{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/job/27","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T09:22:51.016Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":27,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":26,"nextChapter":28,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":23},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"As God lives, who has taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who has vexed my soul;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove my integrity from me."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Let my enemy be as the wicked, and he that rises up against me as the unrighteous."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he has gained, when God takes away his soul?"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him?"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call on God?"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Behold, all you yourselves have seen it; why then are you thus altogether vain?"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"He builds his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper makes."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he opens his eyes, and he is not."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest steals him away in the night."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"The east wind carries him away, and he departs: and as a storm hurles him out of his place."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"For God shall cast on him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 27 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Job 27](https://primebible.com/akjv/job/27)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/job/27 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}