Job 19:28 “If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies w…”

Job 19:28

If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him, ’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?

World English Bible

If you say, ‘How we will persecute him!’ because the root of the matter is found in me,

American Standard Version

If ye say, How we will persecute him! And that the root of the matter is found in me;

Geneva Bible 1599

But yee sayde, Why is hee persecuted? And there was a deepe matter in me.

Darby Translation

If ye say, How shall we persecute him? when the root of the matter is found in me,

Young's Literal Translation

But ye say, 'Why do we pursue after him?' And the root of the matter hath been found in me.

Bible in Basic English

If you say, How cruel we will be to him! because the root of sin is clearly in him:

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In context

27I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!

29then you should fear the sword yourselves, because wrath brings punishment by the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment.”

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