Thematic Bible




Job 27:1 (show verse)

Job continued his discourse, saying:
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Job 27:2 (show verse)

As God lives, who has deprived me of justice,
and the Almighty who has made me bitter,
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Job 27:3 (show verse)

as long as my breath is still in me
and the breath from God remains in my nostrils,

Job 27:4 (show verse)

my lips will not speak unjustly,
and my tongue will not utter deceit.

Job 27:5 (show verse)

I will never affirm that you are right.
I will maintain my integrity until I die.
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Job 27:6 (show verse)

I will cling to my righteousness and never let it go.
My conscience will not accuse me as long as I live!

Job 27:7 (show verse)

May my enemy be like the wicked
and my opponent like the unjust.
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Job 27:8 (show verse)

For what hope does the godless man have when he is cut off,
when God takes away his life?

Job 27:9 (show verse)

Will God hear his cry
when distress comes on him?

Job 27:10 (show verse)

Will he delight in the Almighty?
Will he call on God at all times?

Job 27:11 (show verse)

I will teach you about God’s power.
I will not conceal what the Almighty has planned.
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Job 27:12 (show verse)

All of you have seen this for yourselves,
why do you keep up this empty talk?
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Job 27:13 (show verse)

This is a wicked man’s lot from God,
the inheritance the ruthless receive from the Almighty.

Job 27:14 (show verse)

Even if his children increase, they are destined for the sword;
his descendants will never have enough food.

Job 27:15 (show verse)

Those who survive him will be buried by the plague,
yet their widows will not weep for them.

Job 27:16 (show verse)

Though he piles up silver like dust
and heaps up a wardrobe like clay—

Job 27:17 (show verse)

he may heap it up, but the righteous will wear it,
and the innocent will divide up his silver.

Job 27:18 (show verse)

The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon
or a booth set up by a watchman.

Job 27:19 (show verse)

He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more;
when he opens his eyes, it is gone.

Job 27:20 (show verse)

Terrors overtake him like a flood;
a storm wind sweeps him away at night.

Job 27:21 (show verse)

An east wind picks him up, and he is gone;
it carries him away from his place.

Job 27:22 (show verse)

It blasts at him without mercy,
while he flees desperately from its grasp.

Job 27:23 (show verse)

It claps its hands at him
and scorns him from its place.