TODAY'S ENGLISH VERSION
1-2 I swear by the living Almighty God,
who refuses me justice and makes my life bitter
3 as long as God gives me breath
4 my lips will never say anything evil,
and my tongue will never speak a lie.
5 I will never say that you men are right;
as long as I live I will ins... [ Continue Reading ]
IV. THE LONELINESS AND ISOLATION OF JOB (Job 27:1, Job 31:40)
A. THE AFFIRMATION OF INNOCENCE (Job 27:1-6)
TEXT 27:1-6
27 AND JOB AGAIN TOOK UP HIS PARABLE AND SAID,
2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my right,
And the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul
3 (For my life is yet whole in me,
And t... [ Continue Reading ]
B. NO BELIEVERS ANONYMOUS,
I.E., NO UNIVERSAL SALVATION (Job 27:7-23)
TEXT 27:7-23
7 LET MINE ENEMY BE AS THE WICKED,
And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.
8 For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain,
When God taketh away his soul?
9 Will God hear his... [ Continue Reading ]