1Moreover Job continued his discourse, and said:

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Numbers 24:15, Job 29:1, Numbers 23:7, Numbers 24:15, Job 29:1

2As God liveth, who hath rejected my cause, And the Almighty, who hath afflicted my soul;

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Job 34:5, Job 34:5, 2 Kings 4:27, Numbers 14:21, 2 Kings 4:27

3As long as my breath is in me, And the spirit of God is in my nostrils,

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Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:7, Job 33:4, Job 33:4, Isaiah 2:22

4Never shall my lips speak falsehood, Nor my tongue utter deceit.

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Job 13:7, Job 13:7, John 8:55, Job 6:28, Job 34:6

5God forbid that I should acknowledge you to be just: To my last breath will I assert my integrity.

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Job 2:9, Job 2:9, Job 13:15, Job 13:15, Job 29:14

6I will hold fast my innocence, and not let it go; My heart reproacheth me for no part of my life.

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Job 2:3, Job 2:3, 1 John 3:20, 1 John 3:21, Acts 24:16

7May mine enemy be as the wicked, And he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous!

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Daniel 4:19, Daniel 4:19, 2 Samuel 18:32, 1 Samuel 25:26, 2 Samuel 18:32

8For what is the hope of the wicked, when God cutteth off his web, And taketh away his life?

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Matthew 16:26, Matthew 16:26, Luke 12:20, Luke 12:21, Job 8:13

9Will he listen to his cry, When trouble cometh upon him?

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Jeremiah 14:12, Isaiah 1:15, Proverbs 1:28, Jeremiah 14:12, Isaiah 1:15

10Can he delight himself in the Almighty, And call at all times upon God?

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Psalms 37:4, Job 22:26, Job 22:27, Psalms 37:4, Job 22:26

11I will teach you concerning the hand of God; That which is with the Almighty I will not conceal.

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Psalms 71:17, Job 4:3, Job 4:4, Isaiah 8:11, Psalms 71:17

12Behold, ye yourselves have all seen it; Why then do ye cherish such vain thoughts?

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Job 26:2, Job 26:4, Ecclesiastes 9:1, Ecclesiastes 9:3, Job 21:28

13This is the portion of the wicked man from God,—The inheritance which oppressors receive from the Almighty.

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Isaiah 3:11, Job 20:19, Job 20:29, Isaiah 3:11, Job 20:19

14If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

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Deuteronomy 28:41, Deuteronomy 28:41, Job 20:10, Luke 23:29, Job 20:10

15Those of them that escape shall be buried by Death, And their widows shall not bewail them.

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Psalms 78:64, Psalms 78:64, Jeremiah 22:18, 1 Kings 21:21, 1 Kings 21:24

16Though he heap up silver as dust, And procure raiment as clay,—

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Zechariah 9:3, Zechariah 9:3, Matthew 6:19, Matthew 6:19, Job 22:24

17He may procure, but the righteous shall wear it, And the innocent shall share the silver.

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Proverbs 13:22, Proverbs 13:22, Proverbs 28:8, Ecclesiastes 2:26, Proverbs 28:8

18He buildeth his house like the moth, Or like the shed which the watchman maketh.

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Job 8:14, Job 8:15, Isaiah 1:8, Job 8:14, Job 8:15

19The rich man lieth down, and is not buried; In the twinkling of an eye he is no more.

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Job 24:24, Job 24:24, Psalms 58:9, Psalms 58:9, Psalms 73:19

20Terrors pursue him like a flood; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.

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Job 15:21, Job 15:21, Job 18:11, Job 18:11, Psalms 69:14

21The east wind carrieth him away, and he perisheth; Yea, it sweepeth him away from his place.

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Psalms 11:6, Psalms 11:6, Psalms 83:15, Psalms 83:15, Psalms 58:9

22God sendeth his arrows at him, and doth not spare; He would fain escape from His hand.

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2 Peter 2:4, 2 Peter 2:5, 2 Peter 2:4, 2 Peter 2:5, Job 20:24

23Men clap their hands at him, And hiss him away from his place.

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Lamentations 2:15, Lamentations 2:15, 1 Kings 9:8, Zephaniah 2:15, 1 Kings 9:8