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Passage Lookup: Job 27
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Job 27:1
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Job's Final Word to His Friends
And Job continued his discourse:(a)Footnotes:
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Job 27:2
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"As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice,(b) the Almighty,(c) who has made my life bitter,(d)
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Job 27:3
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as long as I have life within me, the breath of God(e) in my nostrils,
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Job 27:4
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my lips will not say anything wicked, and my tongue will not utter lies.(f)
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Job 27:5
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I will never admit you are in the right; till I die, I will not deny my integrity.(g)
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Job 27:6
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I will maintain my innocence(h) and never let go of it; my conscience(i) will not reproach me as long as I live.(j)
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Job 27:7
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"May my enemy be like the wicked,(k) my adversary(l) like the unjust!
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Job 27:8
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For what hope have the godless(m) when they are cut off, when God takes away their life?(n)
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Job 27:9
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Does God listen to their cry when distress comes upon them?(o)
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Job 27:10
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Will they find delight in the Almighty?(p) Will they call on God at all times?
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Job 27:11
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"I will teach you about the power of God; the ways(q) of the Almighty I will not conceal.(r)
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Job 27:12
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You have all seen this yourselves. Why then this meaningless talk?
Job 27:13
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"Here is the fate God allots to the wicked, the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:(s)
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Job 27:14
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However many his children,(t) their fate is the sword;(u) his offspring will never have enough to eat.(v)
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Job 27:15
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The plague will bury those who survive him, and their widows will not weep for them.(w)
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Job 27:16
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Though he heaps up silver like dust(x) and clothes like piles of clay,(y)
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Job 27:17
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what he lays up(z) the righteous will wear,(aa) and the innocent will divide his silver.(ab)
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Job 27:18
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The house(ac) he builds is like a moth's cocoon,(ad) like a hut(ae) made by a watchman.
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Job 27:19
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He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more;(af) when he opens his eyes, all is gone.(ag)
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Job 27:20
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Terrors(ah) overtake him like a flood;(ai) a tempest snatches him away in the night.(aj)
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Job 27:21
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The east wind(ak) carries him off, and he is gone;(al) it sweeps him out of his place.(am)
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Job 27:22
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It hurls itself against him without mercy(an) as he flees headlong(ao) from its power.(ap)
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Job 27:23
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It claps its hands(aq) in derision and hisses him out of his place."(ar)
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