Job 27
1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
And Job again took up his measure, and said: —
2 [As] God liveth, [who] hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, [who] hath vexed my soul;
As GOD liveth who hath taken away my right, even the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul;
3 All the while my breath [is] in me, and the spirit of God [is] in my nostrils;
All the while my inspiration is in me, and the spirit of GOD is in my nostrils,
4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
Verily my lips shall not speak perversity, nor shall, my tongue, utter deceit.
5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
Far be it from me! that I should justify, you, —Even until I breathe my last, will I not let go 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, have I taken fast hold, and will not give it up, My heart shall not reproach any of my days.
7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
Let mine enemy be a veritably lawless one! And, he that lifteth himself up against me, one veritably perverse!
8 For what [is] the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
For what shall be the hope of the impious, though he graspeth with greed, when GOD shall draw forth his soul?
9 Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
His outcry, will GOD hear, when there cometh upon him distress?
10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
Verily, in the Almighty, he will not find delight, nor call on GOD continually!
11 I will teach you by the hand of God: [that] which [is] with the Almighty will I not conceal.
I would teach you, by the hand of GOD, That which is with the Almighty, will I not conceal.
12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen [it; ] why then are ye thus altogether vain?
Lo! ye, have, all of you, seen, Wherefore, then, is it, that ye are utterly without purpose?
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 a lawless man with GOD, That, the heritage of tyrants—from the Almighty, he shall receive.
14 If his children be multiplied, [it is] for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
If his children be multiplied, for them, [there is] the sword, and, his offspring, shall not be filled with bread;
15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
His survivors, by pestilence, shall come to the grave, and, his widows, shall not weep;
16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
Though he heap up silver like, dust, and, like a pile, he prepare clothing,
17 He may prepare [it], but the just shall put [it] on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
He may prepare, but, the righteous, shall put on, and, the silver, shall the innocent apportion.
18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth [that] the keeper maketh.
He hath built, like a moth, his house, —like a hut, which a watcher hath made.
19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he [is] not.
The rich man, shall lie down, and not do it again, his eyes, hath he opened, and then is not.
20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
There shall reach him—like waters—terrors, By night, a storm-wind hath stolen him away;
21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
An east wind shall lift him up, and he shall depart, and it shall sweep him away out of his place;
22 For [God] shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
And He will cast upon him and not spare, Out of his hand, shall he, swiftly flee;
23 [Men] shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
He shall clap over him his hands, and shall hiss him forth out of his place.
