Job 27

1 Moreouer Iob proceeded and continued his parable, saying,

Job also added, taking up his parable, and said:

2 The liuing God hath taken away my iudgement: for the Almightie hath put my soule in bitternesse.

As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who hath brought my soul to bitterness,

3 Yet so long as my breath is in me, and the Spirit of God in my nostrels,

As long as breath remaineth in me, and the spirit of God in my nostrils,

4 My lips surely shall speake no wickednesse, and my tongue shall vtter no deceite.

My lips shall not speak iniquity, neither shall my tongue contrive lying.

5 God forbid, that I should iustifie you: vntill I dye, I will neuer take away mine innocencie from my selfe.

God forbid that I should judge you to be just: till I die I will not depart from my innocence.

6 I will keepe my righteousnesse, and wil not forsake it: mine heart shall not reprooue me of my dayes.

My justification, which I have begun to hold, I will not forsake: for my heart doth not reprehend me in all my life.

7 Mine enemie shall be as the wicked, and he that riseth against me, as the vnrighteous.

Let my enemy be as the ungodly, and my adversary as the wicked one.

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 hypocrite if through covetousness he take by violence, and God deliver not his soul?

9 Will God heare his cry, when trouble commeth vpon him?

Will God hear his cry, when distress shall come upon him?

10 Will he set his delight on the Almightie? will he call vpon God at all times?

Or can he delight himself in the Almighty, and 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 teach you by the hand of God, what the Almighty hath, and I will not conceal it.

12 Beholde, all ye your selues haue seene it: why then doe you thus vanish in vanitie?

Behold you all know it, and why do you speak vain things without cause?

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 a wicked man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they shall receive of the Almighty.

14 If his children be in great nomber, the sworde shall destroy them, and his posteritie shall not be satisfied with bread.

If his sons be multiplied, they shall be for the sword, and his grandsons shall not be filled with bread.

15 His remnant shall be buried in death, and his widowes shall not weepe.

They that shall remain of him, shall be buried in death, and his widows shall not weep.

16 Though he shoulde heape vp siluer as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay,

If he shall heap together silver as earth, and prepare raiment as clay,

17 He may prepare it, but the iust shall put it on, and the innocent shall deuide the siluer.

He shall prepare indeed, but the just man shall be clothed with it: and the innocent shall divide the silver.

18 He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a lodge that the watchman maketh.

He hath built his house as a moth, and as a keeper he hath made a booth.

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 when he shall sleep shall take away nothing with him: he shall open his eyes and find nothing.

20 Terrours shall take him as waters, and a tempest shall cary him away by night.

Poverty like water shall take hold on him, a tempest shall oppress him in the night.

21 The East winde shall take him away, and he shall depart: and it shall hurle him out of his place.

A burning wind shall take him up, and carry him away, and as a whirlwind shall snatch him from his place.

22 And God shall cast vpon him and not spare, though he would faine flee out of his hand.

And he shall cast upon him, and shall not spare: out of his hand he would willingly flee.

23 Euery man shall clap their hands at him, and hisse at him out of their place.

He shall clasp his hands upon him, and shall hiss at him, beholding his place.