Job 27
1 And Job again took up his measure, and said: —
And Job continued his parable and said,
2 As GOD liveth who hath taken away my right, even the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul;
[As] God liveth, who hath taken away my right, and the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul,
3 All the while my inspiration is in me, and the spirit of GOD is in my nostrils,
All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,
4 Verily my lips shall not speak perversity, nor shall, my tongue, utter deceit.
My lips shall not speak unrighteousness, nor my tongue utter deceit!
5 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:
Be it far from me that I should justify you; till I die I will not remove my blamelessness from me.
6 On my righteousness, have I taken fast hold, and will not give it up, My heart shall not reproach any of my days.
My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart reproacheth [me] not one of my days.
7 Let mine enemy be a veritably lawless one! And, he that lifteth himself up against me, one veritably perverse!
Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
8 For what shall be the hope of the impious, though he graspeth with greed, when GOD shall draw forth his soul?
For what is the hope of the ungodly, when [God] cutteth him off, when God taketh away his soul?
9 His outcry, will GOD hear, when there cometh upon him distress?
Will God hear his cry when distress cometh upon him?
10 Verily, in the Almighty, he will not find delight, nor call on GOD continually!
Doth he delight himself in the Almighty? will he at all times call upon God?
11 I would teach you, by the hand of GOD, That which is with the Almighty, will I not conceal.
I will teach you concerning the hand of God; what is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
12 Lo! ye, have, all of you, seen, Wherefore, then, is it, that ye are utterly without purpose?
Behold, ye yourselves have all seen [it]; and why are ye thus altogether vain?
13 This, is the portion of a lawless man with GOD, That, the heritage of tyrants—from the Almighty, he shall receive.
This is the portion of the wicked man with God, and the heritage of the violent, which they receive from the Almighty: —
14 If his children be multiplied, for them, [there is] the sword, and, his offspring, shall not be filled with bread;
If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword, and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread;
15 His survivors, by pestilence, shall come to the grave, and, his widows, shall not weep;
Those that remain of him shall be buried by death, and his widows shall not weep.
16 Though he heap up silver like, dust, and, like a pile, he prepare clothing,
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;
17 He may prepare, but, the righteous, shall put on, and, the silver, shall the innocent apportion.
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on; and the innocent shall divide the silver.
18 He hath built, like a moth, his house, —like a hut, which a watcher hath made.
He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a booth that a keeper maketh.
19 The rich man, shall lie down, and not do it again, his eyes, hath he opened, and then is not.
He lieth down rich, but will do so no more; he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
20 There shall reach him—like waters—terrors, By night, a storm-wind hath stolen him away;
Terrors overtake him like waters; a whirlwind stealeth him away in the night.
21 An east wind shall lift him up, and he shall depart, and it shall sweep him away out of his place;
The east wind carrieth him away and he is gone; and as a storm it hurleth him out of his place.
22 And He will cast upon him and not spare, Out of his hand, shall he, swiftly flee;
And [God] shall cast upon him and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
23 He shall clap over him his hands, and shall hiss him forth out of his place.
[Men] shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
