Job 27
1 Moreover Job continued his discourse, and said:
Job again took up his parable, and said,
2 As God liveth, who hath rejected my cause, And the Almighty, who hath afflicted my soul;
"As God lives, who has taken away my right, Shaddai, who has made my soul bitter.
3 As long as my breath is in me, And the spirit of God is in my nostrils,
(For the length of my life is still in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils);
4 Never shall my lips speak falsehood, Nor my tongue utter deceit.
surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit.
5 God forbid that I should acknowledge you to be just: To my last breath will I assert my integrity.
Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
6 I will hold fast my innocence, and not let it go; My heart reproacheth me for no part of my life.
I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My conscience will not accuse me as long as I live.
7 May mine enemy be as the wicked, And he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous!
"Let my enemy be as the wicked. Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.
8 For what is the hope of the wicked, when God cutteth off his web, And taketh away his life?
For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
9 Will he listen to his cry, When trouble cometh upon him?
Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him?
10 Can he delight himself in the Almighty, And call at all times upon God?
Will he delight himself in Shaddai, and call on God at all times?
11 I will teach you concerning the hand of God; That which is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
I will teach you about the hand of God. That which is with Shaddai will I not conceal.
12 Behold, ye yourselves have all seen it; Why then do ye cherish such vain thoughts?
Look, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?
13 This is the portion of the wicked man from God, —The inheritance which oppressors receive from the Almighty.
"This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from Shaddai.
14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword. His offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
15 Those of them that escape shall be buried by Death, And their widows shall not bewail them.
Those who remain of him shall be buried in death. His widows shall make no lamentation.
16 Though he heap up silver as dust, And procure raiment as clay, —
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;
17 He may procure, but the righteous shall wear it, And the innocent shall share the silver.
he may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
18 He buildeth his house like the moth, Or like the shed which the watchman maketh.
He builds his house as the moth, as a booth which the watchman makes.
19 The rich man lieth down, and is not buried; In the twinkling of an eye he is no more.
He lies down rich, but he shall not do so again. He opens his eyes, and it is gone.
20 Terrors pursue him like a flood; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.
Terrors overtake him like waters. A storm steals him away in the night.
21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he perisheth; Yea, it sweepeth him away from his place.
The east wind carries him away, and he departs. It sweeps him out of his place.
22 God sendeth his arrows at him, and doth not spare; He would fain escape from His hand.
For it hurls at him, and does not spare, as he flees away from his hand.
23 Men clap their hands at him, And hiss him away from his place.
Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
