{"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/erv/job/27","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T22:09:28.625Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":27,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":26,"nextChapter":28,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":23},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And Job again took up his parable, and said,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"As God liveth, who hath taken away my right; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"(For my life is yet whole in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;)"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not put away mine 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 mine enemy be as the wicked, and let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, when God taketh away his soul?"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Will God hear his cry, when trouble cometh upon him?"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times?"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"I will teach you concerning the hand of God; that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye become altogether vain?"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, 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 in death, and his widows shall make no lamentation."},{"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 buildeth his house as the moth, and as a booth which the keeper maketh."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered; he openeth his eyes, and he is not."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Terrors overtake him like waters; a tempest stealeth him away in the night."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; and it sweepeth him out of his place."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"For God shall hurl at 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 (ERV)","markdown":"[Job 27](https://primebible.com/erv/job/27)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/job/27 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}