Job 27:2-12

2 «Juro por el Dios viviente, quien me ha quitado los derechos,
por el Todopoderoso, quien llenó mi alma de amargura.

3 Mientras viva,
mientras Dios me dé aliento,

4 mis labios no pronunciarán maldad
y mi lengua no hablará mentiras.

5 Jamás admitiré que ustedes tengan la razón;
defenderé mi integridad hasta la muerte.

6 Insistiré en mi inocencia sin vacilar;
mientras viva, mi conciencia estará tranquila.

7 »Que mi enemigo sea castigado como los malvados,
y mi adversario como aquellos que hacen maldad.

8 Pues, ¿qué esperanza tienen los incrédulos cuando Dios acaba con ellos
y les quita la vida?

9 ¿Escuchará Dios su clamor
cuando la desgracia venga sobre ellos?

10 ¿Pueden deleitarse en el Todopoderoso?
¿Pueden clamar a Dios cuando quieran?

11 Yo les enseñaré acerca del poder de Dios;
no esconderé nada con respecto al Todopoderoso.

12 Aunque ustedes han visto todo esto,
sin embargo, me dicen estas cosas inútiles.

Job 27:2-12 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.