< Job 27 >

1 Moreouer Iob proceeded and continued his parable, saying,
And Job further continued and said in his parable,
2 The liuing God hath taken away my iudgement: for the Almightie hath put my soule in bitternesse.
[As] God lives, who has thus judge me; and 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,
verily, while my breath is yet in [me], and the breath of God which remains to me is in my nostrils,
4 My lips surely shall speake no wickednesse, and my tongue shall vtter no deceite.
my lips shall not speak evil words, neither shall my soul meditate unrighteous thoughts.
5 God forbid, that I should iustifie you: vntill I dye, I will neuer take away mine innocencie from my selfe.
Far be it from me that I should justify you till I die; for I will not let go my innocence,
6 I will keepe my righteousnesse, and wil not forsake it: mine heart shall not reprooue me of my dayes.
but keeping fast to [my] righteousness I will by no means let it go: for I am not conscious to myself of having done any thing amiss.
7 Mine enemie shall be as the wicked, and he that riseth against me, as the vnrighteous.
Nay rather, but let mine enemies be as the overthrow of the ungodly, and they that rise up against me, as the destruction of transgressors.
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 ungodly, that he holds to it? will he indeed trust in the Lord [and] be saved?
9 Will God heare his cry, when trouble commeth vpon him?
Will God hear his prayer? or, when distress has come upon him,
10 Will he set his delight on the Almightie? will he call vpon God at all times?
has he any confidence before him? or will [God] hear him as he calls upon him?
11 I will teache you what is in the hande of God, and I wil not conceale that which is with the Almightie.
Yet now I will tell you what is in the hand of the Lord: I will not lie concerning the things which are with the Almighty.
12 Beholde, all ye your selues haue seene it: why then doe you thus vanish in vanitie?
Behold, ye all know that ye are adding vanity to vanity.
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 portion of an ungodly man from the Lord, and the possession of oppressors shall come upon them 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.
And if their children be many, they shall be for slaughter: and if they grow up, they shall beg.
15 His remnant shall be buried in death, and his widowes shall not weepe.
And they that survive of him shall utterly perish, and no one shall pity their widows.
16 Though he shoulde heape vp siluer as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay,
Even if he should gather silver as earth, and prepare gold as clay;
17 He may prepare it, but the iust shall put it on, and the innocent shall deuide the siluer.
All these things shall the righteous gain, and the truehearted shall possess his wealth.
18 He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a lodge that the watchman maketh.
And his house is gone like moths, and like a spider's web.
19 When the rich man sleepeth, he shall not be gathered to his fathers: they opened their eyes, and he was gone.
The rich man shall lie down, and shall not continue: he has opened his eyes, and he is not.
20 Terrours shall take him as waters, and a tempest shall cary him away by night.
Pains have come upon him as water, and darkness has carried him away by night.
21 The East winde shall take him away, and he shall depart: and it shall hurle him out of his place.
And a burning wind shall catch him, and he shall depart, and it shall utterly drive him out of his place.
22 And God shall cast vpon him and not spare, though he would faine flee out of his hand.
And [God] shall cast [trouble] upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
23 Euery man shall clap their hands at him, and hisse at him out of their place.
He shall cause [men] to clap their hands against them, and shall hiss him out of his place.

< Job 27 >