1: Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, |
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2: As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the
Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; |
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All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in
my nostrils; |
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4: My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter
deceit. |
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5: God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not
remove mine integrity from me. |
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6: My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart
shall not reproach me so long as I live. |
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7: Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against
me as the unrighteous. |
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8: For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained,
when God taketh away his soul? |
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9: Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
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10: Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call
upon God? |
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11: I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the
Almighty will I not conceal. |
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12: Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus
altogether vain? |
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13: This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the
heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty. |
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14: If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his
offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. |
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15: Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his
widows shall not weep. |
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16: Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as
the clay; |
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17: He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the
innocent shall divide the silver. |
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18: He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the
keeper maketh. |
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19: The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he
openeth his eyes, and he is not. |
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20: Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him
away in the night. |
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21: The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a
storm hurleth him out of his place. |
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22: For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain
flee out of his hand. |
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23: Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of
his place. |