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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?
Job 19:28 · King James Version

In other versions

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

    ASV

  • If you say, How cruel we will be to him! because the root of sin is clearly in him:

    BBE

  • If ye say, How shall we persecute him? when the root of the matter is found in me,

    DBY

  • If you say, 'How we will persecute him!' Because the root of the matter is found in me,

    WEB

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

    YLT

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

    ENG

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

    WBT

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

    BSB

In context

26And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

27Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.

28But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?

29Be 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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