Passage Research
Job 19 — Sermon Preparation
In the depths of abandonment, Job utters his defiant declaration: he knows his Redeemer lives and he will one day see God with his own eyes. Below is a research summary for Job 19, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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Job 19 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| חָנַן | chânan | H2603 | 4 | bend, favor |
| זוּר | zûwr | H2114 | 4 | turn aside, be a foreigner |
| יָדַע | yâdaʻ | H3045 | 5 | know, seeing |
| אֱלוֹהַּ | ʼĕlôwahh | H433 | 3 | deity, Deity |
| עוֹר | ʻôwr | H5785 | 3 | skin, hide |
| בָּשָׂר | bâsâr | H1320 | 3 | flesh, freshness |
| עָנָה | ʻânâh | H6030 | 3 | eye, heed |
How preachers through history handled this text
9 public-domain excerpts on Job 19, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“How doleful are Job's complaints! What is the fire of hell but the wrath of God! Seared consciences will feel it hereafter, but do not fear it now: enlightened consciences fear it now, but shall not feel it hereafter. It is a very common mistake to think that those whom God afflicts he treats as his enemies. Every creature is that to us which God makes it to be; yet this does not excuse Job's relations and friends. How uncertain is the friendship of men! but if God be our Friend, he will not fail us in time of need. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Job 19:8–22 (Public Domain)
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