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Job 27:1–2

Job’s Final Word to His Friends

27 And Job continued his discourse:p

“As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice,q

the Almighty,r who has made my life bitter,s

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Job 27:1–2 — English Standard Version (ESV)

And Job again took up his discourse, and said:

“As God lives, who has taken away my right,

and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,

Job 27:1–2 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment;

And the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;

Job 27:1–2 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Job continued speaking:

“I vow by the living God, who has taken away my rights,

by the Almighty who has embittered my soul—

Job 27:1–2 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Moreover Job continued his discourse, and said:

As God lives, who has taken away my justice,

And the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,

Job 27:1–2 — New Century Version (NCV)

And Job continued speaking:

“As surely as God lives, who has taken away my rights,

the Almighty, who has made me unhappy,

Job 27:1–2 — American Standard Version (ASV)

And Job again took up his parable, and said,

As God liveth, who hath taken away my right,

And the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul:

Job 27:1–2 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And Job continued his parable and said, As •God liveth, who hath taken away my right, and the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul,

Job 27:1–2 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Job continued his poems and said, 

“I swear an oath 

by God, the one who has taken away my rights, 

by the Almighty, who has made my life bitter: 

Job 27:1–2 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Job continued his discourse, saying:

As God lives, who has deprived me of justice,

and the Almighty who has made me bitter,

Job 27:1–2 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Job again took up his discourse and said:

“As God lives, who has taken away my right,

and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,

Job 27:1–2 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Then Job again took up his discourse and said,

“As God lives, he has removed my justice,

and Shaddai has made my inner self bitter.

Job 27:1–2 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Job continued to speak. He said,

“God hasn’t treated me fairly.

The Mighty One has made my spirit bitter.

You can be sure that God lives.

And here’s something else you can be sure of.

Job 27:1–2 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Then Job continued his discourse and said,

“As God lives, who has taken away my right,

And the Almighty, who has embittered my soul,


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