Job 27
1 Moreouer Iob proceeded and continued his parable, saying,
Job began to speak again.
2 The liuing God hath taken away my iudgement: for the Almightie hath put my soule in bitternesse.
“I promise you—as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made my life bitter,
3 Yet so long as my breath is in me, and the Spirit of God in my nostrels,
for as long as I have life, while 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 never speak lies, my tongue will never be dishonest.
5 God forbid, that I should iustifie you: vntill I dye, I will neuer take away mine innocencie from my selfe.
I will never agree that you are right; I will insist on my innocence until the day I die.
6 I will keepe my righteousnesse, and wil not forsake it: mine heart shall not reprooue me of my dayes.
I'm convinced I'm right and will never give up believing this; my conscience will not condemn me as long as I live.
7 Mine enemie shall be as the wicked, and he that riseth against me, as the vnrighteous.
May my enemy become like the wicked; may those who oppose me become like those who do evil.
8 For what hope hath the hypocrite when he hath heaped vp riches, if God take away his soule?
For what hope do those who reject God have when he cuts them down, when God brings their lives to an end?
9 Will God heare his cry, when trouble commeth vpon him?
When times of trouble come to them, will God hear their cry for help?
10 Will he set his delight on the Almightie? will he call vpon God at all times?
Do they have a good relationship with the Almighty? Can they call on God at any time?
11 I will teache you what is in the hande of God, and I wil not conceale that which is with the Almightie.
Let me explain God's power to you. I will not keep anything back that the Almighty has planned.
12 Beholde, all ye your selues haue seene it: why then doe you thus vanish in vanitie?
If all of you have recognized this, why do you talk such vain nonsense?
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 what God provides as the destiny for the wicked, this is the inheritance that the ruthless will 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.
even if they have many children, they will experience violent deaths or die of starvation.
15 His remnant shall be buried in death, and his widowes shall not weepe.
Those who survive will die from disease, and even their widows will not mourn for them.
16 Though he shoulde heape vp siluer as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay,
Even though they pile up silver like dust, and clothes like heaps of clay,
17 He may prepare it, but the iust shall put it on, and the innocent shall deuide the siluer.
those who do good will wear the clothes and the innocent will divide the silver among them.
18 He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a lodge that the watchman maketh.
They build their houses like a moth; like some flimsy shelter made 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.
They go to bed rich, but never again! For when they wake up, it's all gone.
20 Terrours shall take him as waters, and a tempest shall cary him away by night.
Waves of panic flood over them; in the night a whirlwind snatches them away.
21 The East winde shall take him away, and he shall depart: and it shall hurle him out of his place.
The east wind picks them up and they're gone, carried away from where they were.
22 And God shall cast vpon him and not spare, though he would faine flee out of his hand.
The wind blows at them with full force; they try desperately to escape.
23 Euery man shall clap their hands at him, and hisse at him out of their place.
People clap their hands at them and hiss at them wherever they are.
