Job 27:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

As God lives, who has taken away my justice, and the Almighty, who has troubled my soul;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חַי אֵ֭ל הֵסִ֣יר מִשְׁפָּטִ֑י וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י הֵמַ֥ר נַפְשִֽׁי׃

Transliteration

ḥay ʾēl hēsîr mišpāṭî wə-šadday hēmar nap̄šî

Grammar Details

• *ḥay*: adjective masculine singular - living/alive (used as oath formula)
• *ʾēl*: noun masculine singular - God
• *hēsîr*: Hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has removed/taken away
• *mišpāṭî*: noun masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my justice/right/cause
• *wə-šadday*: conjunction + noun masculine singular - and the Almighty
• *hēmar*: Hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has embittered/made bitter
• *nap̄šî*: noun feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my soul/life

Word Meanings

• *ḥay*: living/alive (used in oath formulas)
• *ʾēl*: God/deity/mighty one
• *šadday*: Almighty/All-sufficient One
• *nep̄eš*: soul/life/self/person/being

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  As God liveth, who hath taken away my right, And the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul:

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  As truly as God lyueth (which hath taken awaye my power fro me) & the Allmightie, that hath vexed my mynde:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  The liuing God hath taken away my iudgement: for the Almightie hath put my soule in bitternesse.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  As God lyueth whiche hath taken away my iudgement, and the almightie that hath vexed my minde:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  [As] God liveth, [who] hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, [who] hath vexed my soul;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "As God lives, who has taken away my right, The Almighty, who has made my soul bitter.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  God liveth! He turned aside my judgment, And the Mighty -- He made my soul bitter.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  As God liveth, who hath taken away my right, And the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  As God liveth, who hath taken away my right, And the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  By the life of God, who has taken away my right; and of the Ruler of all, who has made my soul bitter;

• World English Bible (2000)

  "As God lives, who has taken away my right, the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made my life bitter–

Referenced Verses

• Job 34:5 : 5 For Job has said, I am righteous; and God has taken away my justice.
• 2 Kgs 4:27 : 27 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD has hidden it from me, and has not told me.
• Num 14:21 : 21 But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD.
• Ruth 1:20-21 : 20 And she said to them, Do not call me Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. 21 I went out full, and the LORD has brought me back empty: why then call me Naomi, seeing the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?
• Ruth 3:13 : 13 Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform the duty of a kinsman to you, good; let him do the kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to you, then I will do the part of a kinsman to you, as the LORD lives: lie down until the morning.
• 1 Sam 14:39 : 39 For as the LORD lives, who saves Israel, though it be Jonathan my son, he shall surely die." But not one of all the people answered him.
• 1 Sam 14:45 : 45 But the people said to Saul, "Shall Jonathan die, who has brought this great deliverance in Israel? Far be it! As the LORD lives, not one hair of his head shall fall to the ground, for he has worked with God today." So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.
• 1 Sam 20:21 : 21 And behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find the arrows. If I expressly say to the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of you, take them; then come: for there is peace to you, and no harm; as the LORD lives.
• 1 Sam 25:26 : 26 Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, since the LORD has restrained you from coming to bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now let your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be as Nabal.
• 1 Sam 25:34 : 34 For indeed, as the LORD God of Israel lives, who has kept me back from harming you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, surely by morning light no males would have been left to Nabal.
• 2 Sam 2:27 : 27 And Joab said, As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely by morning the people had gone up every man from pursuing his brother.
• 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain for these years, except by my word.
• 1 Kgs 18:15 : 15 And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today.
• Job 9:18 : 18 He will not allow me to regain my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
• Job 10:3 : 3 Is it good to You that You should oppress, that You should despise the work of Your hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
• Isa 40:27 : 27 Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, My way is hidden from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
• Jer 4:2 : 2 And you shall swear, The LORD lives, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
• Jer 5:2 : 2 And though they say, The LORD lives; surely they swear falsely.
• Jer 12:16 : 16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of My people, to swear by My name, 'As the LORD lives,' as they taught My people to swear by Baal, then they shall be established in the midst of My people.
• Ezek 33:11 : 11 Say to them, As I live, says the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn back, turn back from your evil ways; for why will you die, O house of Israel?