Job 27 · Clearspring

Job Affirms His Integrity

¹Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,+ ²As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;+ ³All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;+ ⁴My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.+ ⁵God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.+ ⁶My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.+

The Wicked Man’s Portion

⁷Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.+ ⁸For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?+ ⁹Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?+ ¹⁰Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?+ ¹¹I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.+ ¹²Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?+ ¹³This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.+ ¹⁴If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.+ ¹⁵Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.+ ¹⁶Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;+ ¹⁷He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.+ ¹⁸He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.+ ¹⁹The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.+ ²⁰Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.+ ²¹The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.+ ²²For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.+ ²³Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.+

Job Affirms His Integrity

The Wicked Man’s Portion

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