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Job 27:2
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"I vow by the living God, who has taken away my rights, by the Almighty who has embittered my soul—
As God liveth, who hath taken away my right; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
As God lives, who has taken away my right, And the Almighty, who has vexed my soul:
"As surely as God lives, who has taken away my rights, the Almighty, who has made me unhappy,
"As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made my life bitter—
[As] God liveth, [who] hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty [who] hath afflicted my soul;
"As God lives, who has taken away my right, The Almighty, who has made my soul bitter.
"As God lives, who has taken away my right and denied me justice, And the Almighty, who has caused bitterness and grief for my soul,
"As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,
God lyueth, that hath take awey my doom, and Almyyti God, that hath brouyt my soule to bitternesse.
"As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice-the Almighty, who has embittered my soul-
I am desperate because God All-Powerful refuses to do what is right. As surely as God lives,
As God liveth, who hath taken away my right, And the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul
By the life of God, who has taken away my right; and of the Ruler of all, who has made my soul bitter;
"I swear by the living God, who is denying me justice, and by Shaddai, who deals with me so bitterly,
[As] God liveth, who hath taken away my right, and the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul,
"God All-Powerful has been unfair to me; he has made my life bitter. But I swear by his life,
As God liveth, who hath taken away my right; and the Almighty, who hath dealt bitterly with me;
As God liueth, who hath taken away my iudgment, and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soule;
"As God lives, Who has taken away my right, and the All-powerful, Who has troubled my soul,
"As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,
The liuing God hath taken away my iudgement: for the Almightie hath put my soule in bitternesse.
As God lives, who has wronged my judgment, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter;
As GOD liveth who hath taken away my right, even the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul;
As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who hath brought my soul to bitterness,
"As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter;
As God lyueth whiche hath taken away my iudgement, and the almightie that hath vexed my minde:
As God lives, who has thus judge me; and the Almighty, who has embittered my soul;
As God lives, who has deprived me of justice,and the Almighty who has made me bitter,
"As God lives, who has taken away my right, The Almighty, who has made my soul bitter.
"As God lives, he has removed my justice, and Shaddai has made my inner self bitter.
As God lives, He has taken away my judgment; yea, the Almighty has made my soul bitter.
God liveth! He turned aside my judgment, And the Mighty -- He made my soul bitter.
As truly as God lyueth (which hath taken awaye my power fro me) & the Allmightie, that hath vexed my mynde:
"As God lives, who has taken away my right, And the Almighty, who has embittered my soul,
"As God lives, who has taken away my justice, And the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,
"As God lives, who has taken away my right, And the Almighty, who has embittered my soul,
"As God lives, who has removed my justice,And the Almighty, who has embittered my soul,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
God liveth: Numbers 14:21, Ruth 3:13, 1 Samuel 14:39, 1 Samuel 14:45, 1 Samuel 20:21, 1 Samuel 25:26, 1 Samuel 25:34, 2 Samuel 2:27, 1 Kings 17:1, 1 Kings 18:15, Jeremiah 4:2, Jeremiah 5:2, Jeremiah 12:16, Ezekiel 33:11
taken: Job 10:3, Job 34:5, Isaiah 40:27
vexed my soul: Heb. made my soul bitter, Ruth 1:20, Ruth 1:21, 2 Kings 4:27
Reciprocal: Judges 18:25 - angry Job 19:2 - vex Job 23:16 - Almighty Job 32:2 - because Job 35:2 - My Job 40:2 - he that reproveth Job 40:8 - wilt thou condemn Daniel 12:7 - liveth Acts 8:33 - judgment
Cross-References
And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord , Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.
And said, Remember now, O Lord , I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
[As] God liveth,.... Which is an oath, as Jarchi observes, and is a form of one frequently used, see 2 Samuel 2:27; and is used by God himself, who, because he can swear by no greater, swears by himself, and by his life, which ever continues, as in Ezekiel 18:3; and many other places; and so the Angel of the Lord, even the uncreated Angel,
Daniel 12:7; and so should men, when they swear at all, it should be in this manner, see Jeremiah 4:2; though this ought not to be but in cases of moment and importance, for the confirmation of the truth, and to put an end to strife, when it cannot be done any other way than by an appeal to God; as was the present case with Job, it being about hypocrisy, and want of integrity his friends charged him with; and such a case can only be determined truly and fully by God, who is here described as the living God, by whom men swear, in opposition to the idols of the Gentiles, which are of gold, silver, wood, and stone, and without life and breath, or to their deified heroes, who were dead men; but the true God is the living God, has life in and of himself, and is the fountain of life to others, the author and giver of life, natural, spiritual, and eternal, and who himself lives for ever and ever; and as such is the object of faith and confidence, of fear and reverence, of love and affection; all which swearing by him supposes and implies; it is a saying of R. Joshuah, as Jarchi on the place relates it,
"that Job from love served God, for no man swears by the life of a king but who loves the king;''
the object swore by is further described,
[who] hath taken away my judgment; not the judgment of his mind, or his sense of judging things, which remained with him quick and strong, notwithstanding his afflictions; nor correction with judgment, which continued with him; but, as the Targum paraphrases it,
"he hath taken away the rule of my judgment;''
that is, among men, his substance, wealth, and riches, his former affluence and prosperity, which while he enjoyed, he was reckoned a good man; but now all this being taken away by the hand of God as it was, he was censured as a wicked man, and even by his friends; or rather it is a complaint, that God had neglected the judgment of him, like that of the church in Isaiah 40:27; that he did not stir up himself to his judgment, even to his cause; did not vindicate him, though he appealed to him; did not admit him to his judgment seat, nor give his cause a hearing, and decide it, though he had most earnestly desired it; nor did he let him know the reason of his thus dealing and contending with him; yea, he afflicted him severely, though righteous and innocent, in which Job obliquely reflects upon the dealings of God with him; though he does not charge him with injustice, or break out into blasphemy of him; yet this seems to be one of those speeches which God disapproved of, and is taken notice of by Elihu with a censure,
Job 34:5;
and the Almighty, [who] hath vexed my soul; with whom nothing is impossible, and who could easily have relieved him from his distresses; and who was "Shaddai", the all-sufficient Being, who could have supplied him with all things temporal and spiritual he wanted; yet instead of this "vexed [his] soul" with adversity, with afflictions very grievous to him, his hand touching and pressing him sore: or, "hath made my soul bitter" b; dealt bitterly with him, as the Almighty did with Naomi, Ruth 1:20. Afflictions are bitter things, they are like the waters of Marah, they are wormwood and gall, they cause bitter distress and sorrow, and make a man go and speak in the bitterness of his soul; and these are of God, to whom job ascribes his, and not to chance and fortune; they were bitter things God appointed for him and wrote against him.
b המר נפשי "affecit amaritudine animam meam", Pagninus, Montanus, Mercerus, Michaelis; so Sept.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
As God liveth - A form of solemn adjuration, or an oath by the living God. “As certainly as God lives.” It is the form by which God himself often swears; see Ezekiel 14:16; Ezekiel 33:11, and is often employed by others; 1Sa 20:3; 1 Samuel 25:26.
Who hath taken away my judgment - Who hath rejected my cause, or who has refused me justice; that is, who has treated me as though I was guilty, and withholds from me relief. The language is forensic, and the idea is, that he would make his solemn appeal to him, even though he had rejected his cause. Perhaps there is implied here more than the solemnity of an ordinary oath. A man might be supposed to be willing to make his appeal to one who had shown himself friendly or favorable to him, but he would manifest more reluctance to making his appeal in an important case to a judge who had decided against him, especially if that decision was regarded as severe, and if that judge had refused to hear what he had to say in self-defense. But Job here says, that such was his confidence in his own sincerity and truth, that he could make his appeal to God, even though he knew that he had hitherto gone against him, and treated him as if he were guilty.
Who hath vexed my soul - Margin, as in Hebrew “made my soul bitter.” That is, who has greatly afflicted me; compare 2 Kings 4:27, margin, and Ruth 1:20.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 27:2. Who hath taken away my judgment — Who has turned aside my cause, and has not permitted it to come to a hearing, where I might have justice done to me, but has abandoned me to the harsh and uncharitable judgment of my enemies? There appears to be a great want of reverence in these words of Job; he speaks with a degree of irritation, if not bitterness, which cannot be justified. No man should speak thus of his Maker.
