Job Continues: I Will Maintain My Integrity

Job 27

1 And Job again r took up his discourse, and said:

2 "As God lives, who has s taken away my right,
and the Almighty, who has t made my soul bitter,
 3 as long as my breath is in me,
and u the spirit of God is in my nostrils,
 4 my lips will not speak v falsehood,
and my tongue will not utter v deceit.
 5 Far be it from me to say that you are right;
till I die I will not put away my w integrity from me.
 6 I x hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go;
my heart does not y reproach me for any of my days.

7 "Let my enemy be as the wicked,
and let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.
 8 z For what is the hope of the godless a when God cuts him off,
when God takes away his life?
 9 b Will God hear his cry
when distress comes upon him?
 10 Will he c take delight in the Almighty?
Will he call upon God at all times?
 11 I will teach you concerning the hand of God;
d what is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
 12 Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves;
why then have you become altogether vain?

13 e "This is the portion of a wicked man with God,
and the heritage that f oppressors receive from the Almighty:
 14 If his g children are multiplied, it is for h the sword,
and his descendants have not enough bread.
 15 Those who survive him the pestilence buries,
and his i widows do not weep.
 16 Though he j heap up silver like dust,
and pile up clothing like clay,
 17 he may pile it up, but the righteous will wear it,
and k the innocent will divide the silver.
 18 He builds his l house like a moth's,
like m a booth that n a watchman makes.
 19 He goes to bed rich, but will o do so no more;
he opens his eyes, and p his wealth is gone.
 20 q Terrors overtake him like r a flood;
in the night a whirlwind s carries him off.
 21 t The east wind lifts him up and he is gone;
it u sweeps him out of his place.
 22 It 1 hurls at him v without pity;
he flees from its 2 power in headlong flight.
 23 It w claps its hands at him
and x hisses at him from its place.

  1. Cross References
    Job 29:1
    And Job again took up his discourse, and said:
    Numbers 23:7
    And Balaam took up his discourse and said, "From Aram Balak has brought me, the king of Moab from the eastern mountains: 'Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, denounce Israel!
  2. Cross References
    Job 34:5
    For Job has said, 'I am in the right, and God has taken away my right.
  3. Cross References
    Ruth 1:20
    She said to them, "Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
    2 Kings 4:27
    And when she came to the mountain to the man of God, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came to push her away. But the man of God said, "Leave her alone, for she is in bitter distress, and the Lord has hidden it from me and has not told me.
  4. Cross References
    Job 33:4
    The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
    Genesis 2:7
    Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
  5. Cross References
    Job 13:7
    Will you speak falsely for God and speak deceitfully for him?
  6. Cross References
    Job 13:7
    Will you speak falsely for God and speak deceitfully for him?
  7. Cross References
    Job 2:3
    And the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil? He still holds fast his integrity, although you incited me against him to destroy him without reason.
    Job 2:9
    Then his wife said to him, "Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die.
    Job 13:15
    Though he slay me, I will hope in him; yet I will argue my ways to his face.
  8. Cross References
    Job 2:3
    And the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil? He still holds fast his integrity, although you incited me against him to destroy him without reason.
  9. Cross References
    Acts 23:1
    And looking intently at the council, Paul said, "Brothers, I have lived my life before God in all good conscience up to this day.
    Acts 24:16
    So I always take pains to have a clear conscience toward both God and man.
    1 Corinthians 4:4
    For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me.
  10. Cross References
    Job 8:13
    Such are the paths of all who forget God; the hope of the godless shall perish.
  11. Cross References
    Matthew 16:26
    For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?
    Luke 12:20
    But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?
  12. Cross References
    Psalms 18:41
    They cried for help, but there was none to save...
    Proverbs 1:28
    Then they will call upon me, but I will not ans...
    Proverbs 15:29
    The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears t...
    Isaiah 1:15
    When you spread out your hands, I will hide my ...
    Jeremiah 11:11
    Therefore, thus says the Lord, Behold, I am bri...
    Jeremiah 14:12
    Though they fast, I will not hear their cry, an...
    Ezekiel 8:18
    Therefore I will act in wrath. My eye will not ...
    Micah 3:4
    Then they will cry to the Lord, but he will not...
    Zechariah 7:13
    As I called, and they would not hear, so they c...
    Job 35:12 - 13
    There they cry out, but he does not answer, bec...
    Psalms 66:18
    If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lo...
  13. Cross References
    Job 22:26
    For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.
  14. Cross References
    Job 10:13
    Yet these things you hid in your heart; I know that this was your purpose.
    Job 23:14
    For he will complete what he appoints for me, and many such things are in his mind.
  15. Cross References
    Job 20:29
    This is the wicked man's portion from God, the heritage decreed for him by God.
    Job 18:21
    Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, such is the place of him who knows not God.
    Job 31:2
    What would be my portion from God above and my heritage from the Almighty on high?
  16. Cross References
    Job 6:23
    Or, 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand'? Or, 'Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless'?
    Job 15:20
    The wicked man writhes in pain all his days, through all the years that are laid up for the ruthless.
  17. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 28:41
    You shall father sons and daughters, but they shall not be yours, for they shall go into captivity.
    Hosea 9:13
    Ephraim, as I have seen, was like a young palm planted in a meadow; but Ephraim must lead his children out to slaughter.
    Hosea 9:16
    Ephraim is stricken; their root is dried up; they shall bear no fruit. Even though they give birth, I will put their beloved children to death.
  18. Cross References
    Jeremiah 15:2
    And when they ask you, 'Where shall we go?' you shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord : "'Those who are for pestilence, to pestilence, and those who are for the sword, to the sword; those who are for famine, to famine, and those who are for captivity, to captivity.
  19. Cross References
    Psalms 78:64
    Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation.
  20. Cross References
    Zechariah 9:3
    Tyre has built herself a rampart and heaped up silver like dust, and fine gold like the mud of the streets.
  21. Cross References
    Proverbs 13:22
    A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous.
    Ecclesiastes 2:26
    For to the one who pleases him God has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he has given the business of gathering and collecting, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
  22. Cross References
    Job 8:14 - 15
    His confidence is severed, and his trust is a spider's web.
  23. Cross References
    Isaiah 1:8
    And the daughter of Zion is left like a booth in a vineyard, like a lodge in a cucumber field, like a besieged city.
  24. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 1:6
    Do not gaze at me because I am dark, because the sun has looked upon me. My mother's sons were angry with me; they made me keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have not kept!
    Song of Solomon 8:11 - 12
    Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard to keepers; each one was to bring for its fruit a thousand pieces of silver.
  25. Cross References
    Jeremiah 8:2
    And they shall be spread before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven, which they have loved and served, which they have gone after, and which they have sought and worshiped. And they shall not be gathered or buried. They shall be as dung on the surface of the ground.
    Ezekiel 29:5
    And I will cast you out into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your streams; you shall fall on the open field, and not be brought together or gathered. To the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the heavens I give you as food.
  26. Cross References
    Job 24:24
    They are exalted a little while, and then are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like the heads of grain.
  27. Cross References
    Job 18:11
    Terrors frighten him on every side, and chase him at his heels.
  28. Cross References
    Job 22:11
    Or darkness, so that you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
  29. Cross References
    Job 34:20
    In a moment they die; at midnight the people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are taken away by no human hand.
    Job 34:25
    Thus, knowing their works, he overturns them in the night, and they are crushed.
    Job 36:20
    Do not long for the night, when peoples vanish in their place.
  30. Cross References
    Job 30:22
    You lift me up on the wind; you make me ride on it, and you toss me about in the roar of the storm.
  31. Cross References
    Job 8:18
    If he is destroyed from his place, then it will deny him, saying, 'I have never seen you.
  32. Cross References
    Job 16:13
    His archers surround me. He slashes open my kidneys and does not spare; he pours out my gall on the ground.
  33. Cross References
    Lamentations 2:15
    All who pass along the way clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem: "Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?
    Ezekiel 25:6
    For thus says the Lord God : Because you have clapped your hands and stamped your feet and rejoiced with all the malice within your soul against the land of Israel.
    Nahum 3:19
    There is no easing your hurt; your wound is grievous. All who hear the news about you clap their hands over you. For upon whom has not come your unceasing evil?
  34. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 29:8
    Therefore the wrath of the Lord came on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has made them an object of horror, of astonishment, and of hissing, as you see with your own eyes.
    Jeremiah 49:17
    Edom shall become a horror. Everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss because of all its disasters.
    Lamentations 2:15
    All who pass along the way clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem: "Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?
    Ezekiel 27:36
    The merchants among the peoples hiss at you; you have come to a dreadful end and shall be no more forever.'
    Zephaniah 2:15
    This is the exultant city that lived securely, that said in her heart, "I am, and there is no one else." What a desolation she has become, a lair for wild beasts! Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.
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