Job - Chapter 27 | King James Version (KJV)

  • 1. Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
  • 2. {cf15I As} God liveth, {cf15I who} hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, {cf15I who} hath vexed my soul;
  • 3. All the while my breath {cf15I is} in me, and the spirit of God {cf15I is} in my nostrils;
  • 4. My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
  • 5. God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
  • 6. My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach {cf15I me} so long as I live.
  • 7. Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
  • 8. For what {cf15I is} the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
  • 9. Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
  • 10. Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
  • 11. I will teach you by the hand of God: {cf15I that} which {cf15I is} with the Almighty will I not conceal.
  • 12. Behold, all ye yourselves have seen {cf15I it}; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
  • 13. This {cf15I is} the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, {cf15I which} they shall receive of the Almighty.
  • 14. If his children be multiplied, {cf15I it is} for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
  • 15. Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
  • 16. Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
  • 17. He may prepare {cf15I it}, but the just shall put {cf15I it} on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
  • 18. He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth {cf15I that} the keeper maketh.
  • 19. The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he {cf15I is} not.
  • 20. Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
  • 21. The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
  • 22. For {cf15I God} shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
  • 23. {cf15I Men} shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
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