Job Chapter 19 verse 28 Holy Bible
If ye say, How we will persecute him! And that the root of the matter is found in me;
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If you say, How cruel we will be to him! because the root of sin is clearly in him:
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If ye say, How shall we persecute him? when the root of the matter is found in me,
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But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
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But ye would say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
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If you say, 'How we will persecute him!' Because the root of the matter is found in me,
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But ye say, `Why do we pursue after him?' And the root of the matter hath been found in me.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 28. - But ye should say, Why persecute we him? rather, if ye shall say How shall we persecute him? That is to say, "If, after what I have said, ye continue bitter against me, and take counsel together as to the best way of persecuting me, then, seeing the root of the matter (i.e. the essence of piety) is found in me, be ye afraid," etc.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(28) Seeing the root of the matter.--This verse is variously understood, according as "the root of the matter" is interpreted of the cause of suffering or the essence of piety. "For ye say, How we will persecute him, and that the root of the matter is found in me." The Authorised Version takes the other view. It seems preferable to render, "For ye say, What is a persecuted man to Him (why should He persecute any man without cause?), and therefore the root of the matter (i.e., the cause of the afflictions) is, i.e., must be found in me."
