Job 27

1 And Job further continued and said in his parable,

Job also added to this, using figures of speech, and he said:

2 [As] God lives, who has thus judge me; and the Almighty, who has embittered my soul;

As God lives, who has taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who has led my soul to bitterness,

3 verily, while my breath is yet in [me], and the breath of God which remains to me is in my nostrils,

as long as my breath remains in me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,

4 my lips shall not speak evil words, neither shall my soul meditate unrighteous thoughts.

my lips will not speak iniquity, nor will my tongue devise lies.

5 Far be it from me that I should justify you till I die; for I will not let go my innocence,

Far be it from me that I should judge you to be right, for, until I expire, I will not withdraw from my innocence.

6 but keeping fast to [my] righteousness I will by no means let it go: for I am not conscious to myself of having done any thing amiss.

I will not forsake my justification, which I have just begun to grasp, for my heart does not find blame for me in my whole life.

7 Nay rather, but let mine enemies be as the overthrow of the ungodly, and they that rise up against me, as the destruction of transgressors.

Let the impious be as my enemy, and the sinful, as my adversary.

8 For what is the hope of the ungodly, that he holds to it? will he indeed trust in the Lord [and] be saved?

For what hope is there for the hypocrite, if he greedily plunders and God does not free his soul?

9 Will God hear his prayer? or, when distress has come upon him,

Will God pay attention to his cry, when anguish overcomes him?

10 has he any confidence before him? or will [God] hear him as he calls upon him?

Or will he take delight in the Almighty and call upon God at all times?

11 Yet now I will tell you what is in the hand of the Lord: I will not lie concerning the things which are with the Almighty.

I will teach you through the hand of God, what the Almighty holds, and I will not conceal it.

12 Behold, you all know that you are adding vanity to vanity.

Behold, you know all this, and so why do you speak vain things without a reason?

13 This is the portion of an ungodly man from the Lord, and the possession of oppressors shall come upon them from the Almighty.

This is the portion of the impious man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they will receive from the Almighty.

14 And if their children be many, they shall be for slaughter: and if they grow up, they shall beg.

If his sons should happen to increase, they will be for the sword, and his grandsons will not be satisfied with bread.

15 And they that survive of him shall utterly perish, and no one shall pity their widows.

Whatever will remain of him will be buried in the ruins, and his widows will not weep.

16 Even if he should gather silver as earth, and prepare gold as clay;

If he will amass silver as if it were dirt and fabricate garments as if they were clay,

17 All these things shall the righteous gain, and the true-hearted shall possess his wealth.

then yes, he will gather, but the just will be clothed with it and the innocent will divide the silver.

18 And his house is gone like moths, and like a spider's web.

He has built his house like a moth, and he has made a makeshift shelter like a sentry.

19 The rich man shall lie down, and shall not continue: he has opened his eyes, and he is not.

When he falls asleep, the rich man will leave him with nothing; he will open his eyes and find nothing.

20 Pains have come upon him as water, and darkness has carried him away by night.

Destitution will surround him like water; a storm will overwhelm him in the night.

21 And a burning wind shall catch him, and he shall depart, and it shall utterly drive him out of his place.

A burning wind will pick him up and carry him away, and, like a whirlwind, it will rush him from his place.

22 And [God] shall cast [trouble] upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

And it will hurl over him and will not spare him; fleeing from its power, he will go into exile.

23 He shall cause [men] to clap their hands against them, and shall hiss him out of his place.

He will clasp his hands over himself, and he will hiss at himself, while considering his situation.