geneva - 27

geneva@Job:27:1 @ Moreouer Iob proceeded and continued his parable, saying,

geneva@Job:27:2 @ [As] God liveth, [who] hath taken away my (note:)He has so sore afflicted me that men cannot judge my uprightness; for they judge only by outward signs.(:note) judgment; and the Almighty, [who] hath vexed my soul;

geneva@Job:27:3 @ Yet so long as my breath is in me, and the Spirit of God in my nostrels,

geneva@Job:27:4 @

geneva@Job:27:5 @ God forbid that I should (note:)Which condemns me as a wicked man, because the hand of God is on me.(:note) justify you: till I die I will not remove mine I will not confess that God does thus punish me for my sins. integrity from me.

geneva@Job:27:6 @ My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach [me] so long as I (note:)Of my life past.(:note) live.

geneva@Job:27:7 @ Mine enemie shal be as the wicked, and he that riseth against me, as the vnrighteous.

geneva@Job:27:8 @ For what [is] the (note:)What advantage has the dissembler to gain, seeing he will lose his own soul?(:note) hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

geneva@Job:27:9 @ Will God heare his cry, when trouble commeth vpon him?

geneva@Job:27:10 @ Will he set his delight on the Almightie? will he call vpon God at all times?

geneva@Job:27:11 @ I will teach you by the hand of (note:)That is, what God reserves for himself, and of which he gives not knowledge to all.(:note) God: [that] which [is] with the Almighty will I not conceal.

geneva@Job:27:12 @ Behold, all ye yourselves (note:)That is, these secret judgments of God and yet do not understand them.(:note) have seen [it]; why then are ye thus altogether Why do you then maintain this error? vain?

geneva@Job:27:13 @ This [is] the (note:)Thus will God order the wicked, and punish him even to his posterity.(:note) portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, [which] they shall receive of the Almighty.

geneva@Job:27:14 @ If his children be in great nomber, the sworde shall destroy them, and his posteritie shall not be satisfied with bread.

geneva@Job:27:15 @ Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows (note:)No one will lament him.(:note) shall not weep.

geneva@Job:27:16 @ Though he shoulde heape vp siluer as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay,

geneva@Job:27:17 @ He may prepare it, but the iust shall put it on, and the innocent shall deuide the siluer.

geneva@Job:27:18 @ He buildeth his house as a (note:)Which breeds in another man's possessions or garment, but is soon shaken out.(:note) moth, and as a booth [that] the keeper maketh.

geneva@Job:27:19 @ The rich man shall lie down, but (note:)He means that the wicked tyrants will not have a quiet death, nor be buried honourably.(:note) he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he [is] not.

geneva@Job:27:20 @ Terrours shal take him as waters, & a tempest shall cary him away by night.

geneva@Job:27:21 @ The East winde shall take him away, & he shal depart: & it shal hurle him out of his place.

geneva@Job:27:22 @ And God shal cast vpon him and not spare, though he would faine flee out of his hand.

geneva@Job:27:23 @ Euery man shall clap their hands at him, & hisse at him out of their place.

Job 27