Chapter 27
- 27:1
- Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
- 27:2
- As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
- 27:3
- All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
- 27:4
- My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
- 27:5
- God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
- 27:6
- My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
- 27:7
- Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
- 27:8
- For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
- 27:9
- Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
- 27:10
- Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
- 27:11
- I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
- 27:12
- Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
- 27:13
- This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
- 27:14
- If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
- 27:15
- Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
- 27:16
- Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
- 27:17
- He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
- 27:18
- He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
- 27:19
- The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
- 27:20
- Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
- 27:21
- The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
- 27:22
- For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
- 27:23
- Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
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