That is the very thing that he does not, even re-
motely or by inference. His language, as given
in the common version, is ; "I know that my Re-
deemer Hveth, and that he shall stand in the lat-
ter day upon the earth and though after my skin,
worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I
see God, whom I shall see for myself and mine
eyes shall behold, and not for another, though
my reins be consumed within me." It is notice-
able in the first place that the translators, who
were believers in the doctrine of a future resur-
rection, notwithstanding that thereby they make
Job contradict his oft-expressed views elsewhere,
inject into the text the words, day^ worms, and
body, which are not in the original. Almost any
dogma can be maintained by thus doctoring the
Scriptures.
A literal translation of the original would read
ver)' nearly as follows ; " I know that I have a
living kinsman and that at last he shall stand in
the held. Although they [diseases] shall not



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only consume mv skin, but the fat and muscles
under the skin afso, nevertheless, I shall see God
in the flesh. With my eyes I shall see him, and
not another for me."

If there is anything prophetic at all in this
text, it refers to the coming Messiah, his living
kinsman, whom he expected to see incarnated.
