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27:7 “May my enemy <0341> be <01961> like the wicked <07563>, my adversary <06965> like the unrighteous <05767>. 27:8 For <03588> what <04100> hope <08615> does the godless <02611> have when <03588> he is cut off <01214>, when <03588> God <0433> takes away <07953> his life <05315>? 27:9 Does God <0410> listen <08085> to his cry <06818> when <03588> distress <06869> overtakes <0935> him? 27:10 Will he find delight <06026> in the Almighty <07706>? Will he call <07121> out to God <0433> at all <03605> times <06256>? 27:11 I will teach <03384> you about the power <03027> of God <0410>; What <0834> is on <05973> the Almighty’s <07706> mind I will not <03808> conceal <03582>. 27:12 If <02005> you yourselves <0859> have all <03605> seen <02372> this, Why <04100> in the world do you continue this <02088> meaningless talk <01891> <01892>? 27:13 This <02088> is the portion <02506> of the wicked <07563> man <0120> allotted by <05973> God <0410>, the inheritance <05159> that evildoers <06184> receive <03947> from the Almighty <07706>. 27:14 If <0518> his children <01121> increase <07235>– it is for <03926> the sword <02719>! His offspring <06631> never <03808> have enough <07646> to eat <03899>. 27:15 Those who survive <08300> him are buried <06912> by the plague <04194>, and their widows <0490> do not <03808> mourn <01058> for them. 27:16 If <0518> he piles up <06651> silver <03701> like dust <06083> and stores up <03559> clothing <04403> like mounds of clay <02563>, 27:17 what he stores up <03559> a righteous <06662> man will wear <03847>, and an innocent <05355> man will inherit <02505> his silver <03701>. 27:18 The house <01004> he builds <01129> is as fragile as a moth’s <06211> cocoon, like a hut <05521> that a watchman <05341> has made <06213>. 27:19 He goes to bed <07901> wealthy <06223>, but will do so no <03808> more <0622>. When he opens <06491> his eyes <05869>, it is all gone <0369>. 27:20 Terrors <01091> overwhelm <05381> him like a flood <04325>; at night <03915> a whirlwind <05492> carries <01589> him off <01589>. 27:21 The east wind <06921> carries <05375> him away <05375>, and he is gone <01980>; it sweeps <08175> him out <08175> of his place <04725>. 27:22 It hurls <07993> itself against <05921> him without <03808> pity <02550> as he flees headlong <01272> <01272> from its power <03027>. 27:23 It claps <05606> its hands <03709> at <05921> him in derision and hisses <08319> him away <08319> from <05921> his place <04725>.

• Job 27:7-23 -- The Condition of the Wicked

• Job

  [nave] JOB 1. A man who dwelt in Uz, Job 1:1. Righteousness of, Job 1:1, 5, 8; 2:3; Ezek. 14:14, 20. Riches of, Job 1:3. Trial of, by affliction of Satan, Job 1:13-19; 2:7-10. Fortitude of, Job 1:20-22; 2:10; Jas. 5:11. Visite...
  

• JOB, BOOK OF

  [isbe] JOB, BOOK OF - || I. INTRODUCTORY 1. Place in the Canon 2. Rank and Readers II. THE LITERARY FRAMEWORK 1. Setting of Time, Place and Scene 2. Characters and Personality 3. Form and Style III. THE COURSE OF THE STORY A) To Jo...
  

• Wicked

  [nave] WICKED Compared with: Abominable branches, Isa. 14:19; ashes under the feet, Mal. 4:3; bad fishes, Matt. 13:48; beasts, Psa. 49:12; 2 Pet. 2:12; the blind, Zeph. 1:17; Matt. 15:14; bronze and iron, Jer. 6:28; Ezek. 22:18; br...
  

• Rich, The

  [nave] RICH, THE: Neh. 5:1-13; Job 21:7-15; Job 27:13-23; Job 31:24, 25, 28; Psa. 49:16-18; Psa. 52:1-7; Psa. 73:3-22; Prov. 14:20; Prov. 18:11, 23; Prov. 28:11; Eccl. 5:13, 14, 19, 20; Jer. 5:7-9, 27-29; Jer. 9:23; Jer. 17:11; Je...
  

• Oppression

  [nave] OPPRESSION God is a refuge from, Psa. 9:9. Prayers against, Psa. 17:9; 44:24; 119:121,134; Isa. 38:14. God's aid promised against, Psa. 12:5; 72:4, 14; Jer. 50:34. God will judge, Psa. 103:6; Eccl. 5:8; Isa. 10; Jer. 22:1...
  

• Hypocrisy

  [nave] HYPOCRISY. Job 8:13-15; Job 13:16; Job 15:31, 33, 34; Job 17:8; Job 20:4, 5 vs. 6-18.; Job 27:8-10 vs. 13-18.; Job 31:33, 34; Job 34:30; Job 36:13, 14; Psa. 5:9; Psa. 50:16, 17; Psa. 52:4; Psa. 55:12-14, 20, 21, 23; Psa. 78...
  

• Death

  [nave] DEATH. Called in some versions &ld;Giving Up the Ghost,&rd; Gen. 25:8; 35:29; Lam. 1:19; Acts 5:10. King of Terrors Job 18:14. A Change Job 14:14. Going to your Fathers Gen. 15:15; 25:8; 35:29. Putting Off This Tabe...
  

• HISS

  [ebd] to express contempt (Job 27:23). The destruction of the temple is thus spoken of (1 Kings 9:8). Zechariah (10:8) speaks of the Lord gathering the house of Judah as it were with a hiss: "I will hiss for them." This expression...
  [isbe] HISS - his (sharaq): "To hiss" has two applications: (1) to call, (2) to express contempt or scorn. (1) It is the translation of sharaq, a mimetic word meaning to hiss or whistle, to call (bees, etc.), (a) Isa 5:26, "I will ...
  

• Moth

  [isbe] MOTH - moth (`ash; compare Arabic `uththat, "moth"; colloquial, `itt; cac, "worm" (Isa 51:8); compare Arabic sus, "worm," especially an insect larva in flesh, wood or grain; ses, "moth" (Mt 6:19,20; Lk 12:33); setobrotos, "m...
  [nave] MOTH An insect, Job 4:19; 27:18; Psa. 39:11. Destructive of garments, Job 13:28; Isa. 50:9; 51:8; Hos. 5:12. Figurative Matt. 6:19, 20; Jas. 5:2.
  

• HOUSE

  [ebd] Till their sojourn in Egypt the Hebrews dwelt in tents. They then for the first time inhabited cities (Gen. 47:3; Ex. 12:7; Heb. 11:9). From the earliest times the Assyrians and the Canaanites were builders of cities. The He...
  [smith] The houses of the rural poor in Egypt, as well as in most parts of Syria, Arabia and Persia, are generally mere huts of mud or sunburnt bricks. In some parts of Palestine and Arabia stone is used, and in certain districts cav...
  

• WINDS

  [ebd] blowing from the four quarters of heaven (Jer. 49:36; Ezek. 37:9; Dan. 8:8; Zech. 2:6). The east wind was parching (Ezek. 17:10; 19:12), and is sometimes mentioned as simply denoting a strong wind (Job 27:21; Isa. 27:8). Thi...
  [smith] That the Hebrews recognized the existence of four prevailing winds as issuing, broadly speaking, from the four cardinal points, north, south, east and west, may be inferred from their custom of using the expression "four wind...
  

• Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena

  [nave] METEOROLOGY AND CELESTIAL PHENOMENA. Gen. 2:5, 6; Gen. 27:39; Job 9:7; Job 26:7, 8, 11; Job 27:20, 21; Job 28:24-27; Job 29:19; Job 36:27-33; Job 37:6-22; Job 38:9 [with vs. 8-11.] Job 38:22, 24-29, 31-35, 37; Psa. 18:8-15;...
  

• Wind

  [isbe] WIND - wind (anemos: 1. Causes: Unequal distribution of heat in the atmosphere causes currents of air or wind. The heated air rises and the air from around rushes in. The direction from which a current comes determines its n...
  [nave] WIND, blasting, 2 Kin. 19:7, 35. East: Hot and blasting in Egypt, Gen. 41:6; in the valley of the Euphrates, Ezek. 19:12; in Canaan, Hos. 13:15; Luke 12:55; at Nineveh, Jonah 4:8; tempestuous in Uz, Job 27:21. West: Took aw...
  

• Polygamy

  [nave] POLYGAMY Forbidden, Deut. 17:17; Lev. 18:18; Mal. 2:14, 15; Matt. 19:4, 5; Mark 10:2-8; 1 Tim. 3:2, 12; Tit. 1:6. Authorized, 2 Sam. 12:8. Tolerated, Ex. 21:10; 1 Sam. 1:2; 2 Chr. 24:3. Practiced, Job 27:15; by Lamech, Ge...
  

• Prayer

  [nave] PRAYER. Index of Sub-topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Answer to, Promised; Answered, Instances of Answered; Confession in; Importunity in, Instances of Importunity in; Intercessor...
  

• GARDEN

  [smith] Gardens in the East, as the Hebrew word indicates, are enclosures on the outskirts of towns, planted with various trees and shrubs. From the allusions in the Bible we learn that they were surrounded by hedges of thorn, (Isaia...
  

• Booth

  [nave] BOOTH Made of boughs, Jonah 4:5; made for cattle, Gen. 33:17; watchmen, Job 27:18; Isa. 1:8; 24:20. Prescribed for the Israelites to dwell in, during the Feast of Tabernacles, to celebrate their wanderings in the wilderness...
  

• Dress

  [nave] DRESS Of fig leaves, Gen. 3:7. Of skins, Gen. 3:21. Of other materials, See: Hair; Goats' Hair; Leather; Linen; Sackcloth; Silk; Wool. Mixed materials in, forbidden, Deut. 22:11. Men forbidden to wear women's, and women ...
  

• Prayerlessness

  [nave] PRAYERLESSNESS. Job 15:4; Job 21:14, 15; Job 27:10; Psa. 14:4 Psa. 53:4. Psa. 79:6; Isa. 43:22; Isa. 64:7; Jer. 10:21, 25; Dan. 9:13; Hos. 7:7; Jonah 1:6; Zeph. 1:6
  

• Hope

  [nave] HOPE. Psa. 9:18; Psa. 16:9; Psa. 31:24; Psa. 33:18, 22; Psa. 38:15; Psa. 39:7; Psa. 43:5; Psa. 71:5, 14; Psa. 78:5-7; Psa. 119:74,81,116,166Psa. 130:7; Psa. 146:5; Prov. 10:23; Prov. 13:12; Prov. 14:32; Prov. 23:18; Prov. 2...
  

• I Will Maintain My Righteousness

  

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