Job 19:27 — ExegesisTAB

The verse begins with the relative marker asher {אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾăšer} linking this clause to the anticipated object of sight, enabling a concise introduction without restating the referent. The emphatic subject ani {אֲנִ֨י | ʾăni} is reinforced by the Qal imperfect echezeh-lî {אֶֽחֱזֶה־לִּ֗י | ʾeḥĕzeh-lî} (‘I will see for myself’), where the lamed-suffix underscores personal experience. The perfect verb rāʾû {רָא֣וּ | rāʾû} in the following clause is rendered with future sense (“will behold”) to maintain consistency with the surrounding future-oriented context. The terse negative phrase wə-lō-zār {וְלֹא־זָ֑ר | wə-lō-zār} (“and not another”) heightens contrast, stressing that no substitute witness will share in Job’s vision. The concluding clause employs kilyōṯay {כִלְיֹתַ֣י | kilyōṯay} ‘kidneys’ and bə-ḥêqî {בְּחֵקִֽי | bə-ḥêqî} ‘in my bosom’ as vivid Hebrew expressions of deep longing, rendered in English as “inner depths” and “bosom” to preserve metaphorical resonance.