# Job 19 đ: My Redeemer Lives
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> [!info] Table of Contents
> [[#đ Scripture Text (NET)]]
> [[#đ Verse-by-Verse Commentary]]
> [[#đ¤ Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]]
> [[#đ§ Chapter Summary]]
> [[#âď¸ Christ in This Chapter]]
> [[#đ Key Principles / đ Life Application]]
> [[#đŹ Discussion Questions]]
> [[#âď¸ Key Verses to Remember]]
> [[#đ Related Passages/Cross Reference]]
> [[#đ Devotional Reflection]]
> [[#đ Internal Notes]]
## đ Scripture Text (NET)
(The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005)
## Jobâs Reply to Bildad
[[#Verse 01.]]Â Then Job answered:
[[#Verse 02.]]Â âHow long will you torment me
and crush me with your words?
[[#Verse 03.]] These ten times you have been reproaching me;
you are not ashamed to attack me.
[[#Verse 04.]] But even if it were true that I have erred,
my error remains solely my concern!
[[#Verse 05.]] If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me
and plead my disgrace against me,
[[#Verse 06.]] know then that God has wronged me
and encircled me with his net.
## Jobâs Abandonment and Affliction
[[#Verse 07.]] âIf I cry out, âViolence!â
I receive no answer;
I cry for help,
but there is no justice.
[[#Verse 08.]] He has blocked my way so I cannot pass,
and has set darkness over my paths.
[[#Verse 09.]]Â He has stripped me of my honor
and has taken the crown off my head.
[[#Verse 10.]] He tears me down on every side until I perish;
he uproots my hope like an uprooted tree.
[[#Verse 11.]] Thus his anger burns against me,
and he considers me among his enemies.
[[#Verse 12.]] His troops advance together;
they throw up a siege ramp against me,
and they camp around my tent.
## Jobâs Forsaken State
[[#Verse 13.]] âHe has put my relatives far from me;
my acquaintances only turn away from me.
[[#Verse 14.]]Â My kinsmen have failed me;
my friends have forgotten me.
[[#Verse 15.]] My guests and my servant girls
consider me a stranger;
I am a foreigner in their eyes.
[[#Verse 16.]] I summon my servant, but he does not respond,
even though I implore him with my own mouth.
[[#Verse 17.]] My breath is repulsive to my wife;
I am loathsome to my brothers.
[[#Verse 18.]]Â Even youngsters have scorned me;
when I get up, they scoff at me.
[[#Verse 19.]] All my closest friends detest me;
and those whom I love have turned against me.
[[#Verse 20.]]Â My bones stick to my skin and my flesh;
I have escaped alive with only the skin of my teeth.
[[#Verse 21.]]Â Have pity on me, my friends, have pity on me,
for the hand of God has struck me.
[[#Verse 22.]]Â Why do you pursue me like God does?
Will you never be satiated with my flesh?
## Jobâs Assurance of Vindication
[[#Verse 23.]] âO that my words were written down!
O that they were written on a scroll!
[[#Verse 24.]]Â O that with an iron chisel and with lead
they were engraved in a rock forever!
[[#Verse 25.]] As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives,
and that as the last
he will stand upon the earth.
[[#Verse 26.]]Â And after my skin has been destroyed,
yet in my flesh I will see God,
[[#Verse 27.]]Â whom I will see for myself,
and whom my own eyes will behold,
and not another.
My heart grows faint within me.
[[#Verse 28.]]Â If you say, âHow we will pursue him,
since the root of the trouble is found in him!â
[[#Verse 29.]]Â Fear the sword yourselves,
for wrath brings the punishment by the sword,
so that you may know
that there is judgment.â
## đ Verse-by-Verse Commentary
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## đ¤ Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights
1. The word "Redeemer" (*go'el*) refers to a close relative who would buy back property, free a family member, or defend their cause, as Boaz did in Ruth.
2. The English phrase "by the skin of my teeth" comes from Job 19:20.
3. Job wished his words could be engraved with an iron chisel and lead on rock (19:24), the most permanent writing of the ancient world.
4. Large royal inscriptions carved into rock, such as the Behistun inscription in Persia, show this kind of permanent record.
5. Job's wish was fulfilled in a greater way: his words are now written in Scripture.
6. Job says even young children despise him (19:18).
7. Job's breath is repulsive to his wife (19:17), showing the depth of his illness.
8. Job begs his friends to have pity on him because the hand of God has struck him (19:21).
9. Handel's *Messiah* sets Job 19:25-26 to music in the aria "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth."
10. The phrase "at the last" (19:25) can also be translated "as the last one," meaning the One who has the final word.
## đ§ Chapter Summary
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## âď¸ Christ in This Chapter
Christ is the living Redeemer Job confessed (19:25). Jesus redeemed us with His precious blood (1 Peter 1:18-19), and because He lives, we will see God with our own eyes (1 John 3:2).
## đ Key Principles / đ Life Application
> [!note] đą Still growing. This section is on its way.
## đŹ Discussion Questions
1. Job lists all the people who have abandoned him (19:13-19). How does isolation deepen suffering?
2. In the middle of his pain Job says, "I know that my Redeemer lives" (19:25). Why is what we know so important when our feelings are overwhelming?
3. Job longs to see God with his own eyes (19:26-27). How does the hope of seeing God shape your life now?
## âď¸ Key Verses to Remember
- đ verses 23-24: Job wishes his words were engraved in rock forever.
- đ verse 25: Job knows that his Redeemer lives and will stand on the earth at the last.
- đ verses 26-27: Job longs to see God with his own eyes.
## đ Related Passages/Cross Reference
- đ [[1 Peter 01#Verse 18.|1 Peter 1:18-19]] - Redeemed with the precious blood of Christ.
- đ [[Ruth 04#Verse 09.|Ruth 4:9-10]] - Boaz acts as redeemer.
- đ [[Galatians 03#Verse 13.|Galatians 3:13]] - Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law.
- đ [[1 Corinthians 15#Verse 51.|1 Corinthians 15:51-55]] - We will be changed and raised.
- đ [[1 John 03#Verse 02.|1 John 3:2]] - We will see Him as He is.
## đ Devotional Reflection
đ SOAP: [[Job 19 - SOAP|Know What You Believe, Not Feel]]
## đ Internal Notes