Job 19:28

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

What this verse means

Read Job 19:28 in the flow of Job19 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Job19 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 19:28 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Kings 14:13All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. For this is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will receive a proper burial, because only in him has the LORD, the God of Israel, found any good in the house of Jeroboam.
  2. Job 19:22Why do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?
  3. Psalms 69:26For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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