Job 19:25
(KJV)
For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter
day upon the earth:
(1611 KJV)
For I know that my Redeemer liueth, and that he shall stand at the latter day,
vpon the earth:
(1833 Webster Bible)
For I know that my redeemer
liveth, and that he will stand at the latter day upon the earth:
Counterfeit Versions
(ASV)
But as for me I know that my Redeemer liveth, And at last he will stand up upon
the earth:
(AMP)
“For I know that my Redeemer and Vindicator lives, And at the last He
will take His stand upon the earth.
(CSB)
But I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the end he will stand on the dust.
(CEB)
But I know that my redeemer is alive and afterward he’ll rise upon the dust.
(CEV)
I know that my Savior lives, and at the end he will stand on this earth.
(DRA)
For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and in the last day I shall rise out of the
earth.
(ERV) I know
that there is someone to defend me and that he lives! And in the end, he will
stand here on earth and defend me.
(ESV)
For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth.
(GNB) But I know
there is someone in heaven who will come at last to my defense.
(HCSB) But I
know my living Redeemer, and He will stand on the dust at last.
(LEB) But I
myself know that my redeemer is alive, and at the last he
will stand up upon the earth.
(LB) “But as for
me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and that he will stand upon the earth at
last.
(THE MESSAGE)
“If only my words were written in a book— better yet, chiseled in stone! Still,
I know that God lives—the One who gives me back my life— and eventually he’ll
take his stand on earth. And I’ll see him—even though I get skinned alive!— see
God myself, with my very own eyes. Oh, how I long for that day!
(NABRE)
As for me, I know that my vindicator lives, and that he will at last stand forth
upon the dust.
(NASV)
“As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, And at the last He will take His
stand on the earth.
(NCV)
I know that my Defender lives, and in the end he will stand upon the earth.
(NET)
As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and that as the last he will stand
upon the earth.
(NIRV)
I know that my redeemer lives. In the end he will stand on the earth.
(NIV)
I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth.
(NKJV)
For I know that my Redeemer lives, And He shall stand at last on the
earth;
(NLV) But as for
me, I know that the One Who bought me and made me free from sin lives, and that
He will stand upon the earth in the end.
(NLT)
“But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and he will stand upon the earth
at last.
(NRSV)
For I know that my Redeemer lives, and that at the last he will stand upon the
earth;
(NWT-Jehovah
Witnesses)
For I well know that my
redeemer is alive;
He will come later and rise up
over the earth.
(RSV)
For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at last he will stand upon the earth;
(TLV)
“Yet I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end, He will stand on earth.
(VOICE)
Besides, I know my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will rise and take His
stand on the earth.
(WEB)
But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the
earth.
Affected Teaching
When the Lord
Jesus Christ came to earth that ushered in the last days.
Hebrews 1:1-2
(KJV) God, who at sundry
times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
{2} Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed
heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
This is what Job
was telling us in 19:25. He knew
that his redeemer lived and at the latter day he would stand upon the earth.
We know this as the first coming of Christ because he came to earth and
for 30+ years he walked upon the earth.
His purpose for coming to earth was the salvation of the elect of God
named before the foundation of the world.
If we look at how some of the modern versions translate this, it makes no
sense.
CSB – “…he will
stand on the dust.” What exactly
does that mean?
ESV – “…at the
last he will stand upon the earth.”
Last what?
RSV – “…at last
he will stand upon the earth.” It
sounds like he is saying “finally he got here.”
ERV – “…Stand
here and defend me.” What is Jesus
coming to do? Is he coming to
defend people with an army or sword?
Job would be dead about 2,000 years when Jesus comes to earth.
Once again the King James has it correct stating that the latter day is when the Lord Jesus Christ would appear on this earth and his first coming ushered in the last days as we read in Hebrews 1:2.