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Job 19:28 Cross-References
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“But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me? seeing: or, and what root of matter is found in me?”
Job 19:28 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 19:28
'But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?' Job tells friends what they should say: 'Why persecute him?' (מַה־נִּרְדָּף, mah-nirdof), since 'the root of the matter' (שֹׁרֶשׁ דָּבָר, shoresh davar) is in him (Job). This is controversial translation—some render 'in him' as 'in me.' Either way, Job calls for self-examination. If 'in him,' he claims integrity as the root/core reality. If 'in me,' he asks why they persecute when the real issue is their own judgment. Either reading condemns the friends' persecution. The Reformed emphasis on self-examinati...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 19:28
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“and are not satisfied with my flesh?”
“For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.”
“and bury him; for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave”