Job 19:28
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,’”
A short, plain-language explanation of Job 19:28 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,’”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?”
King James Version · Public Domain“If ye say, How we will persecute him! And that the root of the matter is found in me;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“But ye say, `Why do we pursue after him?' And the root of the matter hath been found in me.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 19:28 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 14:13All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. For this is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will receive a proper burial, because only in him has the LORD, the God of Israel, found any good in the house of Jeroboam.
- Job 19:22Why do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?
- Psalms 69:26For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.
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