Job 27 :: King James Version (KJV)

Job Affirms His Righteousness

Job 27:1

Job 27:1Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

Job 27:2

Job 27:2As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;

Job 27:3

Job 27:3All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;

Job 27:4

Job 27:4My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

Job 27:5

Job 27:5God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.

Job 27:6

Job 27:6My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

The State of the Godless

Job 27:7

Job 27:7Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

Job 27:8

Job 27:8For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

Job 27:9

Job 27:9Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?

Job 27:10

Job 27:10Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?

Job 27:11

Job 27:11I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

Job 27:12

Job 27:12Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?

Job 27:13

Job 27:13This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.

Job 27:14

Job 27:14If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

Job 27:15

Job 27:15Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.

Job 27:16

Job 27:16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;

Job 27:17

Job 27:17He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

Job 27:18

Job 27:18He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.

Job 27:19

Job 27:19The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.

Job 27:20

Job 27:20Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

Job 27:21

Job 27:21The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.

Job 27:22

Job 27:22For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

Job 27:23

Job 27:23Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.

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Job 27 :: King James Version (KJV)

Job Affirms His Righteousness

The State of the Godless

Pericope

Job Chapter 27 — Additional Translations:

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