“But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?”
"If you say, 'How we will pursue him! And the root of the matter is found in him!'" Job quotes the friends' likely response. They will see his words as evidence of guilt—he persists in asserting innocence, thus proving his delusion. Yet Job speaks this in anticipation, as if to preempt their condemnation.
Church Fathers on Job 19:28
Wherefore then do ye now say, Let us persecute him, and find out the root of the word against him? Fly therefore from the face of the sword, for the sword is an avenger of wickedness; and know that there is a judgment. For in the first sentence he reproved the deeds of the wicked, while in the following he made known the punishments proceeding from the Divine judgment, Thus he saith, Wherefore then do ye now say; Let us persecute him and find out the root of the word against…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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