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Job’s Final Reply to His Friends

27 Job continued to speak. He said,

“God hasn’t treated me fairly.
    The Mighty One has made my life bitter.
You can be sure that God lives.
    And here’s something else you can be sure of.
As long as I have life
    and God gives me breath,
my mouth won’t say evil things.
    My lips won’t tell lies.
I’ll never admit you people are right.
    Until I die, I’ll say I’m telling the truth.
I’ll continue to say I’m right.
    I’ll never let go of that.
    I won’t blame myself as long as I live.

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Job’s Final Word to His Friends

27 And Job continued his discourse:(A)

“As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice,(B)
    the Almighty,(C) who has made my life bitter,(D)
as long as I have life within me,
    the breath of God(E) in my nostrils,
my lips will not say anything wicked,
    and my tongue will not utter lies.(F)
I will never admit you are in the right;
    till I die, I will not deny my integrity.(G)
I will maintain my innocence(H) and never let go of it;
    my conscience(I) will not reproach me as long as I live.(J)

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