{"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/dbt/job/27","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T02:00:08.554Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":27,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":26,"nextChapter":28,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":23},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And Job continued his parable and said,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"As God liveth, who hath taken away my right, and the Almighty, who hath embittered 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 unrighteousness, nor my tongue utter deceit!"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Be it far from me that I should justify you; till I die I will not remove my blamelessness from me."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart reproacheth me not one of my days."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"For what is the hope of the ungodly, when God cutteth him off, when +God taketh away his soul?"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Will God hear his cry when distress cometh upon him?"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Doth he delight himself in the Almighty? will he at all times call upon +God?"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"I will teach you concerning the hand of God; what is with the Almighty will I not conceal."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Behold, ye yourselves have all seen it; and why are ye thus altogether vain?"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"This is the portion of the wicked man with God, and the heritage of the violent, which they receive from 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 by death, and his widows shall not weep."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing 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 buildeth his house as the moth, and as a booth that a keeper maketh."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"He lieth down rich, but will do so no more; he openeth his eyes, and he is not."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Terrors overtake him like waters; a whirlwind stealeth him away in the night."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"The east wind carrieth him away and he is gone; and as a storm it hurleth him out of his place."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And God shall cast upon 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 (DBT)","markdown":"[Job 27](https://primebible.com/dbt/job/27)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/job/27 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}