Job 27
1 And Job adds to lift up his allegory and says:
And Job again took up the word and said,
2 “God lives! He turned aside my judgment, And the Mighty—He made my soul bitter.
By the life of God, who has taken away my right; and of the Ruler of all, who has made my soul bitter;
3 For all the while my breath [is] in me, And the wind of God in my nostrils.
(For all my breath is still in me, and the spirit of God is my life; )
4 My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue does not utter deceit.
Truly, there is no deceit in my lips, and my tongue does not say what is false.
5 Defilement to me—if I justify you, Until I expire I do not turn aside my integrity from me.
Let it be far from me! I will certainly not say that you are right! I will come to death before I give up my righteousness.
6 On my righteousness I have laid hold, And I do not let it go, My heart does not reproach me while I live.
I will keep it safe, and will not let it go: my heart has nothing to say against any part of my life.
7 My enemy is as the wicked, And my withstander as the perverse.
Let my hater be like the evil man, and let him who comes against me be as the sinner.
8 For what [is] the hope of the profane, When He cuts off? When God casts off his soul?
For what is the hope of the sinner when he is cut off, when God takes back his soul?
9 [Does] God hear his cry, When distress comes on him?
Will his cry come to the ears of God when he is in trouble?
10 Does he delight himself on the Mighty? Call God at all times?
Will he take delight in the Ruler of all, and make his prayer to God at all times?
11 I show you by the hand of God, That which [is] with the Mighty I do not hide.
I will give you teaching about the hand of God; I will not keep secret from you what is in the mind of the Ruler of all.
12 Behold, you—all of you—have seen, And why [is] this—you are altogether vain?
Truly, you have all seen it yourselves; why then have you become completely foolish?
13 This [is] the portion of wicked man with God, And the inheritance of terrible ones They receive from the Mighty.
This is the punishment of the evil-doer from God, and the heritage given to the cruel by the Ruler of all.
14 If his sons multiply—a sword [is] for them. And his offspring [are] not satisfied [with] bread.
If his children are increased, it is for the sword; and his offspring have not enough bread.
15 His remnant are buried in death, And his widows do not weep.
When those of his house who are still living come to their end by disease, they are not put into the earth, and their widows are not weeping for them.
16 If he heaps up silver as dust, And prepares clothing as clay,
Though he may get silver together like dust, and make ready great stores of clothing;
17 He prepares—and the righteous puts [it] on, And the innocent apportions the silver.
He may get them ready, but the upright will put them on, and he who is free from sin will take the silver for a heritage.
18 He has built his house as a moth, And as a shelter a watchman has made.
His house has no more strength than a spider's thread, or a watchman's tent.
19 He lies down rich, and he is not gathered, He has opened his eyes, and he is not.
He goes to rest full of wealth, but does so for the last time: on opening his eyes, he sees it there no longer.
20 Terrors overtake him as waters, By night a whirlwind has stolen him away.
Fears overtake him like rushing waters; in the night the storm-wind takes him away.
21 An east wind takes him up, and he goes, And it frightens him from his place,
The east wind takes him up and he is gone; he is forced violently out of his place.
22 And it casts at him, and does not spare, He diligently flees from its hand.
God sends his arrows against him without mercy; he goes in flight before his hand.
23 It claps its hands at him, And it hisses at him from his place.”
Men make signs of joy because of him, driving him from his place with sounds of hissing.
