Job 27:1
Moreouer Iob proceeded and continued his parable, saying,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
In Context
2The liuing God hath taken away my iudgement: for the Almightie hath put my soule in bitternesse.
Cross References
Numbers 24:3And he vttered his parable, and sayd, Balaam the sonne of Beor hath sayde, and the man, whose eyes were shut vp, hath sayd,
Job 29:1So Iob proceeded and continued his parable, saying,
Psalms 78:2I will open my mouth in a parable: I will declare high sentences of olde.
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 →