The Book of Job 27

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1 Moreover Job continued his parable and said ⚑

2 As God liveth who hath taken away my judgment and the Almighty who hath vexed my soul ⚑

3 All the while my breath is in me and the spirit of God is in my nostrils ⚑

4 My lips shall not speak wickedness nor my tongue utter deceit ⚑

5 God forbid that I should justify you till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me ⚑

6 My righteousness I hold fast and will not let it go my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live ⚑

7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous ⚑

8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite though he hath gained when God taketh away his soul ⚑

9 Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him ⚑

10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty will he always call upon God ⚑

11 I will teach you by the hand of God that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal ⚑

12 Behold all ye yourselves have seen it why then are ye thus altogether vain ⚑

13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God and the heritage of oppressors which they shall receive of the Almighty ⚑

14 If his children be multiplied it is for the sword and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread ⚑

15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death and his widows shall not weep ⚑

16 Though he heap up silver as the dust and prepare raiment as the clay ⚑

17 He may prepare it but the just shall put it on and the innocent shall divide the silver ⚑

18 He buildeth his house as a moth and as a booth that the keeper maketh ⚑

19 The rich man shall lie down but he shall not be gathered he openeth his eyes and he is not ⚑

20 Terrors take hold on him as waters a tempest stealeth him away in the night ⚑

21 The east wind carrieth him away and he departeth and as a storm hurleth him out of his place ⚑

22 For God shall cast upon him and not spare he would fain flee out of his hand ⚑

23 Men shall clap their hands at him and shall hiss him out of his place ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

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