Job 27:2

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 34:5 : 5 For Job has said, 'I am righteous, God has taken away my right:
  • 2 Kgs 4:27 : 27 When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, "Leave her alone; for her soul is troubled within her; and Yahweh has hidden it from me, and has not told me."
  • Num 14:21 : 21 but in very deed, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of Yahweh;
  • Ruth 1:20-21 : 20 She said to them, "Don't call me Naomi. Call me Mara; for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. 21 I went out full, and Yahweh has brought me home again empty; why do you call me Naomi, since Yahweh has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?"
  • Ruth 3:13 : 13 Stay this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform for you the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part. But if he will not do the part of a kinsman for you, then will I do the part of a kinsman for you, as Yahweh lives. Lie down until the morning."
  • 1 Sam 14:39 : 39 For, as Yahweh lives, who saves Israel, though it is in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die." But there was not a man among all the people who answered him.
  • 1 Sam 14:45 : 45 The people said to Saul, "Shall Jonathan die, who has worked this great salvation in Israel? Far from it! As Yahweh lives, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he has worked with God this day!" So the people rescued Jonathan, that he didn't die.
  • 1 Sam 20:21 : 21 Behold, I will send the boy, saying, 'Go, find the arrows!' If I tell the boy, 'Behold, the arrows are on this side of you. Take them;' then come; for there is peace to you and no hurt, as Yahweh lives.
  • 1 Sam 25:26 : 26 Now therefore, my lord, as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, since Yahweh has withheld you from blood guiltiness, and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now therefore let your enemies, and those who seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
  • 1 Sam 25:34 : 34 For indeed, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, who has withheld me from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, surely there wouldn't have been left to Nabal by the morning light so much as one who urinates on a wall."
  • 2 Sam 2:27 : 27 Joab said, "As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely then in the morning the people would have gone away, and not each followed his brother."
  • 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the foreigners of Gilead, said to Ahab, "As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word."
  • 1 Kgs 18:15 : 15 Elijah said, "As Yahweh of Armies lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today."
  • Job 9:18 : 18 He will not allow me to catch 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 smile on the counsel of the wicked?
  • Isa 40:27 : 27 Why do you say, Jacob, and speak, Israel, "My way is hidden from Yahweh, and the justice due me is disregarded by my God?"
  • Jer 4:2 : 2 and you shall swear, 'As Yahweh lives,' in truth, in justice, and in righteousness. The nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory."
  • Jer 5:2 : 2 Though they say, 'As Yahweh lives;' surely they swear falsely."
  • Jer 12:16 : 16 It shall happen, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, As Yahweh lives; even as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built up in the midst of my people.
  • Ezek 33:11 : 11 Tell them, As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn, turn from your evil ways; for why will you die, house of Israel?

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  • 1Job again took up his parable, and said,

  • 3(For the length of my life is still in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils);

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    5For Job has said, 'I am righteous, God has taken away my right:

    6Notwithstanding my right I am considered a liar. My wound is incurable, though I am without disobedience.'

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    1Then Job answered,

    2"How long will you torment me, and crush me with words?

  • 7There the upright might reason with him, so I should be delivered forever from my judge.

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    1Then Job answered,

    2"Even today my complaint is rebellious. His hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.

  • Job 10:1-2
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    1"My soul is weary of my life. I will give free course to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

    2I will tell God, 'Do not condemn me. Show me why you contend with me.

  • 1Then Job answered,

  • 4As for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn't I be impatient?

  • 7It was so, that after Yahweh had spoken these words to Job, Yahweh said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "My wrath is kindled against you, and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.

  • 16For God has made my heart faint. The Almighty has terrified me.

  • Job 6:1-2
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    1Then Job answered,

    2"Oh that my anguish were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!

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    14Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?

    15Behold, he will kill me. I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him.

  • 19Who is he who will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the spirit.

  • 4The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

  • 11"Therefore I will not keep silent. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

  • 16Lord, men live by these things; and my spirit finds life in all of them: you restore me, and cause me to live.

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    18He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

    19If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty! If of justice, 'Who,' says he, 'will summon me?'

  • 6I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

  • 8Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

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    1Moreover Yahweh answered Job,

    2"Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it."

    3Then Job answered Yahweh,

  • 3For the enemy pursues my soul. He has struck my life down to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead.

  • 1Job again took up his parable, and said,

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    3My soul is also in great anguish. But you, Yahweh--how long?

  • 2Job answered:

  • 1Then Job answered,

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    15so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones.

    16I loathe my life. I don't want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

  • 11He has turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he has made me desolate.

  • 4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me. My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.

  • 7But now, God, you have surely worn me out. You have made desolate all my company.

  • 20"Why is light given to him who is in misery, life to the bitter in soul,

  • 7"Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard. I cry for help, but there is no justice.

  • 3Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?

  • 13Isn't it that I have no help in me, That wisdom is driven quite from me?

  • 9even that it would please God to crush me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

  • 1Then Job answered,

  • 39if I have eaten its fruits without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life,

  • 1"My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct, And the grave is ready for me.

  • 1Then Job answered,

  • 1Then Job answered Yahweh,