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Job 27
Easy-to-Read Version, 2006
- 1Job continued his answer:
- 2“God All-Powerful has been unfair to me; he has made my life bitter. But I swear by his life,
- 3as long as I have life in me, as long as breath from God is in my nostrils,
- 4I will not be a hypocrite. I will not lie.
- 5You will never hear me say you men are right! Until the day I die I will not be untrue to myself.
- 6I will hold on to my innocence and never let go! My conscience will always be clear!
- 7May my enemies be punished like those who are evil. May those who stood against me end up like all who have done wrong.
- 8What hope do people without God have when it is time to die, when God takes their life away?
- 9When they have troubles and cry out for help, God will not listen to them!
- 10It will be too late for them to enjoy talking with God All-Powerful. They should have prayed to God all the time.
- 11“I will teach you about God’s power. I will not hide anything about God All-Powerful.
- 12But you have seen it all with your own eyes. So why do you say such useless things?
- 13[1] “Here is what God has planned for those who are evil. This is what cruel people will get from God All-Powerful.
- 14They may have many children, but all of them will be killed in war. Or their children will not have enough to eat.
- 15All those who are left will die, and the widows will not even cry for them.