Job 27:2

Modern English Version

“As God lives, who has taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,

Cross References

2 Samuel 2:27

Joab responded, “As God lives, I assure you that if you had not said this, the people would have each pursued his brother throughout the night.”

1 Kings 17:1

Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord God of Israel lives before whom I stand, there will not be dew or rain these years except by my word.”

1 Kings 18:15

Elijah said, “As the Lord of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today.”

2 Kings 4:27

When she came to the man of God at the mountain, she grabbed his feet. Gehazi approached to push her away. But the man of God said, “Let her alone, for she is in bitter distress, and the Lord has hidden it from me and has not told me.”

Job 10:3

Is it good for You that You should oppress, that You should despise the work of Your hands and smile on the counsel of the wicked?

Job 16:11

God has delivered me to the ungodly and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

Job 19:6

know now that God has bent me and has surrounded me with His net.

Job 23:16

For God makes my heart soft, and the Almighty troubles me;

Job 34:5

“For Job has said, ‘I am righteous, but God has taken away my judgment.

Job 35:2

“Do you think this is right, that you say, ‘My righteousness is before God’?

Job 40:8

“Will you indeed annul My judgment? Will you condemn Me, that you may be righteous?

Job 9:17

For He crushes me with a storm and multiplies my wounds without cause.

Job 9:18

He will not allow me to get my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

Isaiah 40:27

Why do you say, O Jacob, and assert, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the Lord, and my justice escapes the notice of my God”?

Jeremiah 12:16

It shall come to pass if they will diligently learn the ways of My people, to swear by My name, “As the Lord lives,” as they taught My people to swear by Baal, then they will be built up in the midst of My people.

Jeremiah 4:2

You shall swear, “As the Lord lives,” in truth, in justice, and in righteousness; then the nations shall bless themselves in Him, and in Him they shall glory.

Jeremiah 5:2

Though they say, “The Lord lives,” surely they swear falsely.

Ezekiel 33:11

Say to them: As I live, says the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why will you die, O house of Israel?

Numbers 14:21

But truly as I live, all the earth will be filled with the glory of the Lord.

Ruth 3:13

Stay here tonight, and in the morning if he wants to redeem you, very well. Let him do so. Yet if he does not want to redeem you, then I will redeem you. I will, as the Lord lives! Sleep here until morning.”

1 Samuel 14:39

For, as the Lord lives, who saves Israel, even if it is in Jonathan my son, he will surely die.” But there was not one who answered him from among all the people.

1 Samuel 14:45

The people said to Saul, “Will Jonathan die, who has worked this great salvation in Israel? God forbid. As the Lord lives, there will not one hair of his head fall to the ground. For he has worked with God this day.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.

1 Samuel 20:21

And behold, I will send a boy, saying, ‘Go, find the arrows.’ If I expressly say to the boy, ‘See, the arrows are on this side of you, take them,’ then come, for it will be safe for you. And as the Lord lives, it is nothing of concern.

1 Samuel 25:26

Now my lord, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, because the Lord has restrained you from coming in bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now let your enemies, and those seeking to do evil to my lord, be as Nabal.

1 Samuel 25:34

For as the Lord, the God of Israel lives, who has restrained me from injuring you, if you had not hurried to come and meet me, surely there would not have been left even one male to Nabal by the morning light.”