Job 27
1 And Job again took up his parable, and said,
And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: —
2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my right; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
God liveth! He turned aside my judgment, And the Mighty — He made my soul bitter.
3 (For my life is yet whole in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; )
For all the while my breath [is] in me, And the spirit of God in my nostrils.
4 Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit.
My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not utter deceit.
5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.
Pollution to me — if I justify you, Till I expire I turn not aside mine integrity from me.
6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach [me] so long as I live.
On my righteousness I have laid hold, And I do not let it go, My heart doth not reproach me while I live.
7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.
As the wicked is my enemy, And my withstander as the perverse.
8 For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, when God taketh away his soul?
For what [is] the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul?
9 Will God hear his cry, when trouble cometh upon him?
His cry doth God hear, When distress cometh on him?
10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times?
On the Mighty doth he delight himself? Call God at all times?
11 I will teach you concerning the hand of God; that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
I shew you by the hand of God, That which [is] with the Mighty I hide not.
12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye become altogether vain?
Lo, ye — all of you — have seen, And why [is] this — ye are altogether vain?
13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.
This [is] the portion of wicked man with God, And the inheritance of terrible ones From the Mighty they receive.
14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
If his sons multiply — for them [is] a sword. And his offspring [are] not satisfied [with] bread.
15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death, and his widows shall make no lamentation.
His remnant in death are buried, And his widows do not weep.
16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
If he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing,
17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
He prepareth — and the righteous putteth [it] on, And the silver the innocent doth apportion.
18 He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a booth which the keeper maketh.
He hath built as a moth his house, And as a booth a watchman hath made.
19 He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered; he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
Rich he lieth down, and he is not gathered, His eyes he hath opened, and he is not.
20 Terrors overtake him like waters; a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
Overtake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind.
21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; and it sweepeth him out of his place.
Take him up doth an east wind, and he goeth, And it frighteneth him from his place,
22 For [God] shall hurl at him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
And it casteth at him, and doth not spare, From its hand he diligently fleeth.
23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
It clappeth at him its hands, And it hisseth at him from his place.
