Job 27:7-23
The Wicked Man’s Portion

7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

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8 For what [is] the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

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9 Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?

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10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?

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11 I will teach you by the hand of God: [that] which [is] with the Almighty will I not conceal.

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12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen [it]; why then are ye thus altogether vain?

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13 This [is] the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, [which] they shall receive of the Almighty.

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14 If his children be multiplied, [it is] for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

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15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.

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16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;

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17 He may prepare [it], but the just shall put [it] on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

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18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth [that] the keeper maketh.

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19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he [is] not.

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20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

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21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.

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22 For [God] shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

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23 [Men] shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.

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