Job 27:1 - Exposition

Moreover Job continued his parable, and said . The word translated "parable" ( משׁל ) is only used previously in Numbers 23:1-30 , and Numbers 24:1-25 . It is thought to "comprehend all discourses in which the results of discursive thought are concisely or figuratively expressed" (Cook). The introduction of a new term seems to imply that the present discourse occupies a position different from that of all the preceding ones. It is not tentative, controversial, or emotional, but expresses the deliberate judgment of the patriarch on the subjects discussed in it. Note the repetition of the term in Job 29:1 .