Job 27

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

And Job again took 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 right; and the Almighty, who hath dealt bitterly with me;

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

All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,

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

Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit;

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.

Far be it from me that I should justify you; till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.

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 righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go; my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

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

Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.

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 godless, though he get him gain, when God taketh away his soul?

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

Will God hear his cry, when trouble cometh upon him?

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

Will he have his delight 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 concerning the hand of God; that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

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

Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye become altogether vain?

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 heritage of oppressors, which they receive from 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 children be multiplied, it is for the sword; and his offspring shall not have bread enough.

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

Those that remain of him shall be buried by pestilence, and his widows shall make no lamentation.

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

Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;

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

He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, 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 buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth which the keeper maketh.

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

He lieth down rich, but there shall be not to gather; he openeth his eyes, and his wealth is not.

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

Terrors overtake him like waters; a tempest stealeth him away 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.

The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; and it sweepeth him out of his place.

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

Yea, it hurleth at him, and spareth not; he would fain flee from its power.

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

Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.