Job 19:26 (ASV)

Passage

And after my skin, [even] this [body], is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God;

Nearby Context

Job 19:24 That with an iron pen and lead They were graven in the rock for ever!

Job 19:25 But as for me I know that my Redeemer liveth, And at last he will stand up upon the earth:

Job 19:26 And after my skin, [even] this [body], is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God;

Job 19:27 Whom I, even I, shall see, on my side, And mine eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger. My heart is consumed within me.

Job 19:28 If ye say, How we will persecute him! And that the root of the matter is found in me;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "after", "skin", "even", "body", "destroyed", "without", "flesh", and "shall". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "after" and "skin", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "But as for me I know that..." into verse 27's "Whom I even I shall see on...", so "after" and "skin" belong inside that flow. In Job context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "after" and "skin" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.