Job 19:28-29

King James Version

²⁸But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?

²⁹Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.

Job 19:28-29

New King James Version

²⁸If you should say, ‘How shall we persecute him?’—
Since the root of the matter is found in me,
²⁹Be afraid of the sword for yourselves;
For wrath brings the punishment of the sword,
That you may know there is a judgment.”

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Job 19:28-29

New International Version

²⁸“If you say, ‘How we will hound^(A) him,
    since the root of the trouble lies in him,^[a]’
²⁹you should fear the sword yourselves;
    for wrath will bring punishment by the sword,^(B)
    and then you will know that there is judgment.^[b]”^(C)