Hebrew: gaal (OT:1350), kinsman redeemer; the next of kin who is able to redeem or buy back a relative’s property which has been sold (Leviticus 25:25-26,48-49; Leviticus 27:12-20,31; Ruth 4:4-6; Psalm 69:18; Psalm 72:14; Hosea 13:14; Micah 4:10). The word is translated “redeemer” not only here, but in Psalm 19:14; Psalm 78:35; Proverbs 23:11; Isaiah 41:14; Isaiah 43:14; Isaiah 44:6,24; Isaiah 47:4; Isaiah 48:17; Isaiah 49:7,26; Isaiah 54:5,8; Isaiah 59:20; Isaiah 60:16; Isaiah 63:16; and Jeremiah 50:34. The Redeemer in all these passages is identified as God Himself, or the Messiah. In harmony with Job’s prediction, the Messiah will stand on the earth in the latter day (see Isaiah 2:2-4; Isaiah 59:20; Zech.13:6; Zech.14:4-8,16-21; Rev. 19:11-21; Rev. 20:1-10). Job will yet see God in his flesh-in the resurrection when all the righteous will receive flesh and bone bodies like the one Christ received after His resurrection (Luke 24:39; Acts 1:11; 1 Cor. 15:1-54; Phil. 3:20-21; Zech.13:6). Job even saw God before he died, for Job 42:5 says that his eyes saw God; but this does not exclude seeing the Messiah and God the Father in the future, in the latter day upon the earth-an experience which will require a resurrection. The time Job longed for was when he would see the Redeemer in the latter day-when he was in his resurrected body, long after his earthly body would have been destroyed by worms (Job 19:26). This would require the whole passage (Job 19:25-27) to have a latter-day fulfillment.
Finis J. Dake, Dake Topical Index, WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: “Kinsman-Redeemer”.