Job 27
1 And Job continued his parable and said,
And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: —
2 [As] God liveth, who hath taken away my right, and the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul,
God liveth! He turned aside my judgment, And the Mighty — He made my soul bitter.
3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,
For all the while my breath [is] in me, And the spirit of God in my nostrils.
4 My lips shall not speak unrighteousness, nor my tongue utter deceit!
My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not utter deceit.
5 Be it far from me that I should justify you; till I die I will not remove my blamelessness from me.
Pollution to me — if I justify you, Till I expire I turn not aside mine integrity from me.
6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart reproacheth [me] not one of my days.
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 mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
As the wicked is my enemy, And my withstander as the perverse.
8 For what is the hope of the ungodly, when [God] cutteth him off, when God taketh away 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 hear his cry when distress cometh upon him?
His cry doth God hear, When distress cometh on him?
10 Doth he delight himself in the Almighty? will he at all times call upon God?
On the Mighty doth he delight himself? Call God at all times?
11 I will teach you concerning the hand of God; what is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
I shew you by the hand of God, That which [is] with the Mighty I hide not.
12 Behold, ye yourselves have all seen [it]; and why are ye thus altogether vain?
Lo, ye — all of you — have seen, And why [is] this — ye are altogether vain?
13 This is the portion of the wicked man with God, and the heritage of the violent, which they 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 children be multiplied, it is for the sword, and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread;
If his sons multiply — for them [is] a sword. And his offspring [are] not satisfied [with] bread.
15 Those that remain of him shall be buried by death, and his widows shall not weep.
His remnant in death are buried, And his widows do not weep.
16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;
If he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing,
17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on; and the innocent shall divide the silver.
He prepareth — and the righteous putteth [it] on, And the silver the innocent doth apportion.
18 He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a booth that a keeper maketh.
He hath built as a moth his house, And as a booth a watchman hath made.
19 He lieth down rich, but will do so no more; he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
Rich he lieth down, and he is not gathered, His eyes he hath opened, and he is not.
20 Terrors overtake him like waters; a whirlwind stealeth him away in the night.
Overtake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind.
21 The east wind carrieth him away and he is gone; and as a storm it hurleth him out of his place.
Take him up doth an east wind, and he goeth, And it frighteneth him from his place,
22 And [God] shall cast upon him and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
And it casteth at him, and doth not spare, From its hand he diligently fleeth.
23 [Men] shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
It clappeth at him its hands, And it hisseth at him from his place.
