27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.

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27 “I know full well what you are thinking,
    the schemes by which you would wrong me.

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22 But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts?

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22 Jesus knew what they were thinking and asked, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?

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86 All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.

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86 All your commands are trustworthy;(A)
    help me,(B) for I am being persecuted(C) without cause.(D)

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19 For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.

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19 For it is commendable if someone bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because they are conscious of God.(A)

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They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold.

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I have done no wrong,(A) yet they are ready to attack me.(B)
    Arise to help me; look on my plight!(C)

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And it was so, that after the Lord had spoken these words unto Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

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Epilogue

After the Lord had said these things to Job(A), he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends,(B) because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.(C)

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Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

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He was also angry with the three friends,(A) because they had found no way to refute Job,(B) and yet had condemned him.[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 32:3 Masoretic Text; an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition Job, and so had condemned God

29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.

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29 Such is the fate God allots the wicked,
    the heritage appointed for them by God.”(A)

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That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

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that the mirth of the wicked(A) is brief,
    the joy of the godless(B) lasts but a moment.(C)

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20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

23 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

25 For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.

26 He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:

27 Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.

28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.

29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.

33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.

34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

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20 All his days the wicked man suffers torment,(A)
    the ruthless man through all the years stored up for him.(B)
21 Terrifying sounds fill his ears;(C)
    when all seems well, marauders attack him.(D)
22 He despairs of escaping the realm of darkness;(E)
    he is marked for the sword.(F)
23 He wanders about(G) for food like a vulture;(H)
    he knows the day of darkness(I) is at hand.(J)
24 Distress and anguish(K) fill him with terror;(L)
    troubles overwhelm him, like a king(M) poised to attack,
25 because he shakes his fist(N) at God
    and vaunts himself against the Almighty,(O)
26 defiantly charging against him
    with a thick, strong shield.(P)

27 “Though his face is covered with fat
    and his waist bulges with flesh,(Q)
28 he will inhabit ruined towns
    and houses where no one lives,(R)
    houses crumbling to rubble.(S)
29 He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure,(T)
    nor will his possessions spread over the land.(U)
30 He will not escape the darkness;(V)
    a flame(W) will wither his shoots,(X)
    and the breath of God’s mouth(Y) will carry him away.(Z)
31 Let him not deceive(AA) himself by trusting what is worthless,(AB)
    for he will get nothing in return.(AC)
32 Before his time(AD) he will wither,(AE)
    and his branches will not flourish.(AF)
33 He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes,(AG)
    like an olive tree shedding its blossoms.(AH)
34 For the company of the godless(AI) will be barren,
    and fire will consume(AJ) the tents of those who love bribes.(AK)
35 They conceive trouble(AL) and give birth to evil;(AM)
    their womb fashions deceit.”

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Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;

If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;

If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

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Does God pervert justice?(A)
    Does the Almighty pervert what is right?(B)
When your children sinned against him,
    he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.(C)
But if you will seek God earnestly
    and plead(D) with the Almighty,(E)
if you are pure and upright,
    even now he will rouse himself on your behalf(F)
    and restore you to your prosperous state.(G)

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I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

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I myself have seen(A) a fool taking root,(B)
    but suddenly(C) his house was cursed.(D)
His children(E) are far from safety,(F)
    crushed in court(G) without a defender.(H)
The hungry consume his harvest,(I)
    taking it even from among thorns,
    and the thirsty pant after his wealth.

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Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.

10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.

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As I have observed,(A) those who plow evil(B)
    and those who sow trouble reap it.(C)
At the breath of God(D) they perish;
    at the blast of his anger they are no more.(E)
10 The lions may roar(F) and growl,
    yet the teeth of the great lions(G) are broken.(H)
11 The lion perishes for lack of prey,(I)
    and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.(J)

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