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As God lives,[a] who takes away my right,(A)
    the Almighty, who has made my life bitter,
So long as I still have life breath in me,
    the breath of God in my nostrils,
My lips shall not speak falsehood,
    nor my tongue utter deceit!

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Footnotes

  1. 27:2–6 As God lives…far be it: Job affirms two oaths about his innocence by the very God whom he has accused of violating his right. Such is the paradoxical situation of a tortured person who cannot give the lie to his personal justice, but also refuses to renounce God. He dares God to be “just” as he, Job, understands this.

“As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice,(A)
    the Almighty,(B) who has made my life bitter,(C)
as long as I have life within me,
    the breath of God(D) in my nostrils,
my lips will not say anything wicked,
    and my tongue will not utter lies.(E)

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