Job - Chapter 27 | New King James Version

  • 1. Moreover Job continued his discourse, and said:
  • 2. "As God lives, who has taken away my justice, And the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,
  • 3. As long as my breath is in me, And the breath of God in my nostrils,
  • 4. My lips will not speak wickedness, Nor my tongue utter deceit.
  • 5. Far be it from me That I should say you are right; Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
  • 6. My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go; My heart shall not reproach me as long as I live.
  • 7. "May my enemy be like the wicked, And he who rises up against me like the unrighteous.
  • 8. For what is the hope of the hypocrite, Though he may gain much, If God takes away his life?
  • 9. Will God hear his cry When trouble comes upon him?
  • 10. Will he delight himself in the Almighty? Will he always call on God?
  • 11. "I will teach you about the hand of God; What is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
  • 12. Surely all of you have seen it; Why then do you behave with complete nonsense?
  • 13. "This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, received from the Almighty:
  • 14. If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
  • 15. Those who survive him shall be buried in death, And their {cf2super [37]} widows shall not weep,
  • 16. Though he heaps up silver like dust, And piles up clothing like clay--
  • 17. He may pile it up, but the just will wear it, And the innocent will divide the silver.
  • 18. He builds his house like a moth, {cf2super [38]} Like a booth which a watchman makes.
  • 19. The rich man will lie down, But not be gathered up; {cf2super [39]} He opens his eyes, And he is no more.
  • 20. Terrors overtake him like a flood; A tempest steals him away in the night.
  • 21. The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; It sweeps him out of his place.
  • 22. It hurls against him and does not spare; He flees desperately from its power.
  • 23. Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place.
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