Help QuickNav Adv. Options
LSB

LSB

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Format by: Verse Paragraph
Strong's
Red Letter
Audio Bibles
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Job 27 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Choose a new font size and typeface
Audio Bibles

I Hold Fast My Righteousness

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:1 -

Then Job continued to lift up his [fn]discourse and said,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:2 -

“As God lives, who has removed my justice,

And the Almighty, who has embittered my soul,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:3 -

For as long as breath is in me,

And the spirit from God is in my nostrils,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:4 -

My lips certainly will not speak unrighteousness,

Nor will my tongue utter deceit.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:5 -

“Far be it from me that I should declare you right;

Till I breathe my last I will not remove my integrity from me.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:6 -

“I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go.

My heart does not reproach any of my days.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:7 -

“May my enemy be as the wicked

And the one who rises against me as the unjust.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:8 -

“For what is the hope of the godless [fn]when he is cut off,

When God requires his [fn]soul?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:9 -

“Will God hear his cry

When distress comes upon him?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:10 -

“Will he take delight in the Almighty?

Will he call on God at all times?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:11 -

“I will instruct you in the [fn]power of God;

What is with the Almighty I will not conceal.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:12 -

“Behold, all of you have seen it;

Why then do you speak with utter vanity?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:13 -

“This is the portion of a wicked man from God,

And the inheritance which the ruthless receive from the Almighty.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:14 -

“Though his sons are many, [fn]they are destined for the sword;

And his offspring will not be satisfied with bread.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:15 -

“His survivors will be buried because of the plague,

And [fn]their widows will not be able to weep.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:16 -

“Though he piles up silver like dust

And prepares garments as plentiful as the clay,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:17 -

He may prepare it, but the righteous will wear it,

And the innocent will divide the silver.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:18 -

“He has built his house like the [fn]moth,

Or as a hut which the watchman has made.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:19 -

“He lies down rich, but never [fn]again;

He opens his eyes, and it is no longer.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:20 -

“Terrors overtake him like many waters;

A tempest steals him away in the night.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:21 -

“The east wind carries him away, and he goes,

And it whirls him away from his place.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:22 -

“For it will hurl at him without sparing;

He will surely try to flee from its [fn]power.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:23 -

“Men will clap their hands at him

And will hiss him from his place.

See the LSB Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
LSB Footnotes
Lit proverb
Or though he gains
Or life
Lit hand
Lit the sword is for them
As in ancient versions; Heb his
Ancient versions spider’s web
As in ancient versions; Heb will be gathered
Lit hand
LSB

Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation

All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc.

LSBible.org

For more information on this translation, see the LSB Preface.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
LSB
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
LSB
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Job Chapter 27 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras