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Job 19:29

19:28 But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me? seeing: or, and what root of matter is found in me?
Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.

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be afraid of the sword, for wrath brings the punishments of the sword, that you may know there is a judgment.”

Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.

Be you afraid of the sword: for wrath brings the punishments of the sword, that you may know there is a judgment.

What does Job 19:29 mean?

Job 19:29 is a verse in the book of Job, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include גּוּר (gûwr), חֶרֶב (chereb), חֵמָה (chêmâh). It connects to 15 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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Be
ye
afraidגּוּרgûwr/goor/H1481properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather forhostility (as afraid)
of
the
sword:חֶרֶבchereb/kheh'-reb/H2719drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
for
wrathחֵמָהchêmâh/khay-maw'/H2534heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)
bringeth
the
punishmentsעָוֺןʻâvôn/aw-vone'/H5771perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
ofפָּנִיםpânîym/paw-neem'/H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
the
sword,חֶרֶבchereb/kheh'-reb/H2719drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
that
ye
may
knowיָדַעyâdaʻ/yaw-dah'/H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
there
is
a
judgment.דִּיןdîyn/deen/H1779judgement (the suit, justice, sentence or tribunal); by implication also strife

Commentary on Job 19:29

HENRY_FULL · Job 19:29
d a temper as he was in then: for, I. He is very bold with his friends, comparing himself with them, notwithstanding the mortifications he was under, ver. 1, 2 . Condemning them for their falsehood, their forwardness to judge, their partiality and deceitfulness under colour of pleading God's cause ( ver. 4-8 ), and threatening them with the judgments of God for their so doing ( ver. 9-12 ), desiring them to be silent ( ver. 5 , 13 , 17 ), and turning from them to God, ver. 3 . II. He is very bold with his God. 1. In some expressions his faith is very bold, yet that is not more bold than welcome, ver. 15, 16 , 18 . But, 2. In other expressions his passion is rather too bold in expostulations with God concerning the deplorable condition he was in ( ver. 14 , 19 , &c.), complaining of the confusion he was in ( ver. 20-22 ), and the loss he was at to find out the sin that provoked God thus to afflict him, and in short of the rigour of God's proceedings against him, ver. 23-28 . Job's Reply to Zophar. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard an

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Job 12:3

But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? understanding: Heb. an heart I am: Heb. I fall not lower than you who: Heb. with whom are not such as these?

Job 15:8

Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

Job 15:9

What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?

Job 34:35

Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.

Job 35:16

Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

Job 37:2

Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth. Hear: Heb. Hear in hearing

Job 40:4

Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.

Job 40:5

Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.

Job 42:7

And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

1 Corinthians 8:1

Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.

1 Corinthians 8:2

And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.

2 Corinthians 11:4

For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him. with him: or, with me

2 Corinthians 11:5

For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.

2 Corinthians 11:16

I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little. receive: or, suffer

2 Corinthians 12:11

I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.

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What does Job 19:29 say?

Job 19:29 (King James Version) reads: "Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment."

Is Job 19:29 in the Old or New Testament?

Job 19:29 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Job.

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