Thematic Bible
Job 27:1 (show verse)
And Job again took up his discourse, and said:
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Job 27:2 (show verse)
"As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,
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Job 27:3 (show verse)
as long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,
Job 27:4 (show verse)
my lips will not speak falsehood, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
Job 27:5 (show verse)
Far be it from me to say that you are right; till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
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Job 27:6 (show verse)
I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days.
Job 27:7 (show verse)
"Let my enemy be as the wicked, and let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.
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Job 27:8 (show verse)
For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life?
Job 27:9 (show verse)
Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?
Job 27:10 (show verse)
Will he take delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?
Job 27:11 (show verse)
I will teach you concerning the hand of God; what is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
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Job 27:12 (show verse)
Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?
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Job 27:13 (show verse)
"This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage that oppressors receive from the Almighty:
Job 27:14 (show verse)
If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword, and his descendants have not enough bread.
Job 27:15 (show verse)
Those who survive him the pestilence buries, and his widows do not weep.
Job 27:16 (show verse)
Though he heap up silver like dust, and pile up clothing like clay,
Job 27:17 (show verse)
he may pile it up, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver.
Job 27:18 (show verse)
He builds his house like a moth's, like a booth that a watchman makes.
Job 27:19 (show verse)
He goes to bed rich, but will do so no more; he opens his eyes, and his wealth is gone.
Job 27:20 (show verse)
Terrors overtake him like a flood; in the night a whirlwind carries him off.
Job 27:21 (show verse)
The east wind lifts him up and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.
Job 27:22 (show verse)
It hurls at him without pity; he flees from its power in headlong flight.
Job 27:23 (show verse)
It claps its hands at him and hisses at him from its place.