{"reader_html":"<h1 class=\"chapter-heading\">The Book of Job<span class=\"chapter-label\">Chapter 27<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><span class=\"dropcap-wrap\" data-v=\"1\"><span class=\"dropcap\" title=\"Compare verse 1 across translations\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,27,1,&quot;Job&quot;)\">M<\/span>oreover Job continued his parable, and said,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"2\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,27,2,&quot;Job&quot;)\">2<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"3\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,27,3,&quot;Job&quot;)\">3<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"4\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,27,4,&quot;Job&quot;)\">4<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"5\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,27,5,&quot;Job&quot;)\">5<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"6\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,27,6,&quot;Job&quot;)\">6<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"7\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,27,7,&quot;Job&quot;)\">7<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"8\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,27,8,&quot;Job&quot;)\">8<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"9\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,27,9,&quot;Job&quot;)\">9<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"10\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,27,10,&quot;Job&quot;)\">10<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"11\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,27,11,&quot;Job&quot;)\">11<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"12\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,27,12,&quot;Job&quot;)\">12<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"13\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,27,13,&quot;Job&quot;)\">13<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"14\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,27,14,&quot;Job&quot;)\">14<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"15\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,27,15,&quot;Job&quot;)\">15<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"16\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,27,16,&quot;Job&quot;)\">16<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"17\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,27,17,&quot;Job&quot;)\">17<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"18\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,27,18,&quot;Job&quot;)\">18<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"19\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,27,19,&quot;Job&quot;)\">19<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"20\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,27,20,&quot;Job&quot;)\">20<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"21\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,27,21,&quot;Job&quot;)\">21<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"22\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,27,22,&quot;Job&quot;)\">22<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"23\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,18,27,23,&quot;Job&quot;)\">23<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"bottom-nav\"><a href=\"\/kjv\/1\/18\/26\" class=\"nav-btn-lg nav-ajax\">&lsaquo; Previous<\/a><a href=\"\/kjv\/1\/18\/28\" class=\"nav-btn-lg nav-ajax\">Next &rsaquo;<\/a><\/div>\n","page_title":"The Book of Job, Chapter 27 — King James Version","book_title":"The Book of Job","toolbar_title":"The Book of Job — Ch. 27","prev_url":"\/kjv\/1\/18\/26","next_url":"\/kjv\/1\/18\/28","tid":1,"book_id":18,"chapter":27,"num_chapters":42,"trans":"KJV","is_rtl":false,"strongs_data":{},"bsb_glosses":{},"book_name":"Job","canonical_url":"https:\/\/accept.gift\/kjv\/1\/18\/27","meta_desc":"Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; All the while my brea…"}