Job 27:1

Job also added, taking up his parable, and said:

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

In Context

2As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who hath brought my soul to bitterness,

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Cross References

Numbers 24:3He took up his parable and said: Balaam the son of Beor hath said: The man hath said, whose eye ire stopped up:

Job 29:1Job also added, taking up his parable, and said:

Psalms 78:2I will open my mouth in parables: I will utter propositions from the beginning.

Matthew Henry on Job 27:1

Job had sometimes complained of his friends that they were so eager in disputing that they would scarcely let him put in a word: "Suffer me that I may speak;" and, "O that you would hold your peace!" But now, it seems, they were out of breath, and left him room to say what he would. Either they were themselves convinced that Job was in the right or they despaired of convincing him that he was in the wrong; and therefore they threw away their weapons and gave up the cause. Job was too hard for them, and forced them… Read the whole commentary →

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