Job 27:1

And Job adds to lift up his allegory and says:

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

In Context

2“God lives! He turned aside my judgment, || And the Mighty—He made my soul bitter.

Read all of Job 27

Cross References

Numbers 24:3and he takes up his allegory and says: “An affirmation of Balaam son of Beor, || And an affirmation of the man whose eyes are shut,

Job 29:1And Job adds to lift up his allegory and says:

Psalms 78:2I open my mouth with an allegory, || I bring forth hidden things 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Job 27:1