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Job 27
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Job 27 . 1
1 Job continued his discourse:TOSKJob 27:1
Job 27 . 2
2 “As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice—the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—TOSKJob 27:2
Job 27 . 3
3 as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,TOSKJob 27:3
Job 27 . 4
4 my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.TOSKJob 27:4
Job 27 . 5
5 I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.TOSKJob 27:5
Job 27 . 6
6 I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.TOSKJob 27:6
Job 27 . 7
7 May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust.TOSKJob 27:7
Job 27 . 8
8 For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?TOSKJob 27:8
Job 27 . 9
9 Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?TOSKJob 27:9
Job 27 . 10
10 Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?TOSKJob 27:10
Job 27 . 11
11 I will instruct you in the power of God. I will not conceal the ways of the Almighty.TOSKJob 27:11
Job 27 . 12
12 Surely all of you have seen it for yourselves. Why then do you keep up this empty talk?TOSKJob 27:12
Job 27 . 13
13 This is the wicked man’s portion from God—the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty.TOSKJob 27:13
Job 27 . 14
14 Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.TOSKJob 27:14
Job 27 . 15
15 His survivors will be buried by the plague, and their widows will not weep for them.TOSKJob 27:15
Job 27 . 16
16 Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,TOSKJob 27:16
Job 27 . 17
17 what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.TOSKJob 27:17
Job 27 . 18
18 The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.TOSKJob 27:18
Job 27 . 19
19 He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.TOSKJob 27:19
Job 27 . 20
20 Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.TOSKJob 27:20
Job 27 . 21
21 The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.TOSKJob 27:21
Job 27 . 22
22 It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.TOSKJob 27:22
Job 27 . 23
23 It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place.TOSKJob 27:23