Job 27:2

Easy To Read Version

“Truly, God lives.\par And just as truly as God lives,\par He has truly been unfair with me.\par God All-Powerful made my life bitter.\par

Cross References

2 Samuel 2:27

Then Joab said, “It is a good thing you said that. As sure as God is alive, if you had not said something, then people would still be chasing their brothers in the morning.”

1 Kings 17:1

Elijah was a prophet from the town of Tishbe in Gilead. Elijah said to King Ahab, “I serve the Lord God of Israel. By his power, I promise that no dew or rain will fall during the next few years. The rain will fall only if I command it to fall.”

1 Kings 18:15

Elijah answered, “As sure as the Lord All-Powerful lives, I promise that I will stand before the king today.”

2 Kings 4:27

But the Shunammite woman went up the hill to the man of God [31] (Elisha). She {bowed down and} touched Elisha’s feet. Gehazi came near to pull the Shunammite woman away. But the man of God (Elisha) said to Gehazi, “Let her alone! She’s very upset, and the Lord didn’t tell me about it. The Lord hid this news from me.”

Job 10:3

God, does hurting me make you happy?\par It seems that you don’t care about\par what you made.\par Or maybe you are happy\par with the plans that bad people make?\par

Job 16:11

God has given me to evil people.\par He let wicked people hurt me.\par

Job 19:6

But it is God who did wrong to me.\par He set his trap to catch me.\par

Job 23:16

God makes my heart weak,\par and I lose my courage.\par God All-Powerful makes me afraid.\par

Job 34:5

Job says,\par ‘I, Job, am innocent.\par And God is not fair to me.\par

Job 35:2

“Job, it is not fair for you to say,\par ‘I am more right than God.’\par

Job 40:8

“Job, do you think that I am not fair?\par You say that I am guilty of doing wrong\par so that you will appear innocent!\par

Job 9:17

God would just send storms to crush me.\par He would just give me more wounds\par for no reason.\par

Job 9:18

God would’t let me catch my breath again.\par He would just give me more trouble.\par

Isaiah 40:27

People of Jacob, this is true!\par Israel, you should believe this!\par So why do you say:\par “The Lord can’t see the way I live.\par God will not find me and punish me.”\par

Jeremiah 12:16

I want those people to learn their lessons well. In the past, those people taught my people to use Baal’s {\cf2\super [102]} name to make promises. Now, I want those people to learn their lessons just as well. I want those people to learn to use my name. I want those people to say, ‘As the Lord lives …’ If those people do that, then I will allow them to be successful and I will let them live among my people.

Jeremiah 4:2

If you do those things,\par then you will be able to use my name\par to make a promise:\par You will be able to say,\par ‘As the Lord lives.’\par And you will be able to use those words\par in a truthful, honest, and right way.\par If you do these things, then the nations\par will be blessed by the Lord.\par They will brag about the things\par that the Lord has done.”\par

Jeremiah 5:2

The people make promises and say, ‘As the Lord lives.’ But they don’t really mean it.”

Ezekiel 33:11

“You must say to them, ‘The Lord my Master says: On my life, I promise, I don’t enjoy seeing people die—not even evil people! I don’t want them to die. I want those evil people to come back to me. I want them to change their lives so they can really live! So come back to me! Stop doing bad things! Why must you die, family of Israel?’

Numbers 14:21

But, I tell you the truth. As surely as I live and as surely as my power fills the whole earth, I make you this promise!

Ruth 3:13

Stay here tonight. In the morning we will see if he will help [21] you. If he decides to help you, then that is fine. If he refuses to help, then I promise, as the Lord lives, I will marry you and buy back Elimelech’s land for you. [22] So lie here until morning.”

1 Samuel 14:39

I swear (promise) by the Lord who saves Israel, even if my own son Jonathan did the sin, he must die.” None of the people said a word.

1 Samuel 14:45

But the soldiers said to Saul, “Jonathan led Israel to a great victory today. Must Jonathan die? Never! We swear (promise) by the living God that {no one will hurt Jonathan}—not one hair of Jonathan’s head will fall to the ground! God helped Jonathan fight against the Philistines today!” So the people saved Jonathan. He was not put to death.

1 Samuel 20:21

Then I will tell the boy to go find the arrows. If everything is fine, then I will tell the boy, ‘You went too far! The arrows are closer to me. Come back and get them.’ If I say that, then you can come out of hiding. I promise, as surely as the Lord lives, you are safe. There is no danger.

1 Samuel 25:26

The Lord has kept you from killing innocent people. Surely as the Lord lives and surely as you live, I hope your enemies and all the people who want to harm you become like Nabal.

1 Samuel 25:34

Surely as the Lord the God of Israel lives, if you hadn’t come quickly to meet me, then not one man in Nabal’s family would have lived until tomorrow morning.”