{"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/drb/job/27","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T17:32:31.390Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":27,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":26,"nextChapter":28,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":23},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Job also added, taking up his parable, and said: "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who hath brought my soul to bitterness, "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"As long as breath remaineth in me, and the spirit of God in my nostrils, "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"My lips shall not speak iniquity, neither shall my tongue contrive lying. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"God forbid that I should judge you to be just: till I die I will not depart from my innocence. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"My justification, which I have begun to hold, I will not forsake: for my heart doth not reprehend me in all my life. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Let my enemy be as the ungodly, and my adversary as the wicked one. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"For what is the hope of the hypocrite if through covetousness he take by violence, and God deliver not his soul? "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Will God hear his cry, when distress shall come upon him? "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Or can he delight himself in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times? "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"I will teach you by the hand of God, what the Almighty hath, and I will not conceal it. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Behold you all know it, and why do you speak vain things without cause? "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they shall receive of the Almighty. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"If his sons be multiplied, they shall be for the sword, and his grandsons shall not be filled with bread. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"They that shall remain of him, shall be buried in death, and his widows shall not weep. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"If he shall heap together silver as earth, and prepare raiment as clay, "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"He shall prepare indeed, but the just man shall be clothed with it: and the innocent shall divide the silver. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"He hath built his house as a moth, and as a keeper he hath made a booth. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"The rich man when he shall sleep shall take away nothing with him: he shall open his eyes and find nothing. "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Poverty like water shall take hold on him, a tempest shall oppress him in the night. "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"A burning wind shall take him up, and carry him away, and as a whirlwind shall snatch him from his place. "},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And he shall cast upon him, and shall not spare: out of his hand he would willingly flee. "},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"He shall clasp his hands upon him, and shall hiss at him, beholding his place. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 27 (DRB)","markdown":"[Job 27](https://primebible.com/drb/job/27)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/job/27 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}