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27:1  Job kept on speaking, and said,
27:2  “As God lives, Who has taken away my right, and the All-powerful, Who has troubled my soul,
27:3  as long as life is in me, and the breath of God is in my nose,
27:4  my lips will not speak what is not true, and my tongue will not lie.
27:5  Far be it from me to say that you are right. Until I die I will not put away my honor.
27:6  I hold on to what is right and good and will not let it go. My heart does not put me to shame for any of my days.
27:7  “May the one who hates me be as the sinful. And may the one who is against me be as those who are not right and good.
27:8  For what is the hope of the man without God when he dies, when God takes away his life?
27:9  Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?
27:10  Will he be glad in the All-powerful? Will he call on God at all times?
27:11  I will teach you about the power of God. I will not hide the ways of the All-powerful.
27:12  All of you have seen it yourselves. Why then do you speak in a foolish way?
27:13  “This is what God gives to a sinful man, the gift that a man who makes it hard for others receives from the All-powerful.
27:14  If he has many sons, they will be killed by the sword. And his children will not have enough bread to eat.
27:15  Those who are left to him will be buried because of disease. And the wives who have lost their husbands will not be able to cry.
27:16  He may gather up silver like dust, and gather so much clothing as if they were clay.
27:17  He may have it, but those who are right with God will wear it. And those who are without guilt will divide the silver.
27:18  He builds his house like the home of a spider, or like a tent which a watchman has made.
27:19  He goes to bed rich, but will never again. When he opens his eyes, his riches are gone.
27:20  Fears come over him like a flood. A storm carries him away in the night.
27:21  The east wind carries him away, and he is gone. It carries him away from his place.
27:22  It comes at him without pity. He tries to run from its power as fast as he can.
27:23  Men clap their hands at him, and drive him from his place with sounds of shame.