Job 27
27
Job’s Last Words to His Friends
1#Nu 23:7; Job 29:1Moreover Job continued his discourse:
2#Job 34:5; 2Ki 4:27 “As God lives, who has taken away my judgment,
and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,
3#Ge 2:7; Job 33:4 all the while my spirit is in me,
and the breath of God is in my nostrils,
4#Job 13:7 my lips will not speak wickedness,
nor my tongue utter deceit.
5#Job 2:9; 13:15 God forbid that I should justify you.
Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
6#Job 2:3; Ac 24:16 My righteousness I hold fast and will not let it go;
my heart will not reproach me as long as I live.
7“Let my enemy be like the wicked,
and he who rises up against me like the unrighteous.
8#Job 11:20; 8:13 For what is the hope of the hypocrite,
though he may gain much, when God takes away his soul?
9#Pr 1:28; Isa 1:15 Will God hear his cry
when trouble comes upon him?
10#Job 22:26–27; Ps 37:4 Will he delight himself in the Almighty?
Will he always call upon God?
11“I will teach you about the hand of God;
what is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
12Look, all of you have seen it;
why then have you become altogether vain?
13“This is the portion of a wicked man with God,
and the inheritance that oppressors receive from the Almighty:
14#Dt 28:41 If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword,
and his offspring will not be satisfied with bread.
15#Ps 78:64 Those who survive him will be buried in death,
and their widows will not weep.
16#Zec 9:3 Though he heaps up silver like the dust
and piles up clothing like the clay—
17#Ecc 2:26; Pr 13:22 he may pile it up, but the just will wear it,
and the innocent will divide the silver.
18#Job 8:14–15; Isa 1:8 He builds his house like a moth,
and like a booth that the watchman makes.
19#Job 24:24; Jer 8:2 The rich man will lie down, but he will not be gathered;
he opens his eyes, and he is not.
20#Job 15:21; 18:11 Terrors overtake him like floodwaters;
a tempest steals him away in the night.
21The east wind carries him away, and he departs;
it sweeps him out of his place.
22For God will cast it upon him and not spare;
he would flee from its power.
23#La 2:15; Zep 2:15 Men will clap their hands at him
and will hiss him out of his place.
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Job 27
27
Job Describes the Portion of the Wicked
1Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
2 As 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.
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.
23 Men shall clap their hands at him,
and shall hiss him out of his place.
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