Job 19:25

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Job 19:23-29

Job States his Belief in Final Vindication v. 23. Oh, that my words were now written! those with which he protested his innocence. Oh, that they were printed in a book! inscribed in a writing-roll, to be kept for later generations as a record of his protest. v. 24. That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock forever! chiseled in the rock and the letters then filled with lead, as a witness to future generations. This hope, as Job knew, would not be fulfilled; he could not hope... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Job 19:1-29

B.—Job: His misery is well-deserving of sympathy; it will, however, all the more certainly end in his conspicuous vindication by God, although not perchance till the life beyondJob 19:1-29(Introduction: Reproachful censure of the friends for maliciously suspecting his innocence:)Job 19:1-51 Then Job answered, and said:2 How long will ye vex my soul,and break me in pieces with words?3 These ten times have ye reproached me;ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Job 19:1-29

“I Know That My Redeemer Liveth” Job 19:1-29 In Job’s melancholy condition his friends seemed only to add vexation and trial. The hirelings who sojourned in his household looked on him with disdain; his kith and kin were alienated; it seemed as if the Almighty had an antipathy against him. So great was his physical suffering that the only sound part of his body seemed to be the skin of his gums and his teeth, Job 19:20 (that is, all he could do was to speak). Then he suddenly breaks into the... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Job 19:1-29

To this terrible accusation Job replied first with a rebuke and a complaint. He demanded how long they would vex him, and declared that if he had erred, his sin was his own. If they would continue, let them know that all his suffering was God's doing. He then passed into a most terrible description of his condition. He cried for help, but had no answer from on high. As he found no answer in judgment from God, so he received no answer in pity from men. It is out of the depth of this darkness... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Job 19:23-29

Job's Victorious Faith Job 19:23-29 INTRODUCTORY WORDS All of the heroes of the faith have not lived in our day. To tell the truth, we fear that the heroic faith which marked the ancients is waning. Even under the increased light, and the fuller revelation of God, which the present age now holds, many have made shipwreck concerning the faith. It does one good to read the eleventh chapter of Hebrews, and to behold the conquests which the Old Testament saints wrought through faith. Their faith... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Job 19:25

MY LIVING REDEEMER‘I know that my Redeemer liveth.’ Job 19:25 I. The office described—the Redeemer. He redeems from wrath and sin and the grave. II. The life declared.—The Redeemer liveth—is the Living One; and though He died once, He lives again, and has ‘the power of an endless life.’ III. The interest claimed.—My Redeemer, Who remembered me in my lost estate—Who gave Himself for me, a ransom for my soul—Who has delivered me in part, and in Whom I trust that He will yet deliver. IV. The... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Job 19:1-29

Job 19. Job’ s Answer.— Here the gradual progress of Job’ s soul towards faith reaches its climax ( Job 19:25 f.). It is to be remembered that Job’ s problem is in reality twofold: it has a personal side, the problem of his individual relation to God, but also a more general aspect, the problem of the Divine providence. In this chapter we read the solution of the first half on the basis of a great venture of faith; the second half is really never fully solved. Job 19:1-Joshua : . Job... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Job 19:25

This is the reason of his great confidence in the goodness of his cause, and his willingness to have the matter depending between him and his friends published and submitted to any trial, because he had a living and powerful Redeemer to plead his cause, and vindicate his person from all their severe censures, and to give sentence for him. I know: I have no knowledge, nor confidence, nor hope of restitution to the prosperities of this life; yet this one thing I know, which is more comfortable... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Job 19:1-29

NotesJob 19:23. “O that my words were now written!” The “words” understood as either—(1) Those now to be uttered. So JEROME, PISCATOR, CARYL, HENRY, &c. As an everlasting monument of his faith in the resurrection.—MAYER. Such as would come within the inscription on a rock; therefore, those contained in Job 19:25-27.—SCOTT. Or (2) Those which he had already uttered in defence of his innocence. So MERCER, NOYES, &c. All the declarations he had already made of his integrity, together with... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Job 19:25

Job 19:25 I. Faith is most sorely tried when the hand of God touches ourselves. Yet even then the patriarch Job believed in the coming of Christ "I know," he said. True faith is solid, sure as knowledge. The senses know what will pass away and be no more; faith sees and knows what will abide for ever. II. He contrasts, not only life with death, but life as the product of death. The glory of Christ began with the grave. What is the end of all earthly glory, and greatness, and wisdom and power is... read more

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