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Job 27:1
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Job continued his discourse, saying:
Iyov again took up his parable, and said,
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
And Job again took up his discourse, and said:
And Job continued speaking:
And Job took up his discourse again:
Job continued his discourse and said,
Job again took up his discourse and said,
Job again took up his parable, and said,
Moreouer Iob proceeded and continued his parable, saying,
Then Job continued to lift up his discourse and said,
Job continued his discourse:
Job Continues Job said:
Iyov continued his speech:
And Job continued his parable and said,
MOREOVER Job continued his parable, and said,
I swear by the living Almighty God, who refuses me justice and makes my life bitter— <
Then Job again took up his discourse and said,
And Job continued the uplifting of his discourse, and said:
Iob also proceaded and wete forth in his communicacion, sayege:
And Job again took up his parable, and said,
And Job again took up the word and said,
And Job again took up his parable, and said:
Moreouer Iob continued his parable, and sayd,
And Iob proceeded and went foorth in his parable, saying,
And Job further continued and said in his parable,
And Job again took up his parable, and said,
Also Joob addide, takynge his parable, and seide,
And Job again took up his parable, and said,
Moreover, Job continued his parable, and said,
Moreover Job continued his discourse, and said:
Job continued speaking:
Job kept on speaking, and said,
Job again took up his discourse and said:
And Job again took up his measure, and said: -
Job also added, taking up his parable, and said:
And Job again took up his discourse, and said:
And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: --
Having waited for Zophar, Job now resumed his defense: "God-Alive! He's denied me justice! God Almighty! He's ruined my life! But for as long as I draw breath, and for as long as God breathes life into me, I refuse to say one word that isn't true. I refuse to confess to any charge that's false. There is no way I'll ever agree to your accusations. I'll not deny my integrity even if it costs me my life. I'm holding fast to my integrity and not loosening my grip— and, believe me, I'll never regret it.
Then Job continued his discourse and said,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Job: Numbers 23:7, Numbers 24:3, Numbers 24:15, Psalms 49:4, Psalms 78:2, Proverbs 26:7
continued: Heb. added to take up
Reciprocal: Job 29:1 - continued Micah 2:4 - shall
Cross-References
Isaac did not know it was Jacob, because his arms were hairy like Esau's. So Isaac blessed Jacob.
Then Isaac said, "Bring me the food. I will eat it and bless you." So Jacob gave him the food, and he ate it. Then Jacob gave him some wine, and he drank it.
Israel was old and his eyes were not good. So Joseph brought the boys close to his father. Israel kissed and hugged the boys.
Eli's eyes were getting so weak that he was almost blind. One night he went to his room to go to bed.
At that time your arms will lose their strength. Your legs will become weak and bent. Your teeth will fall out, and you will not be able to chew your food. Your eyes will not see clearly.
Jesus answered, "It was not any sin of this man or his parents that caused him to be blind. He was born blind so that he could be used to show what great things God can do.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Moreover Job continued his parable,.... Having finished his discourse concerning the worlds and ways of God, and the display of his majesty, power, and glory, in them, he pauses awhile, waiting for Zophar, whose turn was next to rise up, and make a reply to him; but neither he, nor any of his friends, reassumed the debate, but kept a profound silence, and chose not to carry on the dispute any further with him; either concluding him to be an obstinate man, not open to conviction, and on whom no impressions could be made, and that it was all lost time and labour to use any argument with him; or else being convicted in their minds that he was in the right, and they in the wrong, though they did not choose to own it; and especially being surprised with what he had last said concerning God and his works, whereby they perceived he had great knowledge of divine things, and could not be the man they had suspected him to be from his afflictions: however, though they are silent, Job was not, "he added to take or lift up his parable" a, as the words may be rendered; or his oration, as Mr. Broughton, his discourse; which, because it consisted of choice and principal things, which command regard and attention, of wise, grave, serious, and sententious sayings, and some of them such as not easy to be understood, being delivered in similes and figurative expressions, as particularly in the following chapter, it is called his parable; what are called parables being proverbial phrases, dark sayings, allegorical or metaphorical expressions, and the like; and which way of speaking Job is here said to take, "and lift up", which is an eastern phraseology, as appears from Balaam's use of it, Numbers 23:7; and may signify, that he delivered the following oration with great freedom, boldness, and confidence, and with a high tone and loud voice; to all which he might be induced by observing, through the silence of his friends, that he had got the advantage of them, and had carried his point, and had brought them to conviction or confusion, or however to silence, which gave him heart and spirit to proceed on with his oration, which he added to his former discourse:
and said; as follows.
a ויוסף שאת משלו "et addidit assumere suam parabolam", Pagninus, Montanus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Job continued - Margin, as in Hebrew “added to take up.” Probably he had paused for Zophar to reply, but since he said nothing he now resumed his argument.
His parable - A parable properly denotes a comparison of one thing with another, or a fable or allegorical representation from which moral instruction is derived. It was a favorite mode of conveying truth in the East, and indeed is found in all countries; see the notes at Matthew 13:3. It is evident, however, that Job did not deliver his sentiments in this manner; and the word rendered “parable” here (משׁל mâshâl) means, as it often does, a sententious discourse or argument. The word is used in the Scriptures to denote a parable, properly so called; then a sententious saying; an apothegm; a proverb; or a poem or song; see the notes at Isaiah 14:4. It is rendered here by the Vulgate, parabolam; by the Septuagint, προοιμίῳ prooimiō - “Job spake by preface;” Luther, fuhr fort - Job continued; Noyes, discourse; Good, high argument. The meaning is, that Job continued his discourse; but there is in the word a reference to the kind of discourse which he employed, as being sententious and apothegmatical.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER XXVII
Job strongly asserts his innocence; determines to maintain
it, and to avoid every evil way, 1-7.
Shows his abhorrence of the hypocrite by describing his
infamous character, accumulated miseries, and wretched end,
8-23.
NOTES ON CHAP. XXVII
Verse Job 27:1. Continued his parable — After having delivered the preceding discourse, Job appears to have paused to see if any of his friends chose to make any reply; but finding them all silent, he resumed his discourse, which is here called משלו meshalo, his parable, his authoritative weighty discourse; from משל mashal, to exercise rule, authority, dominion, or power. - Parkhurst. And it must be granted that in this speech he assumes great boldness, exhibits his own unsullied character, and treats his friends with little ceremony.
