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Job 27:8 Meaning & Commentary – Hope of the Godless

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

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

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My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

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God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.

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My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

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All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;

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As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;

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Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

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Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

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By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.