Job 27
1 Moreover Job continued his discourse, and said:
And Job again took up his measure, and said: —
2 As God liveth, who hath rejected my cause, And the Almighty, who hath afflicted my soul;
As GOD liveth who hath taken away my right, even the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul;
3 As long as 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 Never shall my lips speak falsehood, Nor my tongue utter deceit.
Verily my lips shall not speak perversity, nor 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, —Even until I breathe my last, will I not let go mine 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.
On my righteousness, have I taken fast hold, and will not give it up, My heart shall not reproach any of my days.
7 May 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 wicked, when God cutteth off his web, And taketh away his life?
For what shall be the hope of the impious, though he graspeth with greed, when GOD shall draw forth his soul?
9 Will he listen to his cry, When trouble cometh upon him?
His outcry, will GOD hear, when there cometh upon him distress?
10 Can he delight himself in the Almighty, And call at all times upon God?
Verily, in the Almighty, he will not find delight, nor call on GOD continually!
11 I will teach you concerning the hand of God; That which is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
I would teach you, by the hand of GOD, That which is with the Almighty, will I not conceal.
12 Behold, ye yourselves have all seen it; Why then do ye cherish such vain thoughts?
Lo! ye, have, all of you, seen, Wherefore, then, is it, that ye are utterly without purpose?
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 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 of them that escape shall be buried by Death, And their widows shall not bewail them.
His survivors, by pestilence, shall come to the grave, and, his widows, shall not weep;
16 Though he heap up silver as dust, And procure raiment as clay, —
Though he heap up silver like, dust, and, like a pile, he prepare clothing,
17 He may procure, but the righteous shall wear it, And the innocent shall share the silver.
He may prepare, but, the righteous, shall put on, and, the silver, shall the innocent apportion.
18 He buildeth his house like the moth, Or like the shed which the watchman maketh.
He hath built, like a moth, his house, —like a hut, which a watcher hath made.
19 The rich man lieth down, and is not buried; In the twinkling of an eye he is no more.
The rich man, shall lie down, and not do it again, his eyes, hath he opened, and then is not.
20 Terrors pursue him like a flood; 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 perisheth; Yea, it sweepeth him away from his place.
An east wind shall lift him up, and he shall depart, and it shall sweep him away out of his place;
22 God sendeth his arrows at him, and doth not spare; He would fain escape from His hand.
And He will cast upon him and not spare, Out of his hand, shall he, swiftly flee;
23 Men clap their hands at him, And hiss him away from his place.
He shall clap over him his hands, and shall hiss him forth out of his place.
