Job 27
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Introduction
1 Job protests his sincerity.
8 The hypocrite is without hope.
11 The blessings which the wicked have are turned into curses.
Verse 1
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
Job
Numbers 23:7; 24:3,15; Psalms 49:4; 78:2; Proverbs 26:7
continued
Heb. added to take up.
Verse 2
As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
God liveth
Numbers 14:21; Ruth 3:13; 1 Samuel 14:39,45; 20:21; 25:26,34; 2 Samuel 2:27; 1 Kings 17:1; 18:15; Jeremiah 4:2; 5:2; 12:16; Ezekiel 33:11
taken
10:3; 34:5; Isaiah 40:27
vexed my soul
Heb. made my soul bitter.
Ruth 1:20,21; 2 Kings 4:27
Verse 3
All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
the spirit of God
that is, the breath which God gave him.
Genesis 2:7; Isaiah 2:22; Acts 17:25
Verse 4
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
13:7; 34:6; John 8:55; 2 Corinthians 11:10
Verse 5
God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
justify
32:3; 42:7; Deuteronomy 25:1; Proverbs 17:15; Galatians 2:11
I will not
2:9; 13:15; 29:14; 2 Corinthians 1:12
Verse 6
My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
I hold fast
2:3; Psalms 18:20-23; Proverbs 4:13
my heart
Acts 24:16; 2 Corinthians 12:11; 1 John 3:20,21
so long as I live
Heb. from my days.
Verse 7
Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
1 Samuel 25:26; 2 Samuel 18:32; Daniel 4:19
Verse 8
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
11:20; 13:16; 15:34; 20:5; 31:3; Isaiah 33:14,15; Matthew 16:26; 23:14; Mark 8:36,37; Luke 9:25; 12:20,21; 1 Timothy 6:9,10; James 5:1-3
Verse 9
Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
Will God
35:12,13; Psalms 18:41; 66:18; 109:7; Proverbs 1:28; 28:9; Isaiah 1:15; Jeremiah 11:11; 14:12; Ezekiel 8:18; Micah 3:4; Zechariah 7:13; John 9:31; James 4:3
his cry
Hosea 7:14; Luke 13:25
Verse 10
Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
delight
22:26,27; Psalms 37:4; 43:4; Habakkuk 3:18
will he always
Psalms 78:34-36; Matthew 13:21; Luke 18:1; Acts 10:2; Ephesians 6:18; 1 Thessalonians 5:17