Job 27

1 And Job further continued and said in his parable,

And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: —

2 [As] God lives, who has thus judge me; and the Almighty, who has embittered my soul;

God liveth! He turned aside my judgment, And the Mighty — He made my soul bitter.

3 verily, while my breath is yet in [me], and the breath of God which remains to me is in my nostrils,

For all the while my breath [is] in me, And the spirit of God in my nostrils.

4 my lips shall not speak evil words, neither shall my soul meditate unrighteous thoughts.

My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not utter deceit.

5 Far be it from me that I should justify you till I die; for I will not let go my innocence,

Pollution to me — if I justify you, Till I expire I turn not aside mine integrity from me.

6 but keeping fast to [my] righteousness I will by no means let it go: for I am not conscious to myself of having done any thing amiss.

On my righteousness I have laid hold, And I do not let it go, My heart doth not reproach me while I live.

7 Nay rather, but let mine enemies be as the overthrow of the ungodly, and they that rise up against me, as the destruction of transgressors.

As the wicked is my enemy, And my withstander as the perverse.

8 For what is the hope of the ungodly, that he holds to it? will he indeed trust in the Lord [and] be saved?

For what [is] the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul?

9 Will God hear his prayer? or, when distress has come upon him,

His cry doth God hear, When distress cometh on him?

10 has he any confidence before him? or will [God] hear him as he calls upon him?

On the Mighty doth he delight himself? Call God at all times?

11 Yet now I will tell you what is in the hand of the Lord: I will not lie concerning the things which are with the Almighty.

I shew you by the hand of God, That which [is] with the Mighty I hide not.

12 Behold, ye all know that ye are adding vanity to vanity.

Lo, ye — all of you — have seen, And why [is] this — ye are altogether vain?

13 This is the portion of an ungodly man from the Lord, and the possession of oppressors shall come upon them from the Almighty.

This [is] the portion of wicked man with God, And the inheritance of terrible ones From the Mighty they receive.

14 And if their children be many, they shall be for slaughter: and if they grow up, they shall beg.

If his sons multiply — for them [is] a sword. And his offspring [are] not satisfied [with] bread.

15 And they that survive of him shall utterly perish, and no one shall pity their widows.

His remnant in death are buried, And his widows do not weep.

16 Even if he should gather silver as earth, and prepare gold as clay;

If he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing,

17 All these things shall the righteous gain, and the truehearted shall possess his wealth.

He prepareth — and the righteous putteth [it] on, And the silver the innocent doth apportion.

18 And his house is gone like moths, and like a spider's web.

He hath built as a moth his house, And as a booth a watchman hath made.

19 The rich man shall lie down, and shall not continue: he has opened his eyes, and he is not.

Rich he lieth down, and he is not gathered, His eyes he hath opened, and he is not.

20 Pains have come upon him as water, and darkness has carried him away by night.

Overtake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind.

21 And a burning wind shall catch him, and he shall depart, and it shall utterly drive him out of his place.

Take him up doth an east wind, and he goeth, And it frighteneth him from his place,

22 And [God] shall cast [trouble] upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

And it casteth at him, and doth not spare, From its hand he diligently fleeth.

23 He shall cause [men] to clap their hands against them, and shall hiss him out of his place.

It clappeth at him its hands, And it hisseth at him from his place.