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