Job 27 (NET)

Job 27:1¹And Job took up his discourse again:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 27:2²“As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made my life bitter —Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 27:3³for while my spirit is still in me, and the breath from God is in my nostrils,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 27:4⁴my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will whisper no deceit.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 27:5⁵I will never declare that you three are in the right; until I die, I will not set aside my integrity!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 27:6⁶I will maintain my righteousness and never let it go; my conscience will not reproach me for as long as I live.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 27:7⁷“May my enemy be like the wicked, my adversary like the unrighteous.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 27:8⁸For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 27:9⁹Does God listen to his cry when distress overtakes him?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 27:10¹⁰Will he find delight in the Almighty? Will he call out to God at all times?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 27:11¹¹I will teach you about the power of God; what is on the Almighty’s mind I will not conceal.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 27:12¹²If you yourselves have all seen this, Why in the world do you continue this meaningless talk?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 27:13¹³This is the portion of the wicked man allotted by God, the inheritance that evildoers receive from the Almighty.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 27:14¹⁴If his children increase—it is for the sword! His offspring never have enough to eat.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 27:15¹⁵Those who survive him are buried by the plague, and their widows do not mourn for them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 27:16¹⁶If he piles up silver like dust and stores up clothing like mounds of clay,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 27:17¹⁷what he stores up a righteous man will wear, and an innocent man will inherit his silver.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 27:18¹⁸The house he builds is as fragile as a moth’s cocoon, like a hut that a watchman has made.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 27:19¹⁹He goes to bed wealthy, but will do so no more. When he opens his eyes, it is all gone.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 27:20²⁰Terrors overwhelm him like a flood; at night a whirlwind carries him off.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 27:21²¹The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 27:22²²It hurls itself against him without pity as he flees headlong from its power.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Job 27:23²³It claps its hands at him in derision and hisses him away from his place.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s