Job 27
1 And Job adds to lift up his allegory and says:
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
2 “God lives! He turned aside my judgment, And the Mighty—He made my soul bitter.
As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
3 For all the while my breath [is] in me, And the wind of God in my nostrils.
All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
4 My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue does not utter deceit.
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
5 Defilement to me—if I justify you, Until I expire I do not turn aside my integrity from me.
God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
6 On my righteousness I have laid hold, And I do not let it go, My heart does not reproach me while I live.
My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
7 My enemy is as the wicked, And my withstander as the perverse.
Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
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 hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
9 [Does] God hear his cry, When distress comes on him?
Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
10 Does he delight himself on the Mighty? Call God at all times?
Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
11 I show you by the hand of God, That which [is] with the Mighty I do not hide.
I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
12 Behold, you—all of you—have seen, And why [is] this—you are altogether vain?
Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
13 This [is] the portion of wicked man with God, And the inheritance of terrible ones They receive from the Mighty.
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
14 If his sons multiply—a sword [is] for them. And his offspring [are] not satisfied [with] bread.
If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
15 His remnant are buried in death, And his widows do not weep.
Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
16 If he heaps up silver as dust, And prepares clothing as clay,
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
17 He prepares—and the righteous puts [it] on, And the innocent apportions the silver.
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
18 He has built his house as a moth, And as a shelter a watchman has made.
He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
19 He lies down rich, and he is not gathered, He has opened his eyes, and he is not.
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
20 Terrors overtake him as waters, By night a whirlwind has stolen him away.
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
21 An east wind takes him up, and he goes, And it frightens him from his place,
The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
22 And it casts at him, and does not spare, He diligently flees from its hand.
For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
23 It claps its hands at him, And it hisses at him from his place.”
Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
