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Job 27 :: Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

Job 27:1

Job continued his discourse, saying:

Job 27:2

As God lives, who has deprived me of justice,

and the Almighty who has made me bitter,

Job 27:3

as long as my breath is still in me

and the breath from God remains in my nostrils,

Job 27:4

my lips will not speak unjustly,

and my tongue will not utter deceit.

Job 27:5

I will never affirm that you are right.

I will maintain my integrity[fn] until I die.

Job 27:6

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

May my enemy be like the wicked

and my opponent like the unjust.

Job 27:8

For what hope does the godless person have when he is cut off,

when God takes away his life?

Job 27:9

Will God hear his cry

when distress comes on him?

Job 27:10

Will he delight in the Almighty?

Will he call on God at all times?

Job 27:11

I will teach you about God’s power.

I will not conceal what the Almighty has planned.[fn]

Job 27:12

All of you have seen this for yourselves,

why do you keep up this empty talk?

Job 27:13

This is a wicked man’s lot from God,

the inheritance the ruthless receive from the Almighty.

Job 27:14

Even if his children increase, they are destined for the sword;

his descendants will never have enough food.

Job 27:15

Those who survive him will be buried by the plague,

yet their widows will not weep for them.

Job 27:16

Though he piles up silver like dust

and heaps up fine clothing like clay —

Job 27:17

he may heap it up, but the righteous will wear it,

and the innocent will divide up his silver.

Job 27:18

The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon

or a shelter set up by a watchman.

Job 27:19

He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more;

when he opens his eyes, it is gone.

Job 27:20

Terrors overtake him like a flood;

a storm wind sweeps him away at night.

Job 27:21

An east wind picks him up, and he is gone;

it carries him away from his place.

Job 27:22

It blasts at him without mercy,

while he flees desperately from its force.

Job 27:23

It claps its hands at him

and scoffs at him from its place.

CSB Footnotes
Lit will not remove my integrity from me
Lit what is with the Almighty
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