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Job 19:28

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

KJV

Quare ergo nunc dicitis : Persequamur eum, et radicem verbi inveniamus contra eum ?

Vulgate

εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐρεῖτε Τί ἐροῦμεν ἔναντι αὐτοῦ; καὶ ῥίζαν λόγου εὑρήσομεν ἐν αὐτῷ·

LXX

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

ASV

כִּ֣י תֹ֭אמְרוּ מַה נִּרְדָּף ל֑/וֹ וְ/שֹׁ֥רֶשׁ דָּ֝בָ֗ר נִמְצָא בִֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
הוּ
hv
verb · 455×
ו
v
noun · 32×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
verb · 144×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1John 3:9 — Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
  • Job 19:22 — Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
  • Mark 4:17 — And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended.
  • Matt 13:21 — Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.