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What does Job 19:23 mean?

"“Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!"

— Job 19:23 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

20

My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh. I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

21

“Have pity on me, have pity on me, you my friends; for the hand of God has touched me.

22

Why do you persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

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“Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!

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That with an iron pen and lead they were engraved in the rock forever!

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But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth.

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After my skin is destroyed, then in my flesh shall I see God,

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