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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Job 27 ERV</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/erv/job/27.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/5001.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 4800px), only screen and (max-device-width: 4800px)" href="/4801.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 1550px), only screen and (max-device-width: 1550px)" href="/1551.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 1250px), only screen and (max-device-width: 1250px)" href="/1251.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 1050px), only screen and (max-device-width: 1050px)" href="/1051.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 900px), only screen and (max-device-width: 900px)" href="/901.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 800px), only screen and (max-device-width: 800px)" href="/801.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 575px), only screen and (max-device-width: 575px)" href="/501.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-height: 450px), only screen and (max-device-height: 450px)" href="/h451.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/job/27.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/combine/job/27-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ERV</a> > Job 27</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../job/26.htm" title="Job 26">◄</a> Job 27 <a href="../job/28.htm" title="Job 28">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">English Revised Version</div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Job Affirms his Integrity</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And Job again took up his parable, and said,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>As God liveth, who hath taken away my right; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>(For my life is yet whole in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;)</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.</p> <p class="hdg">The State of the Godless</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, when God taketh away his soul?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Will God hear his cry, when trouble cometh upon him?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>I will teach you concerning the hand of God; that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye become altogether vain?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Those that remain of him shall be buried in death, and his widows shall make no lamentation.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a booth which the keeper maketh.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered; he openeth his eyes, and he is not.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Terrors overtake him like waters; a tempest stealeth him away in the night.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; and it sweepeth him out of his place.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For God shall hurl at him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">English Revised Version, 1885<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../job/26.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 26"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 26" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../job/28.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 28"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 28" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/scan/job/27-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></body></html>