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epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.27.2.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.27.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>as long as my breath is still in me</p><p class="poem">and the breath from God remains in my nostrils,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.27.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.27.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>my lips will not speak unjustly,</p><p class="poem">and my tongue will not utter deceit.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.27.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>I will never affirm that you are right.</p><p class="poem">I will maintain my integrity<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.27.5.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.27.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> until I die.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.27.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I will cling to my righteousness and never let it go.</p><p class="poem">My conscience<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.27.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> will not accuse me as long as I live!</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.27.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>May my enemy be like the wicked</p><p class="poem">and my opponent like the unjust.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.27.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For what hope does the godless person<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.27.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> have when he is cut off,</p><p class="poem">when God takes away his life?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.27.8.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.27.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Will God hear his cry</p><p class="poem">when distress comes on him?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.27.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Will he delight<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.27.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> in the Almighty?</p><p class="poem">Will he call on God at all times?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.27.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>I will teach you about God’s power.</p><p class="poem">I will not conceal what the Almighty has planned.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.27.11.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.27.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>All of you have seen this for yourselves,</p><p class="poem">why do you keep up this empty talk?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.27.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.27.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>This is a wicked man’s lot<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.27.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> from God,</p><p class="poem">the inheritance the ruthless receive from the Almighty.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.27.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Even if his children increase, they are destined for the sword;</p><p class="poem">his descendants will never have enough food.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.27.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Those who survive him will be buried by the plague,</p><p class="poem">yet their widows will not weep for them.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.27.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.27.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Though he piles up silver like dust</p><p class="poem">and heaps up fine clothing like clay —</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.27.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>he may heap it up, but the righteous will wear it,</p><p class="poem">and the innocent will divide up his silver.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.27.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.27.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon</p><p class="poem">or a shelter set up by a watchman.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.27.18.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.27.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more;</p><p class="poem">when he opens his eyes, it is gone.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.27.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Terrors overtake him like a flood;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.27.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">a storm<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.27.20.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> wind sweeps him away at night.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.27.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>An east wind picks him up, and he is gone;</p><p class="poem">it carries him away from his place.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.27.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>It blasts at him without mercy,</p><p class="poem">while he flees desperately from its force.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.27.23" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>It claps<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.27.23.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> its hands at him</p><p class="poem">and scoffs at him from its place.</p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Job.27" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Job.27.5.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.27.5">27:5</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">will not remove my integrity from me</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.27.11.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.27.11">27:11</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">what is with the Almighty</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Job.27" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Job.27.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.27.2">27:2</a></span> Jb 19:6; 34:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.27.2.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.27.2">27:2</a></span> Ex 1:14; Ru 1:20; Jb 3:20</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.27.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.27.3">27:3</a></span> Gn 2:7; Jb 12:10; 33:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.27.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.27.5">27:5</a></span> Jb 2:3,9; 31:6; Pr 11:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.27.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.27.6">27:6</a></span> Ac 24:16; 1Co 4:4; Rv 9:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.27.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.27.8">27:8</a></span> Jb 17:8; 20:5; 36:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.27.8.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.27.8">27:8</a></span> Jb 8:13; Mt 16:26; Lk 12:20</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.27.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.27.10">27:10</a></span> Jb 22:26; Ps 37:4; Is 55:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.27.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.27.12">27:12</a></span> Jb 2:10; 15:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.27.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.27.13">27:13</a></span> Jb 20:29; 31:2; Ps 17:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.27.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.27.15">27:15</a></span> Jb 18:19; Ps 78:64; Jr 22:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.27.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.27.17">27:17</a></span> Pr 13:22; 28:8; Ec 2:26</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.27.18.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.27.18">27:18</a></span> Jb 4:19; Is 1:8; Jnh 4:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.27.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.27.20">27:20</a></span> Jb 18:11; 20:25; Jr 6:25</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.27.20.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.27.20">27:20</a></span> Jb 21:18; Ps 83:15; Is 29:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.27.23.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.27.23">27:23</a></span> Nm 24:10; Jb 34:37; Lm 2:15</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Job.27" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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