Job 19:27

“Whom I shall see for myself, etc.] For his pleasure and profit, to his great advantage and happiness, and to his inexpressible joy and satisfaction, (see <191715>Psalm 17:15 16:11); and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; or “a stranger” f762; these very selfsame eyes of mine I now see with will behold this glorious Person, God in my nature, and not the eyes of another, of a strange body, a body not my own; or as I have seen him with my spiritual eyes, with the eyes of faith and knowledge, as my living Redeemer, so shall I see him with my bodily eyes after the resurrection, and enjoy uninterrupted communion with him, which a stranger shall not; one that has never known anything of him,…”

“for myself--for my advantage, as my friend. not another--Mine eyes shall behold Him, but no longer as one estranged from me, as now [BENGEL]. though--better omitted. my reins--inward recesses of the heart. be consumed within me--that is, pine with longing desire for that day (Psa 84:2; Psa 119:81). The Gentiles had but few revealed promises: how gracious that the few should have been so explicit (compare Num 24:17; Mat 2:2).”

“Whom I shall see for myself - It will not come to be by mere report. I shall not merely hear of the decision of God in my favor, but I shall myself behold him. He will at length come forth, and I shall be permitted to see him, and shall have the delightful assurance that he settles this controversy in my favor, and declares that I am his friend. Job was thus permitted to see God Job 42:5, and hear his voice in his favor. He spake to him from the whirlwind Job 38:1, and pronounced the sentence in his favor which he had desired. And not another - Margin, a stranger. So in the Hebrew. The meaning is, that his own eyes would be permitted to see him. He would have the satisfaction of seeing God…”

“See - No wonder he repeats it again, because the meditation of it was most sweet to him. For - For my own benefit and comfort. Another - For me or in my stead. I shall not see God by another's eyes, but by my own, and by these self - same eyes, in this same body which now I have. Though - This I do confidently expect, tho' the grave and the worms will consume my whole body. Job 19:28”

“19:27 I will see him for myself: The thought is the same as the psalmist’s in “when I awake” (Ps 17:15). For Job, this hope could only be fulfilled in seeing God at the end of time (Matt 5:8; 1 Cor 13:12; 1 Jn 3:2; Rev 1:7) in transformed flesh (1 Cor 15:43-53; Phil 3:21).”

“I shall: Num 24:17; Isa 26:19 another: Heb. a stranger, though my reins, etc. or, my reins within me are consumed with earnest desire for that day. Psa 119:81; Phi 1:23 within me: Heb. in my bosom Job 19:28”