Job 19:28 (DRB)

Passage

Why then do you say now: Let us persecute him, and let us find occasion of word against him?

Nearby Context

Job 19:26 And I shall be clothed again with my skin, and in my flesh I shall see my God.

Job 19:27 Whom I myself shall see, and my eyes shall behold, and not another: this my hope is laid up in my bosom.

Job 19:28 Why then do you say now: Let us persecute him, and let us find occasion of word against him?

Job 19:29 Flee then from the face of the sword, for the sword is the revenger of iniquities: and know ye that there is a judgment.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "persecute", "find", "occasion", "word", and "against". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "persecute" and "find", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 27's "Whom I myself shall see and my..." into verse 29's "Flee then from the face of the...", so "persecute" and "find" 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 "persecute" and "find" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.