Job 27

1 Moreouer Iob proceeded and continued his parable, saying,

Job replied again [to his three friends],

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

“Almighty God has refused to treat me justly/fairly. He has caused me to feel bitter/resentful. But [just as surely] as he lives,

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

as long as God’s Spirit enables me to breathe,

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

I will not lie; I [SYN] will not say anything to deceive anyone.

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

I will never admit that what you [three] have said is true; until the day that I die, I will insist that I have not done things that are wrong.

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

I will say that I am innocent, and never (say anything different/change what I say); my conscience will never reproach me as long as I live.

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

“I want my enemies to be [punished] like all wicked [people are punished]; I want [God to punish] those who oppose me like [he punishes all] unrighteous [people].

8 For what hope hath the hypocrite when he hath heaped vp riches, if God take away his soule?

When [it is time for] God [to] get rid of godless/wicked people and [to] cause them to die, there is absolutely nothing good [RHQ] that they can confidently expect [to happen to them].

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

When they experience troubles, (will God hear them call [out to him for help]?/God certainly will not hear them call out [to him for help].) [RHQ]

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

(Will they be happy about what Almighty [God] does?/They certainly will not be happy about what Almighty [God] does.) [RHQ] (Will they [begin to] pray to him frequently?/They certainly will not [begin to] pray to him frequently.) [RHQ] [Certainly not!]

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 [three] something about the power [MTY] of Almighty God [MTY]; I will reveal what he is thinking.

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

But you [three] have seen for yourselves [what God has done]; so (why are you saying such nonsense?/you should not be saying such nonsense.) [RHQ]

13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of tyrants, which they shall receiue of the Almightie.

“[I will tell you] what Almighty God does to wicked people, the things that he does to people who oppress others.

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, [many of] those children will die in wars [MTY], and their [other] children will [die because they do] not have enough food to eat.

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

Their children who are still alive will die from diseases, and their widows will not [even] mourn for them.

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

Sometimes [wicked people] accumulate a huge amount [SIM] of silver and pile up clothes like [SIM] those clothes were a pile of clay,

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

but [those wicked people will die, and then] righteous people will wear those clothes, and honest/innocent people will get their silver and divide it [among themselves].

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

The houses that they build are [as frail/fragile] as [SIM] spider webs, or they are like flimsy huts that watchmen live in [while they guard people’s fields].

19 When the rich man sleepeth, he shall not be gathered to his fathers: they opened their eyes, and he was gone.

Wicked people are rich when they lie down [at night], but when they wake up [in the morning, they find out that] their money has disappeared.

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

“Things that terrify them [PRS] strike them like a flood [SIM]; during the night a whirlwind carries them away.

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

[It is as though] the wind from the east picks them up and carries them away from their homes, and they disappear.

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

That wind strikes them without pitying them while they are running away, trying to escape from its force/power [MTY].

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

That wind [is like someone] clapping his hands [MET] at them [to ridicule them], howling at them wherever they run to.”