# Job 27 ## Job 27:1 - [KJV] Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, - [ASV] And Job again took up his parable, and said, - [YLT] And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: -- ### Notes on Job 27:1 - ## Job 27:2 - [KJV] *As* God liveth, *who* hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, *who* hath vexed my soul; - [ASV] As God liveth, who hath taken away my right, And the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul: - [YLT] God liveth! He turned aside my judgment, And the Mighty -- He made my soul bitter. ### Notes on Job 27:2 - ## Job 27:3 - [KJV] All the while my breath *is* in me, and the spirit of God *is* in my nostrils; - [ASV] (For my life is yet whole in me, And the spirit of God is in my nostrils); - [YLT] For all the while my breath *is* in me, And the spirit of God in my nostrils. ### Notes on Job 27:3 - ## Job 27:4 - [KJV] My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. - [ASV] Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, Neither shall my tongue utter deceit. - [YLT] My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not utter deceit. ### Notes on Job 27:4 - ## Job 27:5 - [KJV] God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me. - [ASV] Far be it from me that I should justify you: Till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me. - [YLT] Pollution to me -- if I justify you, Till I expire I turn not aside mine integrity from me. ### Notes on Job 27:5 - ## Job 27:6 - [KJV] My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach *me* so long as I live. - [ASV] My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: My heart shall not reproach *me* so long as I live. - [YLT] On my righteousness I have laid hold, And I do not let it go, My heart doth not reproach me while I live. ### Notes on Job 27:6 - ## Job 27:7 - [KJV] Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous. - [ASV] Let mine enemy be as the wicked, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous. - [YLT] As the wicked is my enemy, And my withstander as the perverse. ### Notes on Job 27:7 - ## Job 27:8 - [KJV] For what *is* the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? - [ASV] For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul? - [YLT] For what *is* the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul? ### Notes on Job 27:8 - ## Job 27:9 - [KJV] Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him? - [ASV] Will God hear his cry, When trouble cometh upon him? - [YLT] His cry doth God hear, When distress cometh on him? ### Notes on Job 27:9 - ## Job 27:10 - [KJV] Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God? - [ASV] Will he delight himself in the Almighty, And call upon God at all times? - [YLT] On the Mighty doth he delight himself? Call God at all times? ### Notes on Job 27:10 - ## Job 27:11 - [KJV] I will teach you by the hand of God: *that* which *is* with the Almighty will I not conceal. - [ASV] I will teach you concerning the hand of God; That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal. - [YLT] I shew you by the hand of God, That which *is* with the Mighty I hide not. ### Notes on Job 27:11 - ## Job 27:12 - [KJV] Behold, all ye yourselves have seen *it*; why then are ye thus altogether vain? - [ASV] Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; Why then are ye become altogether vain? - [YLT] Lo, ye -- all of you -- have seen, And why *is* this -- ye are altogether vain? ### Notes on Job 27:12 - ## Job 27:13 - [KJV] This *is* the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, *which* they shall receive of the Almighty. - [ASV] This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty: - [YLT] This *is* the portion of wicked man with God, And the inheritance of terrible ones From the Mighty they receive. ### Notes on Job 27:13 - ## Job 27:14 - [KJV] If his children be multiplied, *it is* for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. - [ASV] If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. - [YLT] If his sons multiply -- for them *is* a sword. And his offspring *are* not satisfied *with* bread. ### Notes on Job 27:14 - ## Job 27:15 - [KJV] Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep. - [ASV] Those that remain of him shall be buried in death, And his widows shall make no lamentation. - [YLT] His remnant in death are buried, And his widows do not weep. ### Notes on Job 27:15 - ## Job 27:16 - [KJV] Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; - [ASV] Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare raiment as the clay; - [YLT] If he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing, ### Notes on Job 27:16 - ## Job 27:17 - [KJV] He may prepare *it*, but the just shall put *it* on, and the innocent shall divide the silver. - [ASV] He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, And the innocent shall divide the silver. - [YLT] He prepareth -- and the righteous putteth *it* on, And the silver the innocent doth apportion. ### Notes on Job 27:17 - ## Job 27:18 - [KJV] He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth *that* the keeper maketh. - [ASV] He buildeth his house as the moth, And as a booth which the keeper maketh. - [YLT] He hath built as a moth his house, And as a booth a watchman hath made. ### Notes on Job 27:18 - ## Job 27:19 - [KJV] The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he *is* not. - [ASV] He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered *to his fathers*; He openeth his eyes, and he is not. - [YLT] Rich he lieth down, and he is not gathered, His eyes he hath opened, and he is not. ### Notes on Job 27:19 - ## Job 27:20 - [KJV] Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night. - [ASV] Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night. - [YLT] Overtake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind. ### Notes on Job 27:20 - ## Job 27:21 - [KJV] The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place. - [ASV] The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; And it sweepeth him out of his place. - [YLT] Take him up doth an east wind, and he goeth, And it frighteneth him from his place, ### Notes on Job 27:21 - ## Job 27:22 - [KJV] For *God* shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand. - [ASV] For *God* shall hurl at him, and not spare: He would fain flee out of his hand. - [YLT] And it casteth at him, and doth not spare, From its hand he diligently fleeth. ### Notes on Job 27:22 - ## Job 27:23 - [KJV] *Men* shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place. - [ASV] Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place. - [YLT] It clappeth at him its hands, And it hisseth at him from his place. ### Notes on Job 27:23 -