Job 27

1 Job also added to this, using figures of speech, and he said:

Job also added, taking up his parable, and said:

2 As God lives, who has taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who has led my soul to bitterness,

As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who hath brought my soul to bitterness,

3 as long as my breath remains in me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,

As long as breath remaineth in me, and the spirit of God in my nostrils,

4 my lips will not speak iniquity, nor will my tongue devise lies.

My lips shall not speak iniquity, neither shall my tongue contrive lying.

5 Far be it from me that I should judge you to be right, for, until I expire, I will not withdraw from my innocence.

God forbid that I should judge you to be just: till I die I will not depart from my innocence.

6 I will not forsake my justification, which I have just begun to grasp, for my heart does not find blame for me in my whole life.

My justification, which I have begun to hold, I will not forsake: for my heart doth not reprehend me in all my life.

7 Let the impious be as my enemy, and the sinful, as my adversary.

Let my enemy be as the ungodly, and my adversary as the wicked one.

8 For what hope is there for the hypocrite, if he greedily plunders and God does not free his soul?

For what is the hope of the hypocrite if through covetousness he take by violence, and God deliver not his soul?

9 Will God pay attention to his cry, when anguish overcomes him?

Will God hear his cry, when distress shall come upon him?

10 Or will he take delight in the Almighty and call upon God at all times?

Or can he delight himself in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times?

11 I will teach you through the hand of God, what the Almighty holds, and I will not conceal it.

I will teach you by the hand of God, what the Almighty hath, and I will not conceal it.

12 Behold, you know all this, and so why do you speak vain things without a reason?

Behold you all know it, and why do you speak vain things without cause?

13 This is the portion of the impious man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they will receive from the Almighty.

This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they shall receive of the Almighty.

14 If his sons should happen to increase, they will be for the sword, and his grandsons will not be satisfied with bread.

If his sons be multiplied, they shall be for the sword, and his grandsons shall not be filled with bread.

15 Whatever will remain of him will be buried in the ruins, and his widows will not weep.

They that shall remain of him, shall be buried in death, and his widows shall not weep.

16 If he will amass silver as if it were dirt and fabricate garments as if they were clay,

If he shall heap together silver as earth, and prepare raiment as clay,

17 then yes, he will gather, but the just will be clothed with it and the innocent will divide the silver.

He shall prepare indeed, but the just man shall be clothed with it: and the innocent shall divide the silver.

18 He has built his house like a moth, and he has made a makeshift shelter like a sentry.

He hath built his house as a moth, and as a keeper he hath made a booth.

19 When he falls asleep, the rich man will leave him with nothing; he will open his eyes and find nothing.

The rich man when he shall sleep shall take away nothing with him: he shall open his eyes and find nothing.

20 Destitution will surround him like water; a storm will overwhelm him in the night.

Poverty like water shall take hold on him, a tempest shall oppress him in the night.

21 A burning wind will pick him up and carry him away, and, like a whirlwind, it will rush him from his place.

A burning wind shall take him up, and carry him away, and as a whirlwind shall snatch him from his place.

22 And it will hurl over him and will not spare him; fleeing from its power, he will go into exile.

And he shall cast upon him, and shall not spare: out of his hand he would willingly flee.

23 He will clasp his hands over himself, and he will hiss at himself, while considering his situation.

He shall clasp his hands upon him, and shall hiss at him, beholding his place.