Job 19:25-27
“For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God.”
King James Version
Job's confession of a living Redeemer who will stand on earth, and his own bodily resurrection to see God in the flesh.
Fulfillment References
John 11:25 1 Corinthians 15:20 Revelation 1:17-18
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalJob's Redeemer (Heb. go'el, the kinsman-redeemer) who 'shall stand at the latter day upon the earth,' and whom Job will see 'in my flesh,' is the Lord Jesus — God Himself taking flesh to redeem His own (Titus 2:13-14). The Kinsman who redeems and the God whom Job beholds are not two, but the one God revealed in Christ.
JewishRead as Job's confidence that God, his vindicator (go'el), will ultimately clear his name; traditional commentators (e.g., Rashi) take it of vindication or general resurrection, not a personal Messiah.
CatholicA celebrated witness to bodily resurrection — 'in my flesh shall I see God' — used in the funeral liturgy; the living Redeemer is understood as Christ.
ProtestantA patriarchal glimpse of resurrection and of the living Redeemer; enshrined in the Christian imagination by Handel's Messiah, though the Hebrew of vv. 25-27 is acknowledged to be difficult.
AcademicAmong the most textually difficult lines in Job; critical scholars debate whether Job envisions post-mortem vindication or rescue before death. Go'el denotes a kinsman-vindicator who restores a wronged party.
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