Apologetics Bible

Job 27:1

Hebrew

וַיֹּסֶף אִיּוֹב שְׂאֵת מְשָׁלוֹ וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

vayosef-'iyvov-she'et-meshalvo-vayo'mar

KJV: Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

AKJV: Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

ASV: And Job again took up his parable, and said,

YLT: And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: --

Exposition: Job 27:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 27:2

Hebrew

חַי־אֵל הֵסִיר מִשְׁפָּטִי וְשַׁדַּי הֵמַר נַפְשִֽׁי׃

chay-'el-hesiyr-mishefatiy-veshaday-hemar-nafeshiy

KJV: As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;

AKJV: As God lives, who has taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who has vexed my soul;

ASV: As God liveth, who hath taken away my right,

YLT: God liveth! He turned aside my judgment, And the Mighty--He made my soul bitter.

Exposition: Job 27:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 27:3

Hebrew

כִּֽי־כָל־עוֹד נִשְׁמָתִי בִי וְרוּחַ אֱלוֹהַּ בְּאַפִּֽי׃

khiy-khal-'vod-nishematiy-viy-vervcha-'elvoha-ve'afiy

KJV: All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;

AKJV: All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;

ASV: (For my life is yet whole in me,

YLT: For all the while my breath is in me, And the spirit of God in my nostrils.

Exposition: Job 27:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 27:4

Hebrew

אִם־תְּדַבֵּרְנָה שְׂפָתַי עַוְלָה וּלְשׁוֹנִי אִם־יֶהְגֶּה רְמִיָּֽה׃

'im-tedaverenah-shefatay-'avelah-vleshvoniy-'im-yehegeh-remiyah

KJV: My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

AKJV: My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

ASV: Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness,

YLT: My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not utter deceit.

Exposition: Job 27:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 27:5

Hebrew

חָלִילָה לִּי אִם־אַצְדִּיק אֶתְכֶם עַד־אֶגְוָע לֹא־אָסִיר תֻּמָּתִי מִמֶּֽנִּי׃

chaliylah-liy-'im-'atzediyq-'etekhem-'ad-'egeva'-lo'-'asiyr-tumatiy-mimeniy

KJV: God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.

AKJV: God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove my integrity from me.

ASV: Far be it from me that I should justify you:

YLT: Pollution to me--if I justify you, Till I expire I turn not aside mine integrity from me.

Exposition: Job 27:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 27:6

Hebrew

בְּצִדְקָתִי הֶחֱזַקְתִּי וְלֹא אַרְפֶּהָ לֹֽא־יֶחֱרַף לְבָבִי מִיָּמָֽי׃

vetzideqatiy-hechezaqetiy-velo'-'arefeha-lo'-yecheraf-levaviy-miyamay

KJV: My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

AKJV: My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

ASV: My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go:

YLT: On my righteousness I have laid hold, And I do not let it go, My heart doth not reproach me while I live.

Exposition: Job 27:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 27:7

Hebrew

יְהִי כְרָשָׁע אֹיְבִי וּמִתְקוֹמְמִי כְעַוָּֽל׃

yehiy-kherasha'-'oyeviy-vmiteqvomemiy-khe'aval

KJV: Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

AKJV: Let my enemy be as the wicked, and he that rises up against me as the unrighteous.

ASV: Let mine enemy be as the wicked,

YLT: As the wicked is my enemy, And my withstander as the perverse.

Exposition: Job 27:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 27:8

Hebrew

כִּי מַה־תִּקְוַת חָנֵף כִּי יִבְצָע כִּי יֵשֶׁל אֱלוֹהַּ נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃

khiy-mah-tiqevat-chanef-khiy-yivetza'-khiy-yeshel-'elvoha-nafeshvo

KJV: For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

AKJV: For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he has gained, when God takes away his soul?

ASV: For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain,

YLT: For what is the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul?

Exposition: Job 27:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 27:9

Hebrew

הַֽצַעֲקָתוֹ יִשְׁמַע ׀ אֵל כִּֽי־תָבוֹא עָלָיו צָרָֽה׃

hatza'aqatvo-yishema'- -'el-khiy-tavvo'-'alayv-tzarah

KJV: Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?

AKJV: Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him?

ASV: Will God hear his cry,

YLT: His cry doth God hear, When distress cometh on him?

Exposition: Job 27:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 27:10

Hebrew

אִם־עַל־שַׁדַּי יִתְעַנָּג יִקְרָא אֱלוֹהַּ בְּכָל־עֵֽת׃

'im-'al-shaday-yite'anag-yiqera'-'elvoha-vekhal-'et

KJV: Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?

AKJV: Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call on God?

ASV: Will he delight himself in the Almighty,

YLT: On the Mighty doth he delight himself? Call God at all times?

Exposition: Job 27:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 27:11

Hebrew

אוֹרֶה אֶתְכֶם בְּיַד־אֵל אֲשֶׁר עִם־שַׁדַּי לֹא אֲכַחֵֽד׃

'voreh-'etekhem-veyad-'el-'asher-'im-shaday-lo'-'akhached

KJV: I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

AKJV: I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

ASV: I will teach you concerning the hand of God;

YLT: I shew you by the hand of God, That which is with the Mighty I hide not.

Exposition: Job 27:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 27:12

Hebrew

הֵן־אַתֶּם כֻּלְּכֶם חֲזִיתֶם וְלָמָּה־זֶּה הֶבֶל תֶּהְבָּֽלוּ׃

hen-'atem-khulekhem-chaziytem-velamah-zeh-hevel-tehevalv

KJV: Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?

AKJV: Behold, all you yourselves have seen it; why then are you thus altogether vain?

ASV: Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it;

YLT: Lo, ye--all of you--have seen, And why is this--ye are altogether vain?

Exposition: Job 27:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 27:13

Hebrew

זֶה ׀ חֵֽלֶק־אָדָם רָשָׁע ׀ עִם־אֵל וְֽנַחֲלַת עָרִיצִים מִשַׁדַּי יִקָּֽחוּ׃

zeh- -cheleq-'adam-rasha'- -'im-'el-venachalat-'ariytziym-mishaday-yiqachv

KJV: This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.

AKJV: This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.

ASV: This is the portion of a wicked man with God,

YLT: This is the portion of wicked man with God, And the inheritance of terrible ones From the Mighty they receive.

Exposition: Job 27:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 27:14

Hebrew

אִם־יִרְבּוּ בָנָיו לְמוֹ־חָרֶב וְצֶאֱצָאָיו לֹא יִשְׂבְּעוּ־לָֽחֶם׃

'im-yirevv-vanayv-lemvo-charev-vetze'etza'ayv-lo'-yisheve'v-lachem

KJV: If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

AKJV: If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

ASV: If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword;

YLT: If his sons multiply--for them is a sword. And his offspring are not satisfied with bread.

Exposition: Job 27:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 27:15

Hebrew

שרידו שְׂרִידָיו בַּמָּוֶת יִקָּבֵרוּ וְאַלְמְנֹתָיו לֹא תִבְכֶּֽינָה׃

shrydv-sheriydayv-vamavet-yiqaverv-ve'alemenotayv-lo'-tivekheynah

KJV: Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.

AKJV: Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.

ASV: Those that remain of him shall be buried in death,

YLT: His remnant in death are buried, And his widows do not weep.

Exposition: Job 27:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 27:16

Hebrew

אִם־יִצְבֹּר כֶּעָפָר כָּסֶף וְכַחֹמֶר יָכִין מַלְבּֽוּשׁ׃

'im-yitzevor-khe'afar-khasef-vekhachomer-yakhiyn-malevvsh

KJV: Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;

AKJV: Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;

ASV: Though he heap up silver as the dust,

YLT: If he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing,

Exposition: Job 27:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 27:17

Hebrew

יָכִין וְצַדִּיק יִלְבָּשׁ וְכֶסֶף נָקִי יַחֲלֹֽק׃

yakhiyn-vetzadiyq-yilevash-vekhesef-naqiy-yachaloq

KJV: He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

AKJV: He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

ASV: He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on,

YLT: He prepareth--and the righteous putteth it on, And the silver the innocent doth apportion.

Exposition: Job 27:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 27:18

Hebrew

בָּנָה כָעָשׁ בֵּיתוֹ וּכְסֻכָּה עָשָׂה נֹצֵֽר׃

vanah-kha'ash-veytvo-vkhesukhah-'ashah-notzer

KJV: He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.

AKJV: He builds his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper makes.

ASV: He buildeth his house as the moth,

YLT: He hath built as a moth his house, And as a booth a watchman hath made.

Exposition: Job 27:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 27:19

Hebrew

עָשִׁיר יִשְׁכַּב וְלֹא יֵאָסֵף עֵינָיו פָּקַח וְאֵינֶֽנּוּ׃

'ashiyr-yishekhav-velo'-ye'asef-'eynayv-faqach-ve'eynenv

KJV: The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.

AKJV: The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he opens his eyes, and he is not.

ASV: He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered to his fathers;

YLT: Rich he lieth down, and he is not gathered, His eyes he hath opened, and he is not.

Exposition: Job 27:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 27:20

Hebrew

תַּשִּׂיגֵהוּ כַמַּיִם בַּלָּהוֹת לַיְלָה גְּנָבַתּוּ סוּפָֽה׃

tashiygehv-khamayim-valahvot-layelah-genavatv-svfah

KJV: Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

AKJV: Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest steals him away in the night.

ASV: Terrors overtake him like waters;

YLT: Overtake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind.

Exposition: Job 27:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 27:21

Hebrew

יִשָּׂאֵהוּ קָדִים וְיֵלַךְ וִֽישָׂעֲרֵהוּ מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ׃

yisha'ehv-qadiym-veyelakhe-viysha'arehv-mimeqomvo

KJV: The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.

AKJV: The east wind carries him away, and he departs: and as a storm hurls him out of his place.

ASV: The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth;

YLT: Take him up doth an east wind, and he goeth, And it frighteneth him from his place,

Exposition: Job 27:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 27:22

Hebrew

וְיַשְׁלֵךְ עָלָיו וְלֹא יַחְמֹל מִיָּדוֹ בָּרוֹחַ יִבְרָֽח׃

veyashelekhe-'alayv-velo'-yachemol-miyadvo-varvocha-yiverach

KJV: For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

AKJV: For God shall cast on him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

ASV: ForGodshall hurl at him, and not spare:

YLT: And it casteth at him, and doth not spare, From its hand he diligently fleeth.

Exposition: Job 27:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 27:23

Hebrew

יִשְׂפֹּק עָלֵימוֹ כַפֵּימוֹ וְיִשְׁרֹק עָלָיו מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ׃

yishefoq-'aleymvo-khafeymvo-veyisheroq-'alayv-mimeqomvo

KJV: Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.

AKJV: Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.

ASV: Men shall clap their hands at him,

YLT: It clappeth at him its hands, And it hisseth at him from his place.

Exposition: Job 27:23 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.