Job 27:1
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is 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:
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Numbers 24:15
And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
Read in contextNumbers 23:7
And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
Read in contextJob 29:1
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
Read in contextProverbs 26:7
The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
Read in contextNumbers 24:3
And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
Read in contextPsalms 78:2
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
Read in contextPsalms 49:4
I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
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