Job 9:27
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 9:27 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 9:27 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 9:27 — KJV
“If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:”
— Job 9:27 (KJV)
Job 9:27 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 9:27
“My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. weary...: or, cut off while I live”
Shares key themes with Job 9:27: complaint, leave, off
“Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.”
Shares key themes with Job 9:27: say, leave, off
“When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;”
Shares key themes with Job 9:27: say, complaint, comfort
“And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed. Noah: Gr. Noe: that is Rest, or, Comfort”
Shares key themes with Job 9:27: say, comfort
“And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day? look...: Heb. are your faces evil?”
Shares key themes with Job 9:27: say, off
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