| Chapter 27
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| 1 | Moreover Job
continued his parable, and said, |
| 2
| 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; |
| 4 | My lips shall not speak
wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. |
| 5 | God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will
not remove mine integrity from me. |
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6 | My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart
shall not reproach me so long as I live. |
| 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? |
| 9 |
Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him? |
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10 | Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he
always call upon God? |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 16 | Though he heap
up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; |
| 17 | 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. |
| 21 | 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. |
