Job 27
1 And Job again took up his parable, and said:
And Job adds to lift up his allegory and says:
2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my right; and the Almighty, who hath dealt bitterly with me;
“God lives! He turned aside my judgment, And the Mighty—He made my soul bitter.
3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,
For all the while my breath [is] in me, And the wind of God in my nostrils.
4 Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit;
My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue does not utter deceit.
5 Far be it from me that I should justify you; till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.
Defilement to me—if I justify you, Until I expire I do not turn aside my integrity from me.
6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go; my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
On my righteousness I have laid hold, And I do not let it go, My heart does not reproach me while I live.
7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.
My enemy is as the wicked, And my withstander as the perverse.
8 For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, when God taketh away his soul?
For what [is] the hope of the profane, When He cuts off? When God casts off his soul?
9 Will God hear his cry, when trouble cometh upon him?
[Does] God hear his cry, When distress comes on him?
10 Will he have his delight in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times?
Does he delight himself on the Mighty? Call God at all times?
11 I will teach you concerning the hand of God; that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
I show you by the hand of God, That which [is] with the Mighty I do not hide.
12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye become altogether vain?
Behold, you—all of you—have seen, And why [is] this—you are altogether vain?
13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.
This [is] the portion of wicked man with God, And the inheritance of terrible ones They receive from the Mighty.
14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; and his offspring shall not have bread enough.
If his sons multiply—a sword [is] for them. And his offspring [are] not satisfied [with] bread.
15 Those that remain of him shall be buried by pestilence, and his widows shall make no lamentation.
His remnant are buried in death, And his widows do not weep.
16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
If he heaps up silver as dust, And prepares clothing as clay,
17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
He prepares—and the righteous puts [it] on, And the innocent apportions the silver.
18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth which the keeper maketh.
He has built his house as a moth, And as a shelter a watchman has made.
19 He lieth down rich, but there shall be not to gather; he openeth his eyes, and his wealth is not.
He lies down rich, and he is not gathered, He has opened his eyes, and he is not.
20 Terrors overtake him like waters; a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
Terrors overtake him as waters, By night a whirlwind has stolen him away.
21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; and it sweepeth him out of his place.
An east wind takes him up, and he goes, And it frightens him from his place,
22 Yea, it hurleth at him, and spareth not; he would fain flee from its power.
And it casts at him, and does not spare, He diligently flees from its hand.
23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
It claps its hands at him, And it hisses at him from his place.”
