Job 27
1 Job again took up his parable, and said,
And Job further continued and said in his parable,
2 “As God lives, who has taken away my right, the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter
[As] God lives, who has thus judge me; and the Almighty, who has embittered my soul;
3 (for the length of my life is still in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils);
verily, while my breath is yet in [me], and the breath of God which remains to me is in my nostrils,
4 surely my lips will not speak unrighteousness, neither will my tongue utter deceit.
my lips shall not speak evil words, neither shall my soul meditate unrighteous thoughts.
5 Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
Far be it from me that I should justify you till I die; for I will not let go my innocence,
6 I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart will not reproach me so long as I live.
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.
7 “Let my enemy be as the wicked. Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.
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.
8 For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
For what is the hope of the ungodly, that he holds to it? will he indeed trust in the Lord [and] be saved?
9 Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him?
Will God hear his prayer? or, when distress has come upon him,
10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call on God at all times?
has he any confidence before him? or will [God] hear him as he calls upon him?
11 I will teach you about the hand of God. I will not conceal that which is with the Almighty.
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.
12 Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?
Behold, ye all know that ye are adding vanity to vanity.
13 “This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.
This is the portion of an ungodly man from the Lord, and the possession of oppressors shall come upon them from the Almighty.
14 If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword. His offspring will not be satisfied with bread.
And if their children be many, they shall be for slaughter: and if they grow up, they shall beg.
15 Those who remain of him will be buried in death. His widows will make no lamentation.
And they that survive of him shall utterly perish, and no one shall pity their widows.
16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;
Even if he should gather silver as earth, and prepare gold as clay;
17 he may prepare it, but the just will put it on, and the innocent will divide the silver.
All these things shall the righteous gain, and the truehearted shall possess his wealth.
18 He builds his house as the moth, as a booth which the watchman makes.
And his house is gone like moths, and like a spider's web.
19 He lies down rich, but he will not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not.
The rich man shall lie down, and shall not continue: he has opened his eyes, and he is not.
20 Terrors overtake him like waters. A storm steals him away in the night.
Pains have come upon him as water, and darkness has carried him away by night.
21 The east wind carries him away, and he departs. It sweeps him out of his place.
And a burning wind shall catch him, and he shall depart, and it shall utterly drive him out of his place.
22 For it hurls at him, and does not spare, as he flees away from his hand.
And [God] shall cast [trouble] upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
23 Men will clap their hands at him, and will hiss him out of his place.
He shall cause [men] to clap their hands against them, and shall hiss him out of his place.
