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Is THE rendering, "Yet without my flesh shall I see God," at Job 19 : 26, correct?
The Revised Version renders:—
"And after my skin hath been thus destroyed, yet from my flesh shall I see God."
In the margin three alternative renderings are given, as follows:—
"And after my skin hath been destroyed,
This shall be, even from my flesh shall I see God."
"And tho after my skin this body be destroyed,
Yet from my flesh shall I see God."
The third marginal reading simply suggests "without" for "from." These show that the weight of evidence in the R.V. is for "from," not "without." Spurrell renders, "Yet in my flesh shall I gaze upon God;" Young, "Then from my flesh I see God."
930. Why Not Dance?
WHY do you object to dancing, when such references as Jer. 31 : 4-13 seem to approve of it?
It depends on where you dance, with whom you dance, how you dance, and for what you dance. Anciently the sexes danced separately. (See Ex. 15 : 20.) They danced at proper seasons. They danced in moderation, instead of excess. They danced for the glory of God. Now if you can thus dance, and God's Spirit so move you, by all means dance. But "let all things be done decently and in order."
