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Job
Affirms His Righteousness |
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Job 27:1 |
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Then Job continued his discourse and said, |
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Job 27:2 |
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"As God lives, who has taken away my right,
And the Almighty, who has embittered my soul, |
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Job 27:3 |
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For as long as life is in me, And the breath
of God is in my nostrils, |
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Job 27:4 |
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My lips certainly will not speak unjustly, Nor
will my tongue mutter deceit. |
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Job 27:5 |
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"Far be it from me that I should declare you
right; Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me. |
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Job 27:6 |
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"I hold fast my righteousness and will not let
it go. My heart does not reproach any of my days. |
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The State of the Godless |
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Job 27:7 |
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"May my enemy be as the wicked And my opponent
as the unjust. |
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Job 27:8 |
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"For what is the hope of the godless when he
is cut off, When God requires his life? |
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Job 27:9 |
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"Will God hear his cry When distress comes upon
him? |
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Job 27:10 |
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"Will he take delight in the Almighty? Will
he call on God at all times? |
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Job 27:11 |
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"I will instruct you in the power of God; What
is with the Almighty I will not conceal. |
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Job 27:12 |
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"Behold, all of you have seen it; Why then do
you act foolishly? |
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Job 27:13 |
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"This is the portion of a wicked man from God,
And the inheritance which tyrants receive from the Almighty. |
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Job 27:14 |
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"Though his sons are many, they are destined
for the sword; And his descendants will not be satisfied with bread. |
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Job 27:15 |
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"His survivors will be buried because of the
plague, And their widows will not be able to weep. |
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Job 27:16 |
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"Though he piles up silver like dust And prepares
garments as plentiful as the clay, |
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Job 27:17 |
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He may prepare it, but the just will wear it
And the innocent will divide the silver. |
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Job 27:18 |
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"He has built his house like the spider's web,
Or as a hut which the watchman has made. |
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Job 27:19 |
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"He lies down rich, but never again; He opens
his eyes, and it is no longer. |
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Job 27:20 |
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"Terrors overtake him like a flood; A tempest
steals him away in the night. |
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Job 27:21 |
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"The east wind carries him away, and he is gone,
For it whirls him away from his place. |
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Job 27:22 |
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"For it will hurl at him without sparing; He
will surely try to flee from its power. |
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Job 27:23 |
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"Men will clap their hands at him And will hiss
him from his place. |
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