Job 27 — Hebrew and Greek compared
Each card keeps the independently rendered source readings above their shared comparison and reception notes. The badge records the source’s governing classification; disparate readings are marked in red. Each reading retains its original reference.
Chapter 27
Job’s oath of integrity and the wicked person’s portion
Source chapters: [BHS27] Hebrew; [LXX27] Greek.
Verse 27:1 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
27:1 Job again took up his discourse and said:
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
27:1 Job continued and said in his prelude:
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Hebrew mashal is discourse or proverbial speech; Greek prooimion is prelude.
Verse 27:2 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
27:2 “As God lives, who has taken away my justice,
and Shaddai, who has embittered my soul,
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
27:2 “As the Lord lives, who has judged me in this way,
and the Almighty, who embittered my soul,
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew deprivation of justice is more explicit than Greek judging in this way.
Verse 27:3 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
27:3 as long as my breath is in me
and God’s spirit is in my nostrils,
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
27:3 surely, while my breath is still within me
and divine spirit remains in my nostrils,
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Both introduce the duration of Job’s oath by divine life-breath.
Verse 27:4 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
27:4 my lips will not speak injustice,
and my tongue will not utter deceit.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
27:4 my lips will not speak lawless things,
nor will my soul devise unjust things.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek inward devising replaces Hebrew the tongue’s deceitful speech.
Verse 27:5 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
27:5 Far be it from me to declare you righteous!
Until I expire, I will not put my integrity away from me.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
27:5 May I never declare you righteous until I die;
for I will not give up my innocence.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Both refuse to justify the friends or abandon personal integrity.
Verse 27:6 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
27:6 I hold fast to my righteousness and will not let it go;
my heart will not reproach any of my days.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
27:6 Holding to righteousness, I will certainly not let it go;
for I am not conscious of having done improper things.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Greek expressly speaks of awareness of conduct; Hebrew personifies the heart and mentions the days of life.
Verse 27:7 Divergent
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
27:7 Let my enemy be like a wicked person,
and the one rising against me like an unjust person.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
27:7 Nevertheless, may my enemies be like the overthrow of the ungodly,
and those rising against me like the destruction of the lawless.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek explicitly wishes the enemies the wicked’s destruction, rather than simply comparing them to wicked people.
Verse 27:8 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
27:8 For what hope has the godless person when he gains,
when God draws out his soul?
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
27:8 For what hope does the ungodly person have because he holds on?
Trusting in the Lord, will he really be saved?
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew gain and divine removal of life differ from Greek holding on and a question about salvation. Both opening verbs are difficult; their objects are not invented.
Verse 27:9 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
27:9 Will God hear his cry
when distress comes upon him?
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
27:9 Will the Lord hear his plea?
Or when constraint comes upon him,
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Greek’s second question continues into 27:10 rather than completing the first.
Verse 27:10 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
27:10 Will he delight in Shaddai
and call upon God at every time?
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
27:10 does he have any freedom of speech before Him?
Or when he calls upon Him, will He hear him?
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek confidence and divine hearing replace Hebrew delight and habitual calling.
Verse 27:11 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
27:11 I will teach you concerning God’s hand;
what is with Shaddai I will not conceal.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
27:11 But I will indeed announce to you what is in the Lord’s hand;
about what is with the Almighty I will not lie.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Greek not lying differs from Hebrew not concealing.
Verse 27:12 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
27:12 Look, all of you have seen it;
why, then, do you become so utterly empty?
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
27:12 Look, you all know
that you pile empty things upon empty things.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek knowledge and accumulation of emptiness replace Hebrew sight and a question.
Verse 27:13 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
27:13 This is the wicked person’s portion with God,
and the inheritance the ruthless receive from Shaddai:
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
27:13 This is an ungodly person’s portion from the Lord;
the possession of powerful men will come upon them from the Almighty.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Greek powerful men differs from Hebrew ruthless oppressors; the Greek possession clause is compressed but retained.
Verse 27:14 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
27:14 if his sons become many, they are for the sword,
and his descendants will not have enough bread.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
27:14 If his sons become many, they will be for slaughter;
even if they reach manhood, they will beg.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek adult beggars differ from Hebrew hungry descendants.
Verse 27:15 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
27:15 His survivors will be buried by death,
and his widows will not weep.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
27:15 Those remaining to him will end in death,
and no one will have mercy on their widows.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek no pity for widows differs from Hebrew widows not mourning; death may carry a pestilence sense, but that is not inserted.
Verse 27:16 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
27:16 Though he heaps up silver like dust
and prepares clothing like clay,
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
27:16 If he gathers silver like earth
and prepares gold in quantities like clay,
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek gold replaces Hebrew clothing.
Verse 27:17 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
27:17 he may prepare it, but the righteous will wear it,
and the innocent will divide the silver.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
27:17 the righteous will acquire all these things,
and truthful people will possess his money.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek general acquisition and money ownership correspond to its gold and silver; Hebrew retains wearing clothing and dividing silver.
Verse 27:18 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
27:18 He builds his house like a moth,
like a shelter that a watchman makes.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
27:18 His house turned out like moths
and like a spider.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek spider replaces Hebrew watchman’s shelter, with moths plural rather than singular.
Verse 27:19 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
27:19 He lies down rich, but will not be gathered;
he opens his eyes, and he is no more.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
27:19 A rich man lay down and will not do so again;
he opened his eyes, and he is not.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Hebrew gathered is retained rather than silently adopting Greek again. Both final clauses ambiguously describe the man’s or his wealth’s disappearance.
Verse 27:20 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
27:20 Terrors overtake him like waters;
a storm steals him away at night.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
27:20 Pains met him like water,
and gloom stole him away at night.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek pain and gloom replace Hebrew terrors and storm.
Verse 27:21 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
27:21 The east wind carries him off, and he is gone;
it sweeps him from his place.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
27:21 A scorching wind will take him up, and he will depart;
it will winnow him from his place.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Greek scorching wind corresponds to the Hebrew east wind but adds the winnowing image.
Verse 27:22 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
27:22 He hurls against him and does not spare;
from his hand he desperately flees.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
27:22 He will hurl against him and will not spare;
from his hand he will flee in haste.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The singular hurling agent is unnamed in both; God, a personified wind or another opponent may be intended. Pronouns are not given a definite divine identification.
Verse 27:23 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
27:23 He claps his hands over him
and hisses at him from his place.”
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
27:23 He will clap his hands over him
and hiss him out of his place.”
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Both retain the unnamed agent. Greek explicitly makes the hissing an expulsion from the place; Hebrew can describe the source of the hiss.