King James Version
Job 27:2 in the King James Version says “As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; vexed: Heb. made my soul bitte...” — study this verse from Job chapter 27 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; vexed: Heb. made my soul bitter”
Job 27:2 · KJV
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, continued: Heb. added to take up
As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; vexed: Heb. made my soul bitter
All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; the spirit: that is, the breath which God gave him
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
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“liveth”
H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
“As God”
H410strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the almighty (but used also of any deity)
“my judgment”
H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
“my soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
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