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Text -- Job 27:1-20 (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?
27:10 Will he find delight in the Almighty ? Will he call out to God at all times ?
27:11 I will teach you about the power of God ; What is on the Almighty’s mind I will not conceal .
27:12 If you yourselves have all seen this, Why in the world do you continue this meaningless talk ?
27:13 This is the portion of the wicked man allotted by God , the inheritance that evildoers receive from the Almighty .
27:14 If his children increase – it is for the sword ! His offspring never have enough to eat .
27:15 Those who survive him are buried by the plague , and their widows do not mourn for them.
27:16 If he piles up silver like dust and stores up clothing like mounds of clay ,
27:17 what he stores up a righteous man will wear , and an innocent man will inherit his silver .
27:18 The house he builds is as fragile as a moth’s cocoon, like a hut that a watchman has made .
27:19 He goes to bed wealthy , but will do so no more . When he opens his eyes , it is all gone .
27:20 Terrors overwhelm him like a flood ; at night a whirlwind carries him off .
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NET Notes -> Job 27:1; Job 27:2; Job 27:2; Job 27:2; Job 27:3; Job 27:3; Job 27:4; Job 27:4; Job 27:5; Job 27:5; Job 27:6; Job 27:6; Job 27:7; Job 27:7; Job 27:7; Job 27:8; Job 27:8; Job 27:10; Job 27:11; Job 27:11; Job 27:11; Job 27:12; Job 27:12; Job 27:13; Job 27:14; Job 27:14; Job 27:15; Job 27:15; Job 27:17; Job 27:18; Job 27:18; Job 27:19; Job 27:19; Job 27:20
NET Notes: Job 27:1 The Hebrew word מָשָׁל (mashal) is characteristically “proverb; by-word.” It normally refers to a brie...
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NET Notes: Job 27:2 The verb הֵמַר (hemar) is the Hiphil perfect from מָרַר (marar, “to be bitter”...
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NET Notes: Job 27:3 The word נְשָׁמָה (nÿshamah) is the “breath” that was breathed into Adam in Gen 2:7. ...
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NET Notes: Job 27:4 The verb means “to utter; to mumble; to meditate.” The implication is that he will not communicate deceitful things, no matter how quiet o...
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NET Notes: Job 27:5 In the Hebrew text “you” is plural – a reference to Eliphaz, Zophar, and Bildad. To make this clear, “three” is supplied...
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NET Notes: Job 27:6 The prepositional phrase “from my days” probably means “from the days of my birth,” or “all my life.”
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NET Notes: Job 27:7 The LXX made a free paraphrase: “No, but let my enemies be as the overthrow of the ungodly, and they that rise up against me as the destruction ...
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NET Notes: Job 27:8 The verb יֵשֶׁל (yeshel) is found only here. It has been related spoils [or sheaves]”); שָׁ...
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NET Notes: Job 27:12 The text has the noun “vain thing; breath; vapor,” and then a denominative verb from the same root: “to become vain with a vain thin...
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NET Notes: Job 27:13 The expression “allotted by God” interprets the simple prepositional phrase in the text: “with/from God.”
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NET Notes: Job 27:15 The LXX has “their widows” to match the plural, and most commentators harmonize in the same way.
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NET Notes: Job 27:17 The text simply repeats the verb from the last clause. It could be treated as a separate short clause: “He may store it up, but the righteous wi...
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NET Notes: Job 27:18 The Hebrew word is the word for “booth,” as in the Feast of Booths. The word describes something that is flimsy; it is not substantial at ...
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NET Notes: Job 27:19 Heb “and he is not.” One view is that this must mean that he dies, not that his wealth is gone. R. Gordis (Job, 295) says the first part s...
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