| Chapter 27 |
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And Job continued his parable and said, |
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As łGod liveth, who hath taken away my right, and the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul, |
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All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of +God is in my nostrils, |
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My lips shall not speak unrighteousness, nor my tongue utter deceit! |
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Be it far from me that I should justify you; till I die I will not remove my blamelessness from me. |
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My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart reproacheth me not one of my days. |
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Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous. |
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For what is the hope of the ungodly, when God cutteth him off, when +God taketh away his soul? |
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Will łGod hear his cry when distress cometh upon him? |
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Doth he delight himself in the Almighty? will he at all times call upon +God? |
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I will teach you concerning the hand of łGod; what is with the Almighty will I not conceal. |
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Behold, ye yourselves have all seen it; and why are ye thus altogether vain? |
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This is the portion of the wicked man with łGod, and the heritage of the violent, which they receive from the Almighty: -- |
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If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword, and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread; |
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Those that remain of him shall be buried by death, and his widows shall not weep. |
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Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing 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. |
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He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a booth that a keeper maketh. |
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He lieth down rich, but will do so no more; he openeth his eyes, and he is not. |
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Terrors overtake him like waters; a whirlwind stealeth him away in the night. |
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The east wind carrieth him away and he is gone; and as a storm it hurleth him out of his place. |
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And God shall cast upon him and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand. |
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Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place. |