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JOB 27
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These are just the beginning of all that
he does,
merely a whisper of his power.
Who, then, can comprehend the
thunder of his power?”
Job’s Final Speech
Job continued speaking:
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“I vow by the living God, who has
taken away my rights,
by the Almighty who has embittered
my soul—
As long as I live,
while I have breath from God,
my lips will speak no evil,
and my tongue will speak no lies.
I will never concede that you are right;
I will defend my integrity until I die.
I will maintain my innocence without
wavering.
My conscience is clear for as long
as I live.
“May my enemy be punished like the
wicked,
my adversary like those who do evil.
For what hope do the godless have when
God cuts them off
and takes away their life?
Will God listen to their cry
when trouble comes upon them?
Can they take delight in the Almighty?
Can they call to God at any time?
I will teach you about God’s power.
I will not conceal anything concerning
the Almighty.
“The fear of the Lord
is true wisdom.”
JO B 2 8:2 8
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But you have seen all this,
yet you say all these useless things to me.
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“This is what the wicked will receive
from God;
this is their inheritance from the Almighty.
They may have many children,
but the children will die in war or starve
to death.
Those who survive will die of a plague,
and not even their widows will mourn
them.
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from God
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“Evil people may have piles of money
and may store away mounds of clothing.
But the righteous will wear that clothing,
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and the innocent will divide that money.
The wicked build houses as fragile as a
spider’s web,*
as flimsy as a shelter made of branches.
The wicked go to bed rich
but wake to find that all their wealth
is gone.
Terror overwhelms them like a flood,
and they are blown away in the storms
of the night.
The east wind carries them away, and they
are gone.
It sweeps them away.
It whirls down on them without mercy.
They struggle to flee from its power.
But everyone jeers at them
and mocks them.
Job Speaks of Wisdom and Understanding
1 “People know where to mine silver
and how to refine gold.
2 They know where to dig iron from the earth
and how to smelt copper from rock.
3 They know how to shine light in the
darkness
and explore the farthest regions of
the earth
as they search in the dark for ore.
4 They sink a mine shaft into the earth
far from where anyone lives.
They descend on ropes, swinging back
and forth.
5 Food is grown on the earth above,
but down below, the earth is melted as
by fire.
6 Here the rocks contain precious lapis lazuli,
and the dust contains gold.
7 These are treasures no bird of prey can see,
no falcon’s eye observe.
8 No wild animal has walked upon these
treasures;
no lion has ever set his paw there.
9 People know how to tear apart flinty rocks
and overturn the roots of mountains.
10 They cut tunnels in the rocks
and uncover precious stones.
11 They dam up the trickling streams
and bring to light the hidden treasures.
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“But do people know where to find
wisdom?
Where can they find understanding?
No one knows where to find it,*
for it is not found among the living.
‘It is not here,’ says the ocean.
‘Nor is it here,’ says the sea.
It cannot be bought with gold.
It cannot be purchased with silver.
It’s worth more than all the gold of Ophir,
27:18 As in Greek and Syriac versions (see also 8:14); Hebrew
reads a moth. 28:13 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads
knows its value.