Book - Job - Chapter = 27 --> NLT
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Job continued speaking:
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"I make this vow by the living God, who has taken away my rights, by the Almighty who has embittered my soul.
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As long as I live, while I have breath from God,
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my lips will speak no evil, and my tongue will speak no lies.
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I will never concede that you are right; until I die, I will defend my innocence.
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I will maintain my innocence without wavering. My conscience is clear for as long as I live.
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"May my enemy be punished like the wicked, my adversary like evil men.
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For what hope do the godless have when God cuts them off and takes away their life?
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Will God listen to their cry when trouble comes upon them?
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Can they take delight in the Almighty? Can they call to God at any time?
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"I will teach you about God's power. I will not conceal anything that concerns the Almighty.
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But I don't need to, for you yourselves have seen all this; yet you are saying all these useless things to me.
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"This is what the wicked will receive from God; this is their inheritance from the Almighty.
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If they have a multitude of children, their children will die in war or starve to death.
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Those who survive will be brought down to the grave by a plague, with no one to mourn them, not even their wives.
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"Evil people may have all the money in the world, and they may store away mounds of clothing.
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But the righteous will wear that clothing, and the innocent will divide all that money.
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The houses built by the wicked are as fragile as a spiderweb, as flimsy as a shelter made of branches.
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"The wicked go to bed rich but wake up to find that all their wealth is gone.
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Terror overwhelms them, and they are blown away in the storms of the night.
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The east wind carries them away, and they are gone. It sweeps them away.
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It whirls down on them without mercy. They struggle to flee from its power.
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But everyone jeers at them and mocks them.