25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
25 For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth.
25 Still, I know that God lives - the One who gives me back my life - and eventually he'll take his stand on earth.
25 For I know that my Redeemer lives, And He shall stand at last on the earth;
25 "But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and he will stand upon the earth at last.
15 You will call and I will answer you; you will long for the creature your hands have made.
15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
15 You would call, and I would answer you; you would long for the work of your hands.
15 Homesick with longing for the creature you made, you'll call - and I'll answer!
15 You shall call, and I will answer You; You shall desire the work of Your hands.
15 You would call and I would answer, and you would yearn for me, your handiwork.
(Read Job 14:7-15)
Though a tree is cut down, yet, in a moist situation, shoots come forth, and grow up as a newly planted tree. But when man is cut off by death, he is for ever removed from his place in this world. The life of man may fitly be compared to the waters of a land flood, which spread far, but soon dry up. All Job's expressions here show his belief in the great doctrine of the resurrection. Job's friends proving miserable comforters, he pleases himself with the expectation of a change. If our sins are forgiven, and our hearts renewed to holiness, heaven will be the rest of our souls, while our bodies are hidden in the grave from the malice of our enemies, feeling no more pain from our corruptions, or our corrections.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 19:25
Commentary on Job 19:23-29
(Read Job 19:23-29)
The Spirit of God, at this time, seems to have powerfully wrought on the mind of Job. Here he witnessed a good confession; declared the soundness of his faith, and the assurance of his hope. Here is much of Christ and heaven; and he that said such things are these, declared plainly that he sought the better country, that is, the heavenly. Job was taught of God to believe in a living Redeemer; to look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come; he comforted himself with the expectation of these. Job was assured, that this Redeemer of sinners from the yoke of Satan and the condemnation of sin, was his Redeemer, and expected salvation through him; and that he was a living Redeemer, though not yet come in the flesh; and that at the last day he would appear as the Judge of the world, to raise the dead, and complete the redemption of his people. With what pleasure holy Job enlarges upon this! May these faithful sayings be engraved by the Holy Spirit upon our hearts. We are all concerned to see that the root of the matter be in us. A living, quickening, commanding principle of grace in the heart, is the root of the matter; as necessary to our religion as the root of the tree, to which it owes both its fixedness and its fruitfulness. Job and his friends differed concerning the methods of Providence, but they agreed in the root of the matter, the belief of another world.