Job 27 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

Job Affirms His Righteousness

Job 27:1

Job 27:1Then Job [fn]continued his discourse and said,

Job 27:2

Job 27:2“As God lives, who has taken away my right,
And the Almighty, who has embittered my soul,

Job 27:3

Job 27:3For as long as [fn]life is in me,
And the [fn]breath of God is in my nostrils,

Job 27:4

Job 27:4My lips certainly will not speak unjustly,
Nor will my tongue mutter deceit.

Job 27:5

Job 27:5“Far be it from me that I should declare you right;
Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.

Job 27:6

Job 27:6“I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go.
My heart does not reproach any of my days.

The State of the Godless

Job 27:7

Job 27:7“May my enemy be as the wicked
And [fn]my opponent as the unjust.

Job 27:8

Job 27:8“For what is the hope of the godless [fn]when he is cut off,
When God requires his [fn]life?

Job 27:9

Job 27:9“Will God hear his cry
When distress comes upon him?

Job 27:10

Job 27:10“Will he take delight in the Almighty?
Will he call on God at all times?

Job 27:11

Job 27:11“I will instruct you in the [fn]power of God;
What is with the Almighty I will not conceal.

Job 27:12

Job 27:12“Behold, all of you have seen it;
Why then do you [fn]act foolishly?

Job 27:13

Job 27:13“This is the portion of a wicked man from God,
And the inheritance which tyrants receive from the Almighty.

Job 27:14

Job 27:14“Though his sons are many, [fn]they are destined for the sword;
And his descendants will not be satisfied with bread.

Job 27:15

Job 27:15“His survivors will be buried because of the plague,
And [fn]their widows will not be able to weep.

Job 27:16

Job 27:16“Though he piles up silver like dust
And prepares garments as plentiful as the clay,

Job 27:17

Job 27:17He may prepare it, but the just will wear it
And the innocent will divide the silver.

Job 27:18

Job 27:18“He has built his house like the [fn]spider’s web,
Or as a hut which the watchman has made.

Job 27:19

Job 27:19“He lies down rich, but never [fn]again;
He opens his eyes, and it is no longer.

Job 27:20

Job 27:20“Terrors overtake him like a flood;
A tempest steals him away in the night.

Job 27:21

Job 27:21“The east wind carries him away, and he is gone,
For it whirls him away from his place.

Job 27:22

Job 27:22“For it will hurl at him without sparing;
He will surely try to flee from its [fn]power.

Job 27:23

Job 27:23“Men will clap their hands at him
And will hiss him from his place.

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NASB95 Footnotes

Or, again took up

Literally: breath

Or, spirit

Literally: he who rises up against me

(27:8)

Or, though he gains

Literally: soul

Literally: hand

Or, speak vanity

Literally: the sword is for them

(27:15)

So ancient versions; Heb his

(27:18)

So ancient versions; Heb moth

(27:19)

So ancient versions; Heb will be gathered

(27:22)

Literally: hand

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Job 27 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

Job Affirms His Righteousness

The State of the Godless

NASB95 Footnotes

Job Chapter 27 — Additional Translations:

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