noyes - Job:27

noyes@Job:27:1 @ Moreover Job continued his discourse, and said:

noyes@Job:27:2 @ As God liveth, who hath rejected my cause, And the Almighty, who hath afflicted my soul;

noyes@Job:27:3 @ As long as my breath is in me, And the spirit of God is in my nostrils,

noyes@Job:27:4 @ Never shall my lips speak falsehood, Nor my tongue utter deceit.

noyes@Job:27:5 @ God forbid that I should acknowledge you to be just: To my last breath will I assert my integrity.

noyes@Job:27:6 @ I will hold fast my innocence, and not let it go; My heart reproacheth me for no part of my life.

noyes@Job:27:7 @ May mine enemy be as the wicked, And he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous!

noyes@Job:27:8 @ For what is the hope of the wicked, when God cutteth off his web, And taketh away his life?

noyes@Job:27:9 @ Will he listen to his cry, When trouble cometh upon him?

noyes@Job:27:10 @ Can he delight himself in the Almighty, And call at all times upon God?

noyes@Job:27:11 @ I will teach you concerning the hand of God; That which is with the Almighty I will not conceal.

noyes@Job:27:12 @ Behold, ye yourselves have all seen it; Why then do ye cherish such vain thoughts?

noyes@Job:27:13 @ This is the portion of the wicked man from God,The inheritance which oppressors receive from the Almighty.

noyes@Job:27:14 @ If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

noyes@Job:27:15 @ Those of them that escape shall be buried by Death, And their widows shall not bewail them.

noyes@Job:27:16 @ Though he heap up silver as dust, And procure raiment as clay,

noyes@Job:27:17 @ He may procure, but the righteous shall wear it, And the innocent shall share the silver.

noyes@Job:27:18 @ He buildeth his house like the moth, Or like the shed which the watchman maketh.

noyes@Job:27:19 @ The rich man lieth down, and is not buried; In the twinkling of an eye he is no more.

noyes@Job:27:20 @ Terrors pursue him like a flood; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.

noyes@Job:27:21 @ The east wind carrieth him away, and he perisheth; Yea, it sweepeth him away from his place.

noyes@Job:27:22 @ God sendeth his arrows at him, and doth not spare; He would fain escape from His hand.

noyes@Job:27:23 @ Men clap their hands at him, And hiss him away from his place.