Job 27 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Job Affirms His Righteousness

Job 27:1

Job 27:1And Job again took up his discourse, and said:

Job 27:2

Job 27:2"As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter;

Job 27:3

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

Job 27:4

Job 27:4my lips will not speak falsehood, and my tongue will not utter deceit.

Job 27:5

Job 27:5Far be it from me to say that you are right; till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.

Job 27:6

Job 27:6I hold fast my righteousness, and will not let it go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days.

The State of the Godless

Job 27:7

Job 27:7"Let my enemy be as the wicked, and let him that rises up against me be as the unrighteous.

Job 27:8

Job 27:8For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life?

Job 27:9

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

Job 27:10

Job 27:10Will he take delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?

Job 27:11

Job 27:11I will teach you concerning the hand of God; what is with the Almighty I will not conceal.

Job 27:12

Job 27:12Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?

Job 27:13

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

Job 27:14

Job 27:14If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword; and his offspring have not enough to eat.

Job 27:15

Job 27:15Those who survive him the pestilence buries, and their widows make no lamentation.

Job 27:16

Job 27:16Though he heap up silver like dust, and pile up clothing like clay;

Job 27:17

Job 27:17he may pile it up, but the just will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver.

Job 27:18

Job 27:18The house which he builds is like a spider's web, like a booth which a watchman makes.

Job 27:19

Job 27:19He goes to bed rich, but will do so no more; he opens his eyes, and his wealth is gone.

Job 27:20

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

Job 27:21

Job 27:21The east wind lifts him up and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.

Job 27:22

Job 27:22It hurls at him without pity; he flees from its power in headlong flight.

Job 27:23

Job 27:23It claps its hands at him, and hisses at him from its place.

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Job 27 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Job Affirms His Righteousness

The State of the Godless

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