Verse 1
Job 27:1
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
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And Job again took up his parable, and said,
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֣סֶף אִ֭יּוֹב שְׂאֵ֥ת מְשָׁל֗/וֹ וַ/יֹּאמַֽר
English Translation
And Job added to take up his parable and said.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 27 Context
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And Job again took up his parable, and said,
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As God (Elohim) liveth, who hath taken away my right, And the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul
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(For my life is yet whole in me, And the spirit of God (Elohim) is in my nostrils);
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Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, Neither shall my tongue utter deceit.
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Far be it from me that I should justify you: Till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.
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My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: My heart shall not reproach me so long as I li...
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Let mine enemy be as the wicked, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.
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For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God (Elohim) taketh away his soul?
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Will God (Elohim) hear his cry, When trouble cometh upon him?
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Will he delight himself in the Almighty, And call upon God (Elohim) at all times?
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I will teach you concerning the hand of God (Elohim); That which is with the Almighty will I not con...
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Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; Why then are ye become altogether vain?
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This is the portion of a wicked man with God (Elohim), And the heritage of oppressors, which they re...
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If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with br...
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Those that remain of him shall be buried in death, And his widows shall make no lamentation.
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Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare raiment as the clay;
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He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, And the innocent shall divide the silver.
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He buildeth his house as the moth, And as a booth which the keeper maketh.
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He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered to his fathers; He openeth his eyes, and he is not.
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Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.
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The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; And it sweepeth him out of his place.
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For God (Elohim) shall hurl at him, and not spare: He would fain flee out of his hand.
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Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place.
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