Job 27 NKJV

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valign="top">New King James Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nkjv/kjv/job/27.shtml" style=color:#001320 title=Parallel Chapters> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"> <h3>Job Maintains His Integrity</span></h3><p class="chapter-2"><span class="text Job-27-1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/27-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Moreover Job continued his discourse, and said:</span></p> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/27-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“<i>As</i> God lives, <i>who</i> has taken away my justice,</span><br /><span class="text Job-27-2">And the Almighty, <i>who</i> has made my soul bitter,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/27-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>As long as my breath <i>is</i> in me,</span><br /><span class="text Job-27-3">And the breath of God in my nostrils,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/27-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>My lips will not speak wickedness,</span><br /><span class="text Job-27-4">Nor my tongue utter deceit.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/27-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Far be it from me</span><br /><span class="text Job-27-5">That I should say you are right;</span><br /><span class="text Job-27-5">Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/27-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go;</span><br /><span class="text Job-27-6">My heart shall not <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[a]</a></span>reproach <i>me</i> as long as I live.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/27-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“May my enemy be like the wicked,</span><br /><span class="text Job-27-7">And he who rises up against me like the unrighteous.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/27-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For what is the hope of the hypocrite,</span><br /><span class="text Job-27-8">Though he may gain <i>much,</i></span><br /><span class="text Job-27-8">If God takes away his life?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/27-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Will God hear his cry</span><br /><span class="text Job-27-9">When trouble comes upon him?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/27-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Will he delight himself in the Almighty?</span><br /><span class="text Job-27-10">Will he always call on God?</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/27-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“I will teach you <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>about the hand of God;</span><br /><span class="text Job-27-11">What <i>is</i> with the Almighty I will not conceal.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/27-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Surely all of you have seen <i>it;</i></span><br /><span class="text Job-27-12">Why then do you behave with complete nonsense?</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/27-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“This is the portion of a wicked man with God,</span><br /><span class="text Job-27-13">And the heritage of oppressors, received from the Almighty:</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/27-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>If his children are multiplied, <i>it is</i> for the sword;</span><br /><span class="text Job-27-14">And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/27-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Those who survive him shall be buried in death,</span><br /><span class="text Job-27-15">And their<span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span> widows shall not weep,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/27-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Though he heaps up silver like dust,</span><br /><span class="text Job-27-16">And piles up clothing like clay—</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/27-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He may pile <i>it</i> up, but the just will wear <i>it,</i></span><br /><span class="text Job-27-17">And the innocent will divide the silver.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/27-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>He builds his house like a <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>moth,</span><br /><span class="text Job-27-18">Like a <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span>booth <i>which</i> a watchman makes.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/27-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The rich man will lie down,</span><br /><span class="text Job-27-19"><span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span>But not be gathered <i>up;</i></span><br /><span class="text Job-27-19">He opens his eyes,</span><br /><span class="text Job-27-19">And he <i>is</i> no more.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/27-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Terrors overtake him like a flood;</span><br /><span class="text Job-27-20">A tempest steals him away in the night.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/27-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The east wind carries him away, and he is gone;</span><br /><span class="text Job-27-21">It sweeps him out of his place.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/27-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>It hurls against him and does not spare;</span><br /><span class="text Job-27-22">He flees desperately from its <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[g]</a></span>power.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/27-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><i>Men</i> shall clap their hands at him,</span><br /><span class="text Job-27-23">And shall hiss him out of his place.</span></p></div> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-13488a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Job 27:6">Job 27:6</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>reprove</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-13493b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Job 27:11">Job 27:11</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>by</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-13497c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Job 27:15">Job 27:15</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>his</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-13500d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Job 27:18">Job 27:18</span> <span class='footnote-text'>So with MT, Vg.; LXX, Syr. <i>spider</i> (cf. <span class="bibleref" data-bibleref="Job.8.14" href="/passage/?search=Job.8.14&version=NKJV">8:14</span>); Tg. <i>decay</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-13500e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Job 27:18">Job 27:18</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Temporary shelter</span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-13501f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Job 27:19">Job 27:19</span> <span class='footnote-text'>So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Syr. <i>But shall not add</i> (i.e., do it again); Vg. <i>But take away nothing</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-13504g"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Job 27:22">Job 27:22</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>hand</i></span></li></ol></div> </span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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