{"book":"Job","slug":"job","ch":27,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Job","prev":"job/26","next":"job/28","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Job continued his discourse:","f":[],"h":"Job Affirms His Integrity","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"“ As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice — the Almighty, who has embittered my soul —","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the Almighty, who has embittered my soul —"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":3,"t":"as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"as long as my breath is still within me"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"my lips will not speak wickedness,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and my tongue will not utter deceit."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I will never say that you are right;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I will maintain my integrity until I die."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I will cling to my righteousness and never let go."},{"style":"indent2","t":"As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"May my enemy be like the wicked"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and my opponent like the unjust."}],"h":"The Wicked Man’s Portion","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":8,"t":"For what [is] the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For what [is] the hope of the godless when he is cut off,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"when God takes away his life?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Will God hear his cry"},{"style":"indent2","t":"when distress comes upon him?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Will he delight in the Almighty?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Will he call upon God at all times?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"I will instruct you in the power of God. I will not conceal the ways of the Almighty.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I will instruct you in the power of God."},{"style":"indent2","t":"I will not conceal the ways of the Almighty."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"Surely all of you have seen [it] for yourselves. Why then do you keep up this empty talk?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Surely all of you have seen [it] for yourselves."},{"style":"indent2","t":"Why then do you keep up this empty talk?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"This [is] the wicked man’s portion from God — the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"This [is] the wicked man’s portion from God —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":14,"t":"Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and his offspring will never have enough food."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"His survivors will be buried by the plague, and their widows will not weep for them.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"His survivors will be buried by the plague,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and their widows will not weep for them."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Though he heaps up silver like dust"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and piles up a wardrobe like clay,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"what he lays up, the righteous will wear,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and his silver will be divided by the innocent."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":18,"t":"The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like a hut set up by a watchman."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":19,"t":"He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"when he opens his eyes, all is gone."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":20,"t":"Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Terrors overtake him like a flood;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a tempest sweeps him away in the night."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":21,"t":"The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The east wind carries him away, and he is gone;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"it sweeps him out of his place."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":22,"t":"It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"It hurls itself against him without mercy"},{"style":"indent2","t":"as he flees headlong from its power."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":23,"t":"It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place.[’’]","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"It claps its hands at him"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and hisses him out of his place.[’’]"}],"style":"indent1"}]}