Job 27 (NET)

Job 27:1¹And Job took up his discourse again:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 29:1Num 23:7Num 24:15Num 24:3Prov 26:7Ps 78:2Ps 49:4

Job 27:2²“As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made my life bitter —Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 34:52 Kgs 4:27Num 14:211 Kgs 17:11 Kgs 18:151 Sam 14:391 Sam 14:451 Sam 20:211 Sam 25:261 Sam 25:34

Job 27:3³for while my spirit is still in me, and the breath from God is in my nostrils,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 2:7Job 33:4Isa 2:22Job 32:8Acts 17:25

Job 27:4⁴my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will whisper no deceit.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 13:72 Cor 11:10Job 34:6Job 6:28John 8:55

Job 27:5⁵I will never declare that you three are in the right; until I die, I will not set aside my integrity!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 2:9Job 13:15Job 42:7Prov 17:15Deut 25:1Job 29:14Gal 2:11Job 32:3

Job 27:6⁶I will maintain my righteousness and never let it go; my conscience will not reproach me for as long as I live.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 2:31 John 3:20-21Acts 24:162 Cor 12:11Prov 4:13Ps 18:20-23

Job 27:7⁷“May my enemy be like the wicked, my adversary like the unrighteous.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 4:191 Sam 25:262 Sam 18:32

Job 27:8⁸For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 16:26Job 8:13Job 11:20Luke 12:20-211 Tim 6:9-10Isa 33:14-15Jas 5:1-3Job 13:16Job 15:34Job 20:5

Job 27:9⁹Does God listen to his cry when distress overtakes him?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 14:12Isa 1:15Prov 1:28Job 35:12-13Mic 3:4Ps 18:41Ezek 8:18Hos 7:14Jas 4:3Jer 11:11

Job 27:10¹⁰Will he find delight in the Almighty? Will he call out to God at all times?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 22:26-27Ps 37:4Hab 3:181 Thess 5:17Acts 10:2Eph 6:18Luke 18:1Matt 13:21Ps 43:4Ps 78:34-36

Job 27:11¹¹I will teach you about the power of God; what is on the Almighty’s mind I will not conceal.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 71:17Isa 8:11Job 4:3-4Deut 4:5Job 6:10Acts 20:20Job 32:8-10

Job 27:12¹²If you yourselves have all seen this, Why in the world do you continue this meaningless talk?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 16:3Job 19:2-3Job 21:3Eccl 8:14Eccl 9:1-3Job 13:4-9Job 17:2Job 21:28-30Job 26:2-4Job 6:25-29

Job 27:13¹³This is the portion of the wicked man allotted by God, the inheritance that evildoers receive from the Almighty.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 20:19-292 Pet 2:9Isa 3:11Job 15:20-35Eccl 8:13Jas 5:4-6Job 31:3Mal 3:5Prov 22:22-23Ps 11:6

Job 27:14¹⁴If his children increase—it is for the sword! His offspring never have enough to eat.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 28:41Job 20:10Luke 23:291 Sam 2:52 Kgs 10:6-102 Kgs 9:7-8Deut 28:32Esth 5:11Esth 9:5-10Hos 9:13-14

Job 27:15¹⁵Those who survive him are buried by the plague, and their widows do not mourn for them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 78:641 Kgs 14:10-111 Kgs 16:3-41 Kgs 21:21-24Jer 22:18

Job 27:16¹⁶If he piles up silver like dust and stores up clothing like mounds of clay,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Zech 9:3Matt 6:191 Kgs 10:27Hab 2:6Jas 5:2Job 22:24

Job 27:17¹⁷what he stores up a righteous man will wear, and an innocent man will inherit his silver.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 13:22Eccl 2:26Prov 28:8

Job 27:18¹⁸The house he builds is as fragile as a moth’s cocoon, like a hut that a watchman has made.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 1:8Job 8:14-15Isa 51:8Isa 38:12Lam 2:6

Job 27:19¹⁹He goes to bed wealthy, but will do so no more. When he opens his eyes, it is all gone.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 24:24Ps 58:9Jer 8:2Ps 73:19-20Gen 49:10Job 14:10Job 14:12-15Job 20:7-9Job 21:23-26Job 21:30

Job 27:20²⁰Terrors overwhelm him like a flood; at night a whirlwind carries him off.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 15:21Job 18:112 Kgs 19:35Exod 12:29Job 20:23Job 21:18Dan 5:30Job 20:8Job 22:16Job 34:20

Job 27:21²¹The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 11:6Ps 83:15Job 21:18Job 7:10Ps 58:9Exod 9:23-25Hos 13:15Jer 18:17Matt 7:27Nah 1:3-8

Job 27:22²²It hurls itself against him without pity as he flees headlong from its power.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Pet 2:4-5Ezek 24:14Ezek 5:11Job 11:20Amos 2:14Amos 9:1-3Deut 32:23Exod 14:25-28Exod 9:14Ezek 9:5-6

Job 27:23²³It claps its hands at him in derision and hisses him away from his place.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lam 2:151 Kgs 9:8Jer 19:8Zeph 2:15Esth 9:22-25Job 18:18Mic 6:16Prov 11:10Rev 18:20