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Job 27:2

King James Version (KJV)

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

Job 27:2 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Job 27:2

Theological / Devotional

As God liveth. This is the only place where Job resorts to an oath. Under the solemn circumstances of the occasion, in making his last appeal to his friends, Job thinks it appropriate to preface his remarks with an appeal to God as his witness (see Judges 8:19; Ruth 3:13; 1 Sam. 14:39; 2 Sam. 4:9; 12:5; 1 Kings 2:24; 2 Kings 5:20; 2 Chron. 18:13; Jer. 38:16). Such is Job’s confidence in his own sincerity that he feels free to appeal to the God who, it has appeared, has been treating him as if he were guilty.

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