Parallel Verses
NET Bible
If you say, 'How we will pursue him, since the root of the trouble is found in him!'
New American Standard Bible
And ‘
King James Version
But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
Holman Bible
since the root of the problem lies with him?”
International Standard Version
"When you're thinking about asking yourselves, "How will we pursue him, since the root of the problem is with him?'
A Conservative Version
If ye say, How we will persecute him! And that the root of the matter is found in me,
American Standard Version
If ye say, How we will persecute him! And that the root of the matter is found in me;
Amplified
“If you say, ‘How shall we [continue to] persecute him?’
And ‘What pretext for a case against him can we find [since we claim the root of these afflictions is found in him]?’
Bible in Basic English
If you say, How cruel we will be to him! because the root of sin is clearly in him:
Darby Translation
If ye say, How shall we persecute him? when the root of the matter is found in me,
Julia Smith Translation
For ye shall say, Why shall we pursue after him and the root of the word was found in me?
King James 2000
But you should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
Lexham Expanded Bible
"If you say, 'How will we persecute him?' And 'The root of the trouble is found' in me,
Modern King James verseion
For you ought to say, Why do we persecute him, since the root of the matter is found in me?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Did not ye say, "Why doth he suffer persecution?" Is there found an occasion against me?
New Heart English Bible
If you say, 'How we will persecute him.' because the root of the matter is found in me,
The Emphasized Bible
Surely ye should say - Why should we persecute him? seeing, the root of the matter, is found in me.
Webster
But ye would say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
World English Bible
If you say, 'How we will persecute him!' because the root of the matter is found in me,
Youngs Literal Translation
But ye say, 'Why do we pursue after him?' And the root of the matter hath been found in me.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 19:28
Verse Info
Context Readings
I Am Forgotten
27 whom I will see for myself, and whom my own eyes will behold, and not another. My heart grows faint within me. 28 If you say, 'How we will pursue him, since the root of the trouble is found in him!' 29 Fear the sword yourselves, for wrath brings the punishment by the sword, so that you may know that there is judgment."
Phrases
Cross References
Job 19:22
Why do you pursue me like God does? Will you never be satiated with my flesh?
1 Kings 14:13
All Israel will mourn him and bury him. He is the only one in Jeroboam's family who will receive a decent burial, for he is the only one in whom the Lord God of Israel found anything good.
Psalm 69:26
For they harass the one whom you discipline; they spread the news about the suffering of those whom you punish.