Hiob 27:1-11

1 Und Hiob fuhr fort, seinen Spruch anzuheben, und sprach:

2 So wahr Gott lebt, der mir mein Recht entzogen, und der Allmächtige, der meine Seele bitter gemacht hat,

3 so lange mein Odem in mir ist, und der Hauch Gottes in meiner Nase:

4 wenn meine Lippen Unrecht reden werden, und wenn meine Zunge Trug aussprechen wird!

5 Fern sei es von mir, daß ich euch recht geben sollte; bis ich verscheide, werde ich meine Unsträflichkeit nicht von mir weichen lassen.

6 An meiner Gerechtigkeit halte ich fest und werde sie nicht fahren lassen: mein Herz schmäht nicht einen von meinen Tagen.

7 Mein Feind sei wie der Gesetzlose, und der wider mich auftritt wie der Ungerechte.

8 Denn was ist des Ruchlosen Hoffnung, wenn Gott abschneidet, wenn er seine Seele herauszieht?

9 Wird Gott sein Geschrei hören, wenn Bedrängnis über ihn kommt?

10 Oder wird er sich an dem Allmächtigen ergötzen, Gott anrufen zu aller Zeit?

11 Ich will euch belehren über die Hand Gottes; was bei dem Allmächtigen ist, will ich nicht verhehlen.

Hiob 27:1-11 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 27

Though Job's friends were become silent, and dropped the controversy with him, he still continued his discourse in this and the four following chapters; in which he asserts his integrity; illustrates and confirms his former sentiments; gives further proof of his knowledge of things, natural and divine; takes notice of his former state of prosperity, and of his present distresses and afflictions, which came upon him, notwithstanding his piety, humanity, and beneficence, and his freedom from the grosser acts of sin, both with respect to God and men, all which he enlarges upon. In this chapter he gives his word and oath for it, that he would never belie himself, and own that he was an hypocrite, when he was not, but would continue to assert his integrity, and the righteousness of his cause, as long as he lived, Job 27:1-6; for to be an hypocrite, and to attempt to conceal his hypocrisy, would be of no advantage to him, either in life, or in death, Job 27:7-10; and was this his character and case, upon their principles, he could expect no other than to be a miserable man, as wicked men are, who have their blessings turned into curses, or taken away from them, and they removed out of the world in the most awful and terrible manner, and under manifest tokens of the wrath and displeasure of God, Job 27:11-23.