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Job 19:25-27
Good News Translation

25 But I know there is someone in heaven
    who will come at last to my defense.
26 Even after my skin is eaten by disease,
    while still in this body[a] I will see God.[b]
27 I will see him with my own eyes,
    and he will not be a stranger.

My courage failed because you said,

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  1. Job 19:26 while still in this body; or although not in this body.
  2. Job 19:26 Verse 26 in Hebrew is unclear.
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Job 19:25-27
New International Version

25 I know that my redeemer[a](A) lives,(B)
    and that in the end he will stand on the earth.[b]
26 And after my skin has been destroyed,
    yet[c] in[d] my flesh I will see God;(C)
27 I myself will see him
    with my own eyes(D)—I, and not another.
    How my heart yearns(E) within me!

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  1. Job 19:25 Or vindicator
  2. Job 19:25 Or on my grave
  3. Job 19:26 Or And after I awake, / though this body has been destroyed, / then
  4. Job 19:26 Or destroyed, / apart from
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Job 19:25-27
New King James Version

25 For I know that my Redeemer lives,
And He shall stand at last on the earth;
26 And after my skin is [a]destroyed, this I know,
That (A)in my flesh I shall see God,
27 Whom I shall see for myself,
And my eyes shall behold, and not another.
How my [b]heart yearns within me!

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  1. Job 19:26 Lit. struck off
  2. Job 19:27 Lit. kidneys
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Job 19:25-27
English Standard Version

25 For I (A)know that my (B)Redeemer lives,
    and at the last he will stand upon the (C)earth.[a]
26 And after my skin has been thus destroyed,
    yet in[b] my flesh I shall (D)see God,
27 whom I shall see for myself,
    and my eyes shall behold, and not (E)another.
    My heart (F)faints within me!

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  1. Job 19:25 Hebrew dust
  2. Job 19:26 Or without
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