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Job 27	Job 27
Job 27:1 And Job again took up his parable, and said,	Job 27:1 And Job again took up the word and said,
Job 27:2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my right, And the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul:	Job 27:2 By the life of God, who has taken away my right; and of the Ruler of all, who has made my soul bitter;
Job 27:3 (For my life is yet whole in me, And the spirit of God is in my nostrils);	Job 27:3 (For all my breath is still in me, and the spirit of God is my life;)
Job 27:4 Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, Neither shall my tongue utter deceit.	Job 27:4 Truly, there is no deceit in my lips, and my tongue does not say what is false.
Job 27:5 Far be it from me that I should justify you: Till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.	Job 27:5 Let it be far from me! I will certainly not say that you are right! I will come to death before I give up my righteousness.
Job 27:6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: My heart shall not reproach [me] so long as I live.	Job 27:6 I will keep it safe, and will not let it go: my heart has nothing to say against any part of my life.
Job 27:7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.	Job 27:7 Let my hater be like the evil man, and let him who comes against me be as the sinner.
Job 27:8 For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul?	Job 27:8 For what is the hope of the sinner when he is cut off, when God takes back his soul?
Job 27:9 Will God hear his cry, When trouble cometh upon him?	Job 27:9 Will his cry come to the ears of God when he is in trouble?
Job 27:10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty, And call upon God at all times?	Job 27:10 Will he take delight in the Ruler of all, and make his prayer to God at all times?
Job 27:11 I will teach you concerning the hand of God; That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.	Job 27:11 I will give you teaching about the hand of God; I will not keep secret from you what is in the mind of the Ruler of all.
Job 27:12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; Why then are ye become altogether vain?	Job 27:12 Truly, you have all seen it yourselves; why then have you become completely foolish?
Job 27:13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty:	Job 27:13 This is the punishment of the evil-doer from God, and the heritage given to the cruel by the Ruler of all.
Job 27:14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.	Job 27:14 If his children are increased, it is for the sword; and his offspring have not enough bread.
Job 27:15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death, And his widows shall make no lamentation.	Job 27:15 When those of his house who are still living come to their end by disease, they are not put into the earth, and their widows are not weeping for them.
Job 27:16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare raiment as the clay;	Job 27:16 Though he may get silver together like dust, and make ready great stores of clothing;
Job 27:17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, And the innocent shall divide the silver.	Job 27:17 He may get them ready, but the upright will put them on, and he who is free from sin will take the silver for a heritage.
Job 27:18 He buildeth his house as the moth, And as a booth which the keeper maketh.	Job 27:18 His house has no more strength than a spider's thread, or a watchman's tent.
Job 27:19 He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered [to his fathers]; He openeth his eyes, and he is not.	Job 27:19 He goes to rest full of wealth, but does so for the last time: on opening his eyes, he sees it there no longer.
Job 27:20 Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.	Job 27:20 Fears overtake him like rushing waters; in the night the storm-wind takes him away.
Job 27:21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; And it sweepeth him out of his place.	Job 27:21 The east wind takes him up and he is gone; he is forced violently out of his place.
Job 27:22 For [God] shall hurl at him, and not spare: He would fain flee out of his hand.	Job 27:22 God sends his arrows against him without mercy; he goes in flight before his hand.
Job 27:23 Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place.	Job 27:23 Men make signs of joy because of him, driving him from his place with sounds of hissing.