Job 27:1
Job continued his discourse:
2 “As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice— the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—
3 as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Job continued his discourse:
- KJV
- Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
- WEB
- Job again took up his parable, and said,
- ASV
- And Job again took up his parable, and said,
- DARBY
- And Job continued his parable and said,
- BLB
- And Job proceeded again to take up his discourse, and he said,
- ÅB
- Og Job ble ved å fremføre sin visdomstale og sa:
- OTB
- Så tok Job igjen til orde og sa:
- B1930
- Og Job blev ved å fremføre sin visdomstale og sa:
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 24:15
Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying, “This is the prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of a man whose eyes are open,
Read in contextNumbers 23:7
And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a curse on Jacob for me; come and denounce Israel!’
Read in contextJob 29:1
And Job continued his discourse:
Read in contextProverbs 26:7
Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
Read in contextNumbers 24:3
and he lifted up an oracle, saying: “This is the prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of a man whose eyes are open,
Read in contextPsalms 78:2
I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,
Read in contextPsalms 49:4
I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:
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