesh I shall see . . . God," and (Job 42:5), "With the hearing of the ear I have heard Thee, but now my eye seeth Thee." Objection 2: Further, Augustine says (De Civ. Dei xxix, 29): "Those eyes" (namely the glorified) "will therefore have a greater power of sight, not so much to see more keenly, as some report of the sight of serpents or of eagles (for whatever acuteness of vision … Saint Thomas Aquinas—Summa Theologica Whether in the Resurrection the Soul Will be Reunited to the Same Identical Body? Whether it Will be Identically the Same Man that Shall Rise Again? Whether it was Necessary for Christ to Rise Again? Cross References Matthew 5:8 God blesses those whose hearts are pure, for they will see God. 1 Corinthians 13:12 Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely. 1 John 3:2 Dear friends, we are already God's children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is. Psalm 17:15 Because I am righteous, I will see you. When I awake, I will see you face to face and be satisfied. Jump to Previous Body Destroy Destroyed Flesh Skin WormsJump to Next Body Destroy Destroyed Flesh Skin WormsLinks Job 19:26 NIVJob 19:26 NLT Job 19:26 ESV Job 19:26 NASB Job 19:26 KJV Job 19:26 Bible Apps Job 19:26 Biblia Paralela Job 19:26 Chinese Bible Job 19:26 French Bible Job 19:26 German Bible Job 19:26 Commentaries Bible Hub |