Job 19:25

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 19:25

Job 19:25. For I know, &c. Job proceeds now to assign the reason of his confidence in the goodness of his cause, and of his willingness to have the matter depending between him and his friends published and submitted to any trial. I know that my Redeemer liveth I have no knowledge, nor confidence, nor hope of being restored to the prosperities of this life; yet this one thing I know, which is much more comfortable and considerable, and therein I rejoice, though I be now a dying man,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 19:1-29

Job’s reply to Bildad (19:1-29)Again Job rebukes his friends and rejects their assertion that his sufferings prove he must be a great sinner. Even if he has sinned, he argues, that is no concern of theirs (19:1-4). As Job sees things, he has not been wicked, but God has made it look as if he has by placing him in this humiliating situation (5-6). God has used his power against Job and Job can do nothing about it. He feels helpless (7-12). Relatives, friends and servants have all turned against... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 19:25

know. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6 , to include all the effects of knowing. Redeemer = next of kin. Hebrew. go'el. See notes on Exodus 6:6 , and compare Ruth 2:20 ; Ruth 4:1 , Ruth 4:3 , Ruth 4:6 . Isaiah 59:20 . earth = dust of [the earth]. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Job 19:25

"But as for me, I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that at last, he shall stand upon the earth."The importance of this verse justifies a glance at the way different versions have rendered it."I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth." - KJV"I know that my redeemer lives, and at last he will stand upon the earth." - RSV."For I know that my Redeemer lives, and that at the last he will stand upon the earth." - the New RSV."For I know that my... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 19:25-27

Job 19:25-27. For I know that my Redeemer liveth, &c.— We are now come to the celebrated text which has so much divided interpreters, and which has been generally thought to express Job's strong faith in a future resurrection; and that so clearly, that some have imagined the passage an interpolation, as they conceive the declaration too strong for the time and faith of Job: while others, and those especially who contend for the modern date of this Book, give the words a very different... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 19:25

25. redeemer—UMBREIT and others understand this and :-, of God appearing as Job's avenger before his death, when his body would be wasted to a skeleton. But Job uniformly despairs of restoration and vindication of his cause in this life (Job 17:15; Job 17:16). One hope alone was left, which the Spirit revealed—a vindication in a future life: it would be no full vindication if his soul alone were to be happy without the body, as some explain (Job 17:16- :) "out of the flesh." It was his body... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 19:1-29

4. Job’s second reply to Bildad ch. 19This speech is one of the more important ones in the book, because in it, Job reached a new low and a new high in his personal experience. He revealed here the extent of his rejection by his friends, relatives, and servants, but he also came to a new confidence in God. Bildad had spoken of the terrors of death, and now Job described the trials of life, his own life. He did so by using seven figures to describe himself: an animal trapped (Job 19:6), a... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 19:23-29

Job’s confidence in God 19:23-29"But it is just here, when everything is blackest, that his faith . . . like the rainbow in the cloud . . . shines with a marvelous splendor." [Note: W. B. MacLeod, The Afflictions of the Righteous, p. 172.] This short section contains probably the best-known verses in the book (Job 19:23-27). They are an affirmation of Job’s great faith in God. One writer argued that Job was not expressing hope but despair because he believed God could vindicate him but would... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 19:1-29

Job’s Fifth SpeechIn this speech Job repeats his bitter complaints of God’s injustice, and man’s contemptuous abandonment of one formerly so loved and honoured. He appeals in broken utterances to his friends to pity him; then from them he would fain appeal to posterity, wishing that he might engrave in the rock a declaration of his innocence, sure that those who read it in the after-time would feel the ring of sincerity and exonerate him of guilt. But, baffled by the callous unbelief of his... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 19:25

(25) For I know that my redeemer liveth.—We must carefully note all the passages which lead up to this one. First, we must bear in mind that Bildad (Job 18:17-20) had threatened Job with the extinction of his name and memory, so he now appeals to the verdict of futurity, and with what success we ourselves who read and repeat and discuss his words are witnesses. Then in Job’s own speeches we have, as early as Job 9:32-35. his longing for a daysman to come between himself and God. Then in Job... read more

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