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| 27:1 |
And Job again took up his discourse, and said:
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| 27:2 |
'As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter;
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| 27:3 |
as long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
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| 27:4 |
my lips will not speak falsehood, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
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| 27:5 |
Far be it from me to say that you are 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 me for any of my days.
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| 27:7 |
'Let my enemy be as the wicked, and let him that rises up against me be as the unrighteous.
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| 27:8 |
For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life?
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| 27:9 |
Will God hear his cry, when trouble comes upon him?
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| 27:10 |
Will he take delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?
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| 27:11 |
I will teach you concerning the hand of God;what is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
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| 27:12 |
Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves;why then have you become altogether vain?
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| 27:13 |
'This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage which oppressors receive from the Almighty:
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| 27:14 |
If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword;and his offspring have not enough to eat.
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| 27:15 |
Those who survive him the pestilence buries, and their widows make no lamentation.
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| 27:16 |
Though he heap up silver like dust, and pile up clothing like clay;
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| 27:17 |
he may pile it up, but the just will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver.
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| 27:18 |
The house which he builds is like a spider's web, like a booth which a watchman makes.
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| 27:19 |
He goes to bed rich, but will do so no more;he opens his eyes, and his wealth is gone.
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| 27:20 |
Terrors overtake him like a flood;in the night a whirlwind carries him off.
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| 27:21 |
The east wind lifts him up and he is gone;it sweeps him out of his place.
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| 27:22 |
It hurls at him without pity;he flees from its power in headlong flight.
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| 27:23 |
It claps its hands at him, and hisses at him from its place.
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