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