微读圣经

1Job continued his discourse, saying:

2As God lives, who has deprived me of justice,27:2 Jb 19:6; 34:5

and the Almighty who has made me bitter,27:2 Ex 1:14; Ru 1:20; Jb 3:20

3as long as my breath is still in me

and the breath from God remains in my nostrils,27:3 Gn 2:7; Jb 12:10; 33:4

4my lips will not speak unjustly,

and my tongue will not utter deceit.

5I will never affirm that you are right.

I will maintain my integrity27:5 Lit will not remove my integrity from me27:5 Jb 2:3,9; 31:6; Pr 11:3 until I die.

6I will cling to my righteousness and never let it go.

My conscience27:6 Ac 24:16; 1Co 4:4; Rv 9:11 will not accuse me as long as I live!

7May my enemy be like the wicked

and my opponent like the unjust.

8For what hope does the godless person27:8 Jb 17:8; 20:5; 36:13 have when he is cut off,

when God takes away his life?27:8 Jb 8:13; Mt 16:26; Lk 12:20

9Will God hear his cry

when distress comes on him?

10Will he delight27:10 Jb 22:26; Ps 37:4; Is 55:2 in the Almighty?

Will he call on God at all times?

11I will teach you about God’s power.

I will not conceal what the Almighty has planned.27:11 Lit what is with the Almighty

12All of you have seen this for yourselves,

why do you keep up this empty talk?27:12 Jb 2:10; 15:2

13This is a wicked man’s lot27:13 Jb 20:29; 31:2; Ps 17:14 from God,

the inheritance the ruthless receive from the Almighty.

14Even if his children increase, they are destined for the sword;

his descendants will never have enough food.

15Those who survive him will be buried by the plague,

yet their widows will not weep for them.27:15 Jb 18:19; Ps 78:64; Jr 22:10

16Though he piles up silver like dust

and heaps up fine clothing like clay —

17he may heap it up, but the righteous will wear it,

and the innocent will divide up his silver.27:17 Pr 13:22; 28:8; Ec 2:26

18The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon

or a shelter set up by a watchman.27:18 Jb 4:19; Is 1:8; Jnh 4:5

19He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more;

when he opens his eyes, it is gone.

20Terrors overtake him like a flood;27:20 Jb 18:11; 20:25; Jr 6:25

a storm27:20 Jb 21:18; Ps 83:15; Is 29:6 wind sweeps him away at night.

21An east wind picks him up, and he is gone;

it carries him away from his place.

22It blasts at him without mercy,

while he flees desperately from its force.

23It claps27:23 Nm 24:10; Jb 34:37; Lm 2:15 its hands at him

and scoffs at him from its place.

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