Job 27
1 Job also added, taking up his parable, and said:
And Job again took up 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 dealt bitterly with me;
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.
Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall 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.
Far be it from me that I should justify you; till I die I will not put away mine integrity 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 shall not reproach me so long as I live.
7 Let my enemy be as the ungodly, and my adversary as the wicked one.
Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and let him that riseth up against me be 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 godless, though he get him gain, when God taketh away his soul?
9 Will God hear his cry, when distress shall come upon him?
Will God hear his cry, when trouble cometh upon him?
10 Or can he delight himself 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 by the hand of God, what the Almighty hath, 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 all know it, and why do you speak vain things without cause?
Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye become 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 a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, 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 have bread enough.
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 pestilence, and his widows shall make no lamentation.
16 If he shall heap together silver as earth, and prepare raiment as clay,
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment 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 a moth, and as a booth which the 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 there shall be not to gather; he openeth his eyes, and his wealth 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 tempest 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 departeth; and it sweepeth him out of his place.
22 And he shall cast upon him, and shall not spare: out of his hand he would willingly flee.
Yea, it hurleth at him, and spareth not; he would fain flee from its power.
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.
