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Texts -- Job 27:1-9 (NET)

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A Protest of Innocence
27:1 And Job took up his discourse again : 27:2 “As surely as God lives , who has denied me justice , the Almighty , who has made my life bitter 27:3 for while my spirit is still in me, and the breath from God is in my nostrils , 27:4 my lips will not speak wickedness , and my tongue will whisper no deceit . 27:5 I will never declare that you three are in the right ; until I die , I will not set aside my integrity ! 27:6 I will maintain my righteousness and never let it go ; my conscience will not reproach me for as long as I live .
The Condition of the Wicked
27:7 “May my enemy be like the wicked , my adversary like the unrighteous . 27:8 For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off , when God takes away his life ? 27:9 Does God listen to his cry when distress overtakes him?

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  • The writer composed the prologue and epilogue of this book in prose narrative and the main body (3:1-42:6) in poetry. The prologue and epilogue form a frame around the main emphasis of the revelation, the poetic section, and ...
  • The two soliloquies of Job (chs. 3 and 29-31) enclose three cycles of dialogue between Job and his three friends. Each cycle consists of speeches by Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar in that order interspersed with Job's reply to e...
  • Job's long speech here contrasts strikingly with Bildad's short preceding speech (ch. 25).In the first of these two chapters Job addressed his remarks to Bildad's most recent comments. In the second he broadened his view to i...
  • Since 27:1 begins, "Then Job continued . . .,"Job may have paused and waited for Zophar to respond. However we have no third speech by him in the text. Evidently Job proceeded to elaborate further on Bildad's "wisdom"but broa...
  • Elihu began by voicing his respect for Job's three friends (vv. 6-10). They were older than he, and for this reason he said he had refrained from speaking until now. However he had become convinced that advancing age does not...
  • Elihu reminded the three older counselors that Job had claimed to be innocent of transgressions (cf. 13:18, 23; 14:17; 23:11; 27:2, 6). Then he sided with them and agreed that Job was guilty of sin for which God could punish ...
  • The Pharisees, who considered themselves enlightened, now tried to badger the formerly blind man into denying that he saw the light.9:24 The Pharisees now questioned the healed man again. They had already decided that Jesus w...
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