Job 27
1 Moreouer Iob proceeded and continued his parable, saying,
Moreover Job continued his discourse, 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 rejected my cause, And the Almighty, who hath afflicted 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 in me, And the spirit of God is in my nostrils,
4 My lips surely shall speake no wickednesse, and my tongue shall vtter no deceite.
Never shall my lips speak falsehood, Nor my tongue utter deceit.
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 acknowledge you to be just: To my last breath will I assert my integrity.
6 I will keepe my righteousnesse, and wil not forsake it: mine heart shall not reprooue me of my dayes.
I will hold fast my innocence, and not let it go; My heart reproacheth me for no part of my life.
7 Mine enemie shall be as the wicked, and he that riseth against me, as the vnrighteous.
May mine enemy be as the wicked, And he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous!
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 wicked, when God cutteth off his web, And taketh away his life?
9 Will God heare his cry, when trouble commeth vpon him?
Will he listen to his cry, When trouble cometh upon him?
10 Will he set his delight on the Almightie? will he call vpon God at all times?
Can he delight himself in the Almighty, And call at all times upon God?
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 concerning the hand of God; That which is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
12 Beholde, all ye your selues haue seene it: why then doe you thus vanish in vanitie?
Behold, ye yourselves have all seen it; Why then do ye cherish such vain thoughts?
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 the wicked man from God, —The inheritance which oppressors 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.
If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
15 His remnant shall be buried in death, and his widowes shall not weepe.
Those of them that escape shall be buried by Death, And their widows shall not bewail them.
16 Though he shoulde heape vp siluer as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay,
Though he heap up silver as dust, And procure raiment as clay, —
17 He may prepare it, but the iust shall put it on, and the innocent shall deuide the siluer.
He may procure, but the righteous shall wear it, And the innocent shall share the silver.
18 He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a lodge that the watchman maketh.
He buildeth his house like the moth, Or like the shed which the watchman maketh.
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 lieth down, and is not buried; In the twinkling of an eye he is no more.
20 Terrours shall take him as waters, and a tempest shall cary him away by night.
Terrors pursue him like a flood; A tempest stealeth 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 carrieth him away, and he perisheth; Yea, it sweepeth him away from his place.
22 And God shall cast vpon him and not spare, though he would faine flee out of his hand.
God sendeth his arrows at him, and doth not spare; He would fain escape from His hand.
23 Euery man shall clap their hands at him, and hisse at him out of their place.
Men clap their hands at him, And hiss him away from his place.
