Job 27
1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: —
2 As God lives, who has taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who has vexed my soul;
God liveth! 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 spirit of God in my nostrils.
4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not utter deceit.
5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove my integrity from me.
Pollution to me — if I justify you, Till I expire I turn not aside mine 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 doth not reproach me while I live.
7 Let my enemy be as the wicked, and he that rises up against me as the unrighteous.
As the wicked is my enemy, And my withstander as the perverse.
8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he has gained, when God takes away his soul?
For what [is] the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul?
9 Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him?
His cry doth God hear, When distress cometh on him?
10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call on God?
On the Mighty doth he delight himself? Call God at all times?
11 I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
I shew you by the hand of God, That which [is] with the Mighty I hide not.
12 Behold, all you yourselves have seen it; why then are you thus altogether vain?
Lo, ye — all of you — have seen, And why [is] this — ye are altogether vain?
13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
This [is] the portion of wicked man with God, And the inheritance of terrible ones From the Mighty they receive.
14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
If his sons multiply — for them [is] a sword. And his offspring [are] not satisfied [with] bread.
15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
His remnant in death are buried, And his widows do not weep.
16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
If he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing,
17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
He prepareth — and the righteous putteth [it] on, And the silver the innocent doth apportion.
18 He builds his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper makes.
He hath built as a moth his house, And as a booth a watchman hath made.
19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he opens his eyes, and he is not.
Rich he lieth down, and he is not gathered, His eyes he hath opened, and he is not.
20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest steals him away in the night.
Overtake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind.
21 The east wind carries him away, and he departs: and as a storm hurls him out of his place.
Take him up doth an east wind, and he goeth, And it frighteneth him from his place,
22 For God shall cast on him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
And it casteth at him, and doth not spare, From its hand he diligently fleeth.
23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
It clappeth at him its hands, And it hisseth at him from his place.
