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Chapter 27 allows Job to speak without interruption by his friends. He begins with a solemn pronouncement of his own integrity. He expresses the dislike that he has always had for hypocrisy. He agrees that eventually all wicked men will be judged in spite of their long prosperity.
Job vows that as long as he lives, his lips would speak no evil and his tongue would speak no lies. To his friends he says, "I will never never agree that you are right, as long as I live, I will proclaim my innocence." "I am not a sinner." "Those who say otherwise, are my enemies." "But what hope has the godless." "Will God listen to his cry when trouble comes upon him?" "I would teach you about God but I don't have to, you already know as much about His as I do." "It is the fate of the godless that their children will either die in war or starve to death." "Those who survive will die of sickness." "The evil man may have his cloths made by a tailor but the innocent shall wear them." "Every house built by the wicked is as fragile as a spider's web." He goes to bed then wakes up to find that his possessions have been blown away by a storm." "Then the east wind blows him away and he is no more." "Everyone will cheer his death and boo him into eternity."
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