Job 27
1 Job also added to this, using figures of speech, and he said:
And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: —
2 As God lives, who has taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who has led my soul to bitterness,
God liveth! He turned aside my judgment, And the Mighty — He made my soul bitter.
3 as long as my breath remains in me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
For all the while my breath [is] 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 do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not 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.
Pollution to me — if I justify you, Till I expire I turn not aside 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.
On my righteousness I have laid hold, And I do not let it go, My heart doth not reproach me while I live.
7 Let the impious be as my enemy, and the sinful, as my adversary.
As the wicked is my enemy, And my withstander as the perverse.
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 profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul?
9 Will God pay attention to his cry, when anguish overcomes him?
His cry doth God hear, When distress cometh on him?
10 Or will he take delight in the Almighty and call upon God at all times?
On the Mighty doth he delight himself? Call 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 shew you by the hand of God, That which [is] with the Mighty I hide not.
12 Behold, you know all this, and so why do you speak vain things without a reason?
Lo, ye — all of you — have seen, And why [is] this — ye are 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 wicked man with God, And the inheritance of terrible ones From the Mighty they receive.
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 multiply — for them [is] a sword. And his offspring [are] not satisfied [with] bread.
15 Whatever will remain of him will be buried in the ruins, and his widows will not weep.
His remnant in death are buried, And his widows do not weep.
16 If he will amass silver as if it were dirt and fabricate garments as if they were clay,
If he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing,
17 then yes, he will gather, but the just will be clothed with it and the innocent will divide the silver.
He prepareth — and the righteous putteth [it] on, And the silver the innocent doth apportion.
18 He has built his house like a moth, and he has made a makeshift shelter like a sentry.
He hath built as a moth his house, And as a booth a watchman hath made.
19 When he falls asleep, the rich man will leave him with nothing; he will open his eyes and find nothing.
Rich he lieth down, and he is not gathered, His eyes he hath opened, and he is not.
20 Destitution will surround him like water; a storm will overwhelm him in the night.
Overtake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind.
21 A burning wind will pick him up and carry him away, and, like a whirlwind, it will rush him from his place.
Take him up doth an east wind, and he goeth, And it frighteneth 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 it casteth at him, and doth not spare, From its hand he diligently fleeth.
23 He will clasp his hands over himself, and he will hiss at himself, while considering his situation.
It clappeth at him its hands, And it hisseth at him from his place.
