Job 27
1 Job also added, taking up his parable, and said:
And Job continued his parable and said,
2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who hath brought my soul to bitterness,
[As] God liveth, who hath taken away my right, and the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul,
3 As long as breath remaineth in me, and the spirit of God in my nostrils,
All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,
4 My lips shall not speak iniquity, neither shall my tongue contrive lying.
My lips shall not speak unrighteousness, nor my tongue utter deceit!
5 God forbid that I should judge you to be just: till I die I will not depart from my innocence.
Be it far from me that I should justify you; till I die I will not remove my blamelessness from me.
6 My justification, which I have begun to hold, I will not forsake: for my heart doth not reprehend me in all my life.
My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart reproacheth [me] not one of my days.
7 Let my enemy be as the ungodly, and my adversary as the wicked one.
Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite if through covetousness he take by violence, and God deliver not his soul?
For what is the hope of the ungodly, when [God] cutteth him off, when God taketh away his soul?
9 Will God hear his cry, when distress shall come upon him?
Will God hear his cry when distress cometh upon him?
10 Or can he delight himself in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times?
Doth he delight himself in the Almighty? will he at all times call upon God?
11 I will teach you by the hand of God, what the Almighty hath, and I will not conceal it.
I will teach you concerning the hand of God; what is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
12 Behold you all know it, and why do you speak vain things without cause?
Behold, ye yourselves have all seen [it]; and why are ye thus altogether vain?
13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
This is the portion of the wicked man with God, and the heritage of the violent, which they receive from the Almighty: —
14 If his sons be multiplied, they shall be for the sword, and his grandsons shall not be filled with bread.
If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword, and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread;
15 They that shall remain of him, shall be buried in death, and his widows shall not weep.
Those that remain of him shall be buried by death, and his widows shall not weep.
16 If he shall heap together silver as earth, and prepare raiment as clay,
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;
17 He shall prepare indeed, but the just man shall be clothed with it: and the innocent shall divide the silver.
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on; and the innocent shall divide the silver.
18 He hath built his house as a moth, and as a keeper he hath made a booth.
He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a booth that a keeper maketh.
19 The rich man when he shall sleep shall take away nothing with him: he shall open his eyes and find nothing.
He lieth down rich, but will do so no more; he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
20 Poverty like water shall take hold on him, a tempest shall oppress him in the night.
Terrors overtake him like waters; a whirlwind stealeth him away in the night.
21 A burning wind shall take him up, and carry him away, and as a whirlwind shall snatch him from his place.
The east wind carrieth him away and he is gone; and as a storm it hurleth him out of his place.
22 And he shall cast upon him, and shall not spare: out of his hand he would willingly flee.
And [God] shall cast upon him and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
23 He shall clasp his hands upon him, and shall hiss at him, beholding his place.
[Men] shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
