Job 27:1
And Job again took up his parable, and said:
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
In Context
2As God liveth, who hath taken away my right; and the Almighty, who hath dealt bitterly with me;
Cross References
Numbers 24:3And he took up his parable, and said: The saying of Balaam the son of Beor, and the saying of the man whose eye is opened;
Job 29:1And Job again took up his parable, and said:
Psalms 78:2I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter dark sayings concerning days of old;
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 →