Job 27
1 And Job again took up his measure, and said: —
Job again took up his parable, and said,
2 As GOD liveth who hath taken away my right, even the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul;
"As God lives, who has taken away my right, Shaddai, who has made my soul bitter.
3 All the while my inspiration is in me, and the spirit of GOD is in my nostrils,
(For the length of my life is still in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils);
4 Verily my lips shall not speak perversity, nor shall, my tongue, utter deceit.
surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit.
5 Far be it from me! that I should justify, you, —Even until I breathe my last, will I not let go mine integrity from me:
Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
6 On my righteousness, have I taken fast hold, and will not give it up, My heart shall not reproach any of my days.
I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My conscience will not accuse me as long as I live.
7 Let mine enemy be a veritably lawless one! And, he that lifteth himself up against me, one veritably perverse!
"Let my enemy be as the wicked. Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.
8 For what shall be the hope of the impious, though he graspeth with greed, when GOD shall draw forth his soul?
For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
9 His outcry, will GOD hear, when there cometh upon him distress?
Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him?
10 Verily, in the Almighty, he will not find delight, nor call on GOD continually!
Will he delight himself in Shaddai, and call on God at all times?
11 I would teach you, by the hand of GOD, That which is with the Almighty, will I not conceal.
I will teach you about the hand of God. That which is with Shaddai will I not conceal.
12 Lo! ye, have, all of you, seen, Wherefore, then, is it, that ye are utterly without purpose?
Look, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?
13 This, is the portion of a lawless man with GOD, That, the heritage of tyrants—from the Almighty, he shall receive.
"This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from Shaddai.
14 If his children be multiplied, for them, [there is] the sword, and, his offspring, shall not be filled with bread;
If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword. His offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
15 His survivors, by pestilence, shall come to the grave, and, his widows, shall not weep;
Those who remain of him shall be buried in death. His widows shall make no lamentation.
16 Though he heap up silver like, dust, and, like a pile, he prepare clothing,
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;
17 He may prepare, but, the righteous, shall put on, and, the silver, shall the innocent apportion.
he may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
18 He hath built, like a moth, his house, —like a hut, which a watcher hath made.
He builds his house as the moth, as a booth which the watchman makes.
19 The rich man, shall lie down, and not do it again, his eyes, hath he opened, and then is not.
He lies down rich, but he shall not do so again. He opens his eyes, and it is gone.
20 There shall reach him—like waters—terrors, By night, a storm-wind hath stolen him away;
Terrors overtake him like waters. A storm steals him away in the night.
21 An east wind shall lift him up, and he shall depart, and it shall sweep him away out of his place;
The east wind carries him away, and he departs. It sweeps him out of his place.
22 And He will cast upon him and not spare, Out of his hand, shall he, swiftly flee;
For it hurls at him, and does not spare, as he flees away from his hand.
23 He shall clap over him his hands, and shall hiss him forth out of his place.
Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
