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Wednesday, September 18th, 2024
the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Passage Lookup: Job 27

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Job 27:1
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Job continued his discourse, saying:
Job 27:2
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As God lives, who has deprived me of justice,(a) and the Almighty who has made me bitter,(b)
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Job 27:3
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as long as my breath is still in me and the breath from God remains in my nostrils,(c)
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Job 27:4
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my lips will not speak unjustly, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
Job 27:5
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I will never affirm that you are right. I will maintain my integrity[a](d) until I die.
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Job 27:6
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I will cling to my righteousness and never let it go. My conscience(e) will not accuse me as long as I live!
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Job 27:7
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May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust.
Job 27:8
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For what hope does the godless man(f) have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?(g)
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Job 27:9
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Will God hear his cry when distress comes on him?
Job 27:10
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Will he delight(h) in the Almighty? Will he call on God at all times?
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Job 27:11
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I will teach you about God's power. I will not conceal what the Almighty has planned.[b]
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Job 27:12
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All of you have seen this for yourselves, why do you keep up this empty talk?(i)
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Job 27:13
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This is a wicked man's lot(j) from God, the inheritance the ruthless receive from the Almighty.
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Job 27:14
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Even if his children increase, they are destined for the sword; his descendants will never have enough food.
Job 27:15
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Those who survive him will be buried by the plague, yet their widows will not weep for them.(k)
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Job 27:16
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Though he piles up silver like dust and heaps up a wardrobe like clay—
Job 27:17
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he may heap it up, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide up his silver.(l)
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Job 27:18
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The house he built is like a moth's cocoon or a booth set up by a watchman.(m)
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Job 27:19
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He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, it is gone.
Job 27:20
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Terrors overtake him like a flood;(n) a storm(o) wind sweeps him away at night.
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Job 27:21
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An east wind picks him up, and he is gone; it carries him away from his place.
Job 27:22
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It blasts at him without mercy, while he flees desperately from its grasp.
Job 27:23
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It claps(p) its hands at him and scorns him from its place.
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