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Chapter 27 |
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1 | Moreover Job continued his parable, and
said, |
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As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the
Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; |
| 3 | All the while my breath is in
me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; |
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4 | My lips shall not speak
wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. |
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5 | God forbid that I should
justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me. |
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My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not
reproach me so long as I live. |
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7 | Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he
that riseth up against me as the unrighteous. |
| 8 | For what is
the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his
soul? |
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Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him? |
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Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
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| 11 | I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty
will I not conceal. |
| 12 | Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why
then are ye thus altogether vain? |
| 13 | This is the portion of a
wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive
of the Almighty. |
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14 | If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword:
and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. |
| 15 | Those that
remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
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| 16 | Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the
clay; |
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He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the
innocent shall divide the silver. |
| 18 | He buildeth his house as a
moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh. |
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19 | The rich man shall lie
down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
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| 20 | Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the
night. |
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| The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as
a storm hurleth him out of his place. |
| 22 | For God shall cast upon him,
and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand. |
| 23 | Men shall
clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place. |
