Job 27:2
“As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice—the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—
BSB
ASV
As God liveth, who hath taken away my right, And the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul
KJV
As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
Who hath taken away my judgment - Who has turned aside my cause, and has not permitted it to come to a hearing, where I might have justice done to me, but has abandoned me to the harsh and uncharitable judgment of my enemies? There appears to be a great want of reverence in these words of Job; he speaks with a degree of irritation, if not bitterness, which cannot be justified. No man should speak thus of his Maker.
Elihu reproved him for this word ( ch. xxxiv. 5 ); for God is righteous in all his ways, and takes away no man's judgment. But see how apt we are to despair of favour if it be not shown us immediately, so poor-spirited are we and so soon weary of waiting God's time.
1834–1892
THE word, "who," was put into this verse by the translators, but it is not needed. It is better as I have read it to you, "The Almighty has vexed my soul." The marginal reading is, perhaps, a more exact translation of the original—"The Almighty has embittered my soul." From this we learn that a good man may have his soul vexed. He may not be able to preserve the serenity of his mind. We think and think rightly, that a Christian man should "glory in tribulations, also," and rise superior to all outward afflictions.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Numbers 14:21“Yet as surely as I live and as surely as the whole earth is filled with the glory of the LORD,
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For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
And blessed be His glorious name forever; may all the earth be filled with His glory. Amen and amen.
And they were calling out to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory.”
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1 Samuel 14:45But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die—he who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the…
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Yet not even a hair of your head will perish.
“Please,” she replied, “may the king invoke the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing the devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!” “As surely as the LORD…
So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”
And Solomon replied, “If he is a man of character, not a single hair of his will fall to the ground. But if evil is found in him, he will die.”