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

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

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

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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 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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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 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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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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