“Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.”
"Be afraid of the sword, for wrath brings the punishment of the sword, that you may know there is a judgment." Job's final words are a warning to the friends. They should fear the sword (divine judgment) for their false accusations. They should know that judgment exists and operates. The verse turns the friends' own theology against them—judgment will come for their wickedness in condemning the innocent. Chapter 19 is the pinnacle of Job's testimony—moving from anguish through total isolation to affirmation of ultimate redemption.
Church Fathers on Job 19:29
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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