Job 27
1 Moreouer Iob proceeded and continued his parable, saying,
Job continued his discourse:
2 The liuing God hath taken away my iudgement: for the Almightie hath put my soule in bitternesse.
“As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice— the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—
3 Yet so long as my breath is in me, and the Spirit of God in my nostrels,
as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
4 My lips surely shall speake no wickednesse, and my tongue shall vtter no deceite.
my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
5 God forbid, that I should iustifie you: vntill I dye, I will neuer take away mine innocencie from my selfe.
I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.
6 I will keepe my righteousnesse, and wil not forsake it: mine heart shall not reprooue me of my dayes.
I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.
7 Mine enemie shall be as the wicked, and he that riseth against me, as the vnrighteous.
May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust.
8 For what hope hath the hypocrite when he hath heaped vp riches, if God take away his soule?
For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
9 Will God heare his cry, when trouble commeth vpon him?
Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?
10 Will he set his delight on the Almightie? will he call vpon God at all times?
Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?
11 I will teache you what is in the hande of God, and I wil not conceale that which is with the Almightie.
I will instruct you in the power of God. I will not conceal the ways of the Almighty.
12 Beholde, all ye your selues haue seene it: why then doe you thus vanish in vanitie?
Surely all of you have seen it for yourselves. Why then do you keep up this empty talk?
13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of tyrants, which they shall receiue of the Almightie.
This is the wicked man’s portion from God— the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty.
14 If his children be in great nomber, the sworde shall destroy them, and his posteritie shall not be satisfied with bread.
Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.
15 His remnant shall be buried in death, and his widowes shall not weepe.
His survivors will be buried by the plague, and their widows will not weep for them.
16 Though he shoulde heape vp siluer as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay,
Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
17 He may prepare it, but the iust shall put it on, and the innocent shall deuide the siluer.
what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.
18 He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a lodge that the watchman maketh.
The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.
19 When the rich man sleepeth, he shall not be gathered to his fathers: they opened their eyes, and he was gone.
He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
20 Terrours shall take him as waters, and a tempest shall cary him away by night.
Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.
21 The East winde shall take him away, and he shall depart: and it shall hurle him out of his place.
The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.
22 And God shall cast vpon him and not spare, though he would faine flee out of his hand.
It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.
23 Euery man shall clap their hands at him, and hisse at him out of their place.
It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place.
