Job 27:1
New International Version
And Job continued his discourse:

New Living Translation
Job continued speaking:

English Standard Version
And Job again took up his discourse, and said:

Berean Standard Bible
Job continued his discourse:

King James Bible
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

New King James Version
Moreover Job continued his discourse, and said:

New American Standard Bible
Job again took up his discourse and said,

NASB 1995
Then Job continued his discourse and said,

NASB 1977
Then Job continued his discourse and said,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Job continued to lift up his discourse and said,

Amplified Bible
Job continued his discourse and said,

Christian Standard Bible
Job continued his discourse, saying:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Job continued his discourse, saying:

American Standard Version
And Job again took up his parable, and said,

Contemporary English Version
Job said:

English Revised Version
And Job again took up his parable, and said,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Job continued his poems and said,

International Standard Version
Job continued with his discussion and said:

Majority Standard Bible
Job continued his discourse:

NET Bible
And Job took up his discourse again:

New Heart English Bible
Job again took up his parable, and said,

Webster's Bible Translation
Moreover, Job continued his parable, and said,

World English Bible
Job again took up his parable, and said,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And Job adds to lift up his allegory and says:

Young's Literal Translation
And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: --

Smith's Literal Translation
And Job will add to take up his parable, and say,
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Job also added, taking up his parable, and said:

Catholic Public Domain Version
Job also added to this, using figures of speech, and he said:

New American Bible
Job took up his theme again and said:

New Revised Standard Version
Job again took up his discourse and said:
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
MOREOVER Job continued his parable, and said,

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And Job added to speak his parable and said:
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And Job again took up his parable, and said:

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Job further continued and said in his parable,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Job Affirms His Integrity
1Job continued his discourse: 2“As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice—the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—…

Cross References
Job 29:1
And Job continued his discourse:

Job 13:18
See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated.

Job 6:29
Reconsider; do not be unjust. Reconsider, for my righteousness is at stake.

Job 31:35
(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.

Job 19:23-24
I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book, / by an iron stylus on lead, or chiseled in stone forever.

Job 23:4
I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.

Job 9:20-21
Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty. / Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.

Job 16:17
yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.

Job 33:8-12
Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard these very words: / ‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, with no iniquity in me. / Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy. ...

Job 42:7-9
After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has. / So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.” / So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s prayer.

Psalm 7:3-5
O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands, / if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause, / then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah

Psalm 17:1-3
A prayer of David. Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer—it comes from lips free of deceit. / May my vindication come from Your presence; may Your eyes see what is right. / You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.

Psalm 26:1-2
Of David. Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering. / Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.

Psalm 35:11-14
Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about. / They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul. / Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered. ...

Isaiah 50:7-9
Because the Lord GOD helps Me, I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame. / The One who vindicates Me is near. Who will dare to contend with Me? Let us confront each other! Who has a case against Me? Let him approach Me! / Surely the Lord GOD helps Me. Who is there to condemn Me? See, they will all wear out like a garment; the moths will devour them.


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Job continued his discourse
This phrase marks a transition in the narrative, indicating that Job is still in the midst of his lengthy response to his friends. The Hebrew word for "continued" is "וַיּוֹסֶף" (vayyosef), which implies an ongoing action or speech. This suggests that Job is persistent in his defense and unwavering in his quest for understanding. Historically, Job's discourse is a profound exploration of human suffering and divine justice, and this continuation underscores his determination to seek truth and maintain his integrity despite his friends' accusations.

and said
The phrase "and said" introduces Job's speech, emphasizing the personal and direct nature of his communication. The Hebrew word "וַיֹּאמֶר" (vayomer) is often used in the Old Testament to denote a significant declaration or proclamation. In the context of Job, it highlights the gravity and sincerity of his words. Job's speeches are not mere complaints but are deeply theological and philosophical reflections on his condition and the nature of God. This introduction sets the stage for a heartfelt and earnest expression of Job's inner turmoil and steadfast faith.

XXVII.

(1) Job continued his parable.--The remainder of Job's speech--now, for the first time, called his parable--consists of his determination not to renounce his righteousness (Job 27:2-6); his own estimate of the fate of the wicked (Job 27:7-23); his magnificent estimate of the nature of wisdom (Job 28); his comparison of his former life (Job 29) with that of his present experience (Job 30); his final declaration of his innocent and irreproachable conduct (Job 31).

Verses 1-23. - This chapter divides itself into three distinct portions. In the first, which extends to the end of ver. 6, Job is engaged in maintaining, with the utmost possible solemnity (ver. 2), both his actual integrity (ver. 6) and his determination to hold fast his integrity as long as he lives (vers. 4-6). In the second (vers. 7-10) he implicates a curse upon his enemies. In the third (vers. 11-23) he returns to the consideration of God's treatment of the wicked, and retracts the view which he had maintained controversially in Job 24:2-24, with respect to their prosperity, impunity, and equalization with the righteous in death. The retractation is so complete, the concessions are so large, that some have been induced to question whether they can possibly have been made by Job, and have been led on to suggest that we have here a third speech of Zophar's, such as "the symmetry of the general form" requires, which by accident or design has been transferred from him to Job. But the improbability of such a transfer, considering how in the Book of Job the speech of each separate interlocutor is introduced, is palpable; the dissimilarity between the speech and the other utterances of Zophar is striking; and (;he judgment of two such liberal critics as Ewald and Renan, that the passage is rightly placed, and rightly assigned to Job, should set all doubt at rest, and make an end of controversy (see Mr. Froude's 'Short Studies on Great Subjects,' vol. 1 pp. 315, 316; and Canon Cook's "Introduction to the Book of Job," in the 'Speaker's Commentary,' vol. 4. p. 7). Verse 1. - Moreover Job continued his parable, and said. The word translated "parable" (משׁל) is only used previously in Numbers 23, and 24. It is thought to "comprehend all discourses in which the results of discursive thought are concisely or figuratively expressed" (Cook). The introduction of a new term seems to imply that the present discourse occupies a position different from that of all the preceding ones. It is not tentative, controversial, or emotional, but expresses the deliberate judgment of the patriarch on the subjects discussed in it. Note the repetition of the term in Job 29:1.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then Job
אִ֭יּוֹב (’î·yō·wḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 347: Job -- a patriarch

continued
וַיֹּ֣סֶף (way·yō·sep̄)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3254: To add, augment

his discourse
מְשָׁל֗וֹ (mə·šā·lōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4912: A pithy maxim, a simile

and said:
וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ (way·yō·mar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say


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