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The Book of Job, Chapter 27, Verse 7

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My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach [me] so long as I live.
King James Version
Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
American Standard Version
Let mine enemy be as the wicked, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.
New English Translation
The Condition of the Wicked“May my enemy be like the wicked, my adversary like the unrighteous.
World English Bible
"Let my enemy be as the wicked. Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.
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For what [is] the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
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Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
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Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
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I will teach you by the hand of God: [that] which [is] with the Almighty will I not conceal.
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Behold, all ye yourselves have seen [it]; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
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This [is] the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, [which] they shall receive of the Almighty.
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If his children be multiplied, [it is] for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
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Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
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Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
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He may prepare [it], but the just shall put [it] on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.