(KJV) Job 271

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⥃Job Affirms His Integrity

[1] Moreover Job2 continued3 his parable, and said, [2] [As] God liveth4, [who] hath taken5 away my judgment; and the Almighty, [who] hath vexed my soul6; [3] All the while my breath [is] in me, and the spirit of God7 [is] in my nostrils; [4] My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.8 [5] God forbid that I should justify9 you: till I die I will not10 remove mine integrity from me. [6] My righteousness I hold fast11, and will not let it go: my heart12 shall not reproach [me] so long as I live13.

⥃The Wicked Man’s Portion

[7] Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.14 [8] For what [is] the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?15 [9] Will God16 hear his cry17 when trouble cometh upon him? [10] Will he delight18 himself in the Almighty? will he always19 call upon God? [11] I will teach20 you by the hand21 of God: [that] which22 [is] with the Almighty will I not conceal. [12] Behold, all ye yourselves23 have seen [it]; why then are ye thus altogether24 vain? [13] This [is] the portion25 of a wicked man with God, and the heritage26 of oppressors, [which] they shall receive of the Almighty. [14] If his children27 be multiplied, [it is] for the sword: and his offspring28 shall not be satisfied with bread. [15] Those29 that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows30 shall not weep. [16] Though he heap up31 silver as the dust, and prepare raiment32 as the clay; [17] He may prepare [it], but the just33 shall put [it] on, and the innocent shall divide the silver. [18] He buildeth his house as a moth34, and as a booth35 [that] the keeper maketh. [19] The rich man shall lie36 down, but he shall not be gathered37: he openeth38 his eyes, and he [is] not39. [20] Terrors40 take hold on him as waters, a tempest41 stealeth him away in the night. [21] The east wind42 carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm43 hurleth him out of his place. [22] For [God44] shall cast upon him, and not spare45: he would fain flee46 out of his hand. [23] [Men] shall clap47 their hands at him, and shall hiss him48 out of his place.

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  1. Job 27:1, Job protests his sincerity; Job 27:8, The hypocrite is without hope; Job 27:11, The blessings which the wicked have are turned into curses. ↩

  2. Num 23:7, Num 24:3, Num 24:15; Ps 49:4, Ps 78:2; Prov 26:7 ↩

  3. Heb. added to take up ↩

  4. Num 14:21; Ruth 3:13; 1Sam 14:39, 1Sam 14:45, 1Sam 20:21, 1Sam 25:26, 1Sam 25:34; 2Sam 2:27; 1Kgs 17:1, 1Kgs 18:15; Jer 4:2, Jer 5:2, Jer 12:16; Ezek 33:11 ↩

  5. Job 10:3, Job 34:5; Isa 40:27 ↩

  6. Heb. made my soul bitter, Ruth 1:20-21; 2Kgs 4:27 ↩

  7. that is, the breath which God gave him, Gen 2:7; Isa 2:22; Acts 17:25 ↩

  8. Job 13:7, Job 34:6; John 8:55; 2Cor 11:10 ↩

  9. Job 32:3, Job 42:7; Deut 25:1; Prov 17:15; Gal 2:11 ↩

  10. Job 2:9, Job 13:15, Job 29:14; 2Cor 1:12 ↩

  11. Job 2:3; Ps 18:20-23; Prov 4:13 ↩

  12. Acts 24:16; 2Cor 12:11; 1John 3:20-21 ↩

  13. Heb. from my days ↩

  14. 1Sam 25:26; 2Sam 18:32; Dan 4:19 ↩

  15. Job 11:20, Job 13:16, Job 15:34, Job 20:5, Job 31:3; Isa 33:14-15; Matt 16:26, Matt 23:14; Mark 8:36-37; Luke 9:25, Luke 12:20-21; 1Tim 6:9-10; Jas 5:1-3 ↩

  16. Job 35:12-13; Ps 18:41, Ps 66:18, Ps 109:7; Prov 1:28, Prov 28:9; Isa 1:15; Jer 11:11, Jer 14:12; Ezek 8:18; Mic 3:4; Zech 7:13; John 9:31; Jas 4:3 ↩

  17. Hos 7:14; Luke 13:25 ↩

  18. Job 22:26-27; Ps 37:4, Ps 43:4; Hab 3:18 ↩

  19. Ps 78:34-36; Matt 13:21; Luke 18:1; Acts 10:2; Eph 6:18; 1Thess 5:17 ↩

  20. Job 4:3-4, Job 6:10; Isa 8:11 ↩

  21. or, being in the hand, etc ↩

  22. Job 32:8-10; Deut 4:5; Ps 71:17; Acts 20:20 ↩

  23. Job 21:28-30; Eccl 8:14, Eccl 9:1-3 ↩

  24. Job 6:25-29, Job 13:4-9, Job 16:3, Job 17:2, Job 19:2-3, Job 21:3, Job 26:2-4 ↩

  25. Job 20:29, Job 31:3; Ps 11:6; Eccl 8:13; Isa 3:11; 2Pet 2:9 ↩

  26. Job 15:20-35, Job 20:19-29; Ps 12:5; Prov 22:22-23; Mal 3:5; Jas 5:4-6 ↩

  27. Job 21:11-12; Deut 28:32, Deut 28:41; 2Kgs 9:7-8, 2Kgs 10:6-10; Esth 5:11, Esth 9:5-10; Ps 109:13; Hos 9:13-14; Luke 23:29 ↩

  28. 1Sam 2:5 ↩

  29. 1Kgs 14:10-11, 1Kgs 16:3-4, 1Kgs 21:21-24 ↩

  30. Ps 78:64; Jer 22:18 ↩

  31. Job 22:24; 1Kgs 10:27; Hab 2:6; Zech 9:3 ↩

  32. D'Herbelot tells us, that Bokhten, an illustrious poet of Cufah, in the 9th century, had so many presents made him, that at his death he was found possessed of 100 suits of clothes, 200 shirts, and 500 turbans. Matt 6:19; Jas 5:2 ↩

  33. Prov 13:22, Prov 28:8; Eccl 2:26 ↩

  34. Job 8:14-15; Isa 51:8 ↩

  35. Isa 1:8, Isa 38:12; Lam 2:6 ↩

  36. Job 14:13-15, Job 21:23-26, Job 21:30, Job 30:23 ↩

  37. Gen 49:10; Jer 8:2; Matt 3:12, Matt 23:37 ↩

  38. Job 20:7-9; Ps 58:9, Ps 73:19-20 ↩

  39. Job 8:22, Job 14:10, Job 14:12, Job 24:24 *marg. ↩

  40. Job 15:21, Job 18:11, Job 22:16; Ps 18:4, Ps 42:7, Ps 69:14-15; Jonah 2:3 ↩

  41. Job 20:23, Job 21:18; Exod 12:29; 2Kgs 19:35; Dan 5:30 ↩

  42. Jer 18:17; Hos 13:15 ↩

  43. Exod 9:23-25; Ps 11:6, Ps 58:9, Ps 83:15; Nah 1:3-8; Matt 7:27 ↩

  44. Exod 9:14; Deut 32:23; Josh 10:11 ↩

  45. Deut 29:20; Ezek 9:5-6; Rom 8:32; 2Pet 2:4-5 ↩

  46. Heb. in fleeing he would flee, Job 20:24; Exod 14:25-28; Judg 4:17-21; Isa 10:3; Amos 2:14, Amos 9:1-3 ↩

  47. Esth 9:22-25; Prov 11:10; Lam 2:15; Rev 18:20 ↩

  48. 1Kgs 9:8; Jer 19:8; Mic 6:16; Zeph 2:15 ↩