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Job 27 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

Job Affirms His Righteousness

Job 27:1

Job continued his discourse and said,

Job 27:2

“As God lives, who has taken away my right and denied me justice,

And the Almighty, who has caused bitterness and grief for my soul,

Job 27:3

As long as my life is within me,

And the breath of God is [still] in my nostrils,

Job 27:4

My lips will not speak unjustly,

Nor will my tongue utter deceit.

Job 27:5

“Far be it from me that I should admit you are right [in your accusations against me];

Until I die, I will not remove my integrity from me.

Job 27:6

“I hold fast my uprightness and my right standing with God and I will not let them go;

My heart does not reproach me for any of my days.

The State of the Godless

Job 27:7

“May my enemy be as the wicked,

And he who rises up against me be as the unrighteous (unjust).

Job 27:8

“For what is the hope of the godless, even though he has gained [in this world],

When God takes his life?

Job 27:9

“Will God hear his cry

When trouble and distress come upon him?

Job 27:10

“Will he take delight in the Almighty?

Will he call on God at all times?

Job 27:11

“I will teach you regarding the hand (power) of God;

I will not conceal what is with the Almighty [God’s actual treatment of the wicked].

Job 27:12

“Behold, all of you have seen it;

Why then do you act vainly and foolishly [cherishing worthless concepts]?

Job 27:13

“This [which I am about to explain] is the portion of a wicked man from God,

And the inheritance which tyrants and oppressors receive from the Almighty:

Job 27:14

Though his children are many, they are destined for the sword;

And his descendants will not have sufficient bread.

Job 27:15

“Those who survive him will be buried because of the plague,

And [their] widows will not be able to weep.

Job 27:16

“Though he heaps up silver like dust

And piles up clothing like clay,

Job 27:17

He may prepare it, but the just will wear it

And the innocent will divide the silver.

Job 27:18

“He builds his house like a spider’s web,

Like a (temporary) hut which a watchman makes.

Job 27:19

“He lies down rich, but never will again;

He opens his eyes, and it is gone.

Job 27:20

“Terrors overtake him like a [suddenly rising] flood;

A windstorm steals him away in the night.

Job 27:21

“The east wind lifts him up, and he is gone;

It sweeps him out of his place.

Job 27:22

“For it will hurl [thunderbolts of God’s wrath] at him unsparingly and without compassion;

He flees in haste from its power.

Job 27:23

“People will clap their hands at him [to mock and ridicule him]

And hiss him out of his place.

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