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<A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Will God hear his cry <p class="indent2"> when distress comes upon him? <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Will he delight in the Almighty? <p class="indent2"> Will he call upon God at all times? <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>I will instruct you in the power of God. <p class="indent2"> I will not conceal the ways of the Almighty. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Surely all of you have seen it for yourselves. <p class="indent2"> Why then do you keep up this empty talk? <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>This is the wicked man’s portion from God—<p class="indent2"> the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty. <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; <p class="indent2"> and his offspring will never have enough food. <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>His survivors will be buried by the plague, <p class="indent2"> and their widows will not weep for them. <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Though he heaps up silver like dust <p class="indent2"> and piles up a wardrobe like clay, <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>what he lays up, the righteous will wear, <p class="indent2"> and his silver will be divided by the innocent. <A name="19"></a><p class="indent1"><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 class="indent2"> like a hut set up by a watchman. <A name="20"></a><p class="indent1"><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 class="indent2"> when he opens his eyes, all is gone. <A name="21"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Terrors overtake him like a flood; <p class="indent2"> a tempest sweeps him away in the night. <A name="22"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; <p class="indent2"> it sweeps him out of his place. <A name="23"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>It hurls itself against him without mercy <p class="indent2"> as he flees headlong from its power. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>It claps its hands at him <p class="indent2"> and hisses him out of his place.</p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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