Job 19:25

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

‫וַאֲנִ֣י יָ֭דַעְתִּי גֹּ֣אֲלִי חָ֑י וְ֝אַחֲר֗וֹן עַל־עָפָ֥ר יָקֽוּם׃‬

Transliteration

wa-ʾănî yādaʿtî gōʾălî ḥāy wə-ʾaḥărôn ʿal-ʿāpār yāqūm

Grammar Details

• *wa-ʾănî*: waw conjunction + pronoun, 1st person singular - and I
• *yādaʿtî*: qal perfect, 1st person singular - I know
• *gōʾălî*: qal participle, masculine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - my redeemer
• *ḥāy*: adjective masculine singular - living
• *wə-ʾaḥărôn*: waw conjunction + adjective masculine singular - and at last
• *ʿal-ʿāpār*: preposition + noun common masculine singular - upon dust
• *yāqūm*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will stand

Word Meanings

• *yādaʿ*: to know/understand/perceive
• *gāʾal*: to redeem/act as kinsman/avenge
• *ḥāyāh*: to live/exist/sustain life
• *ʾaḥărôn*: last/final/latter
• *ʿāpār*: dust/powder/earth
• *qūm*: to arise/stand/establish

Referenced Verses

• Isa 43:14 : 14 Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.
• Isa 54:5 : 5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
• Ps 19:14 : 14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
• Ps 78:35 : 35 And they remembered{H8799)} that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer{H8802)}.
• Prov 23:11 : 11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
• Isa 59:20-21 : 20 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD. 21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.
• Jer 50:34 : 34 Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
• John 5:22-29 : 22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: 23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. 25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. 26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; 27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. 28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, 29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
• Eph 1:7 : 7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
• Jude 1:14 : 14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
• Gen 3:15 : 15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
• Gen 22:18 : 18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
• Job 33:23-24 : 23 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness: 24 Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.