Job 27 - ESV Bible - And Job again took up his discourse, and said: "As...

1 And Job again ¹took up his discourse, and said:

2 "As God lives, who has ²taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has ³made my soul bitter,

3 as long as my breath is in me, and ⁴the spirit of God is in my nostrils,

4 my lips will not speak ⁵falsehood, and my tongue will not utter ⁶deceit.

5 Far be it from me to say that you are right; till I die I will not put away my ⁷integrity from me.

6 I ⁸hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go; my heart does not ⁹reproach me for any of my days.

7 "Let my enemy be as the wicked, and let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.

8 ¹⁰For what is the hope of the godless ¹¹when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life?

9 ¹²Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?

10 Will he ¹³take delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?

11 I will teach you concerning the hand of God; ¹⁴what is with the Almighty I will not conceal.

12 Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?

13 ¹⁵"This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage that ¹⁶oppressors receive from the Almighty:

14 If his ¹⁷children are multiplied, it is for ¹⁸the sword, and his descendants have not enough bread.

15 Those who survive him the pestilence buries, and his ¹⁹widows do not weep.

16 Though he ²⁰heap up silver like dust, and pile up clothing like clay,

17 he may pile it up, but the righteous will wear it, and ²¹the innocent will divide the silver.

18 He builds his ²²house like a moth's, like ²³a booth that ²⁴a watchman makes.

19 He goes to bed rich, but will ²⁵do so no more; he opens his eyes, and ²⁶his wealth is gone.

20 ²⁷Terrors overtake him like ²⁸a flood; in the night a whirlwind ²⁹carries him off.

21 ³⁰The east wind lifts him up and he is gone; it ³¹sweeps him out of his place.

22 It^a hurls at him ³²without pity; he flees from its^b power in headlong flight.

23 It ³³claps its hands at him and ³⁴hisses at him from its place.

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