Job 27

1 And Job again took up his measure, and said: —

Moreouer Iob proceeded and continued his parable, saying,

2 As GOD liveth who hath taken away my right, even the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul;

The liuing God hath taken away my iudgement: for the Almightie hath put my soule in bitternesse.

3 All the while my inspiration is in me, and the spirit of GOD is in my nostrils,

Yet so long as my breath is in me, and the Spirit of God in my nostrels,

4 Verily my lips shall not speak perversity, nor shall, my tongue, utter deceit.

My lips surely shall speake no wickednesse, and my tongue shall vtter no deceite.

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:

God forbid, that I should iustifie you: vntill I dye, I will neuer take away mine innocencie from my selfe.

6 On my righteousness, have I taken fast hold, and will not give it up, My heart shall not reproach any of my days.

I will keepe my righteousnesse, and wil not forsake it: mine heart shall not reprooue me of my dayes.

7 Let mine enemy be a veritably lawless one! And, he that lifteth himself up against me, one veritably perverse!

Mine enemie shall be as the wicked, and he that riseth against me, as the vnrighteous.

8 For what shall be the hope of the impious, though he graspeth with greed, when GOD shall draw forth his soul?

For what hope hath the hypocrite when he hath heaped vp riches, if God take away his soule?

9 His outcry, will GOD hear, when there cometh upon him distress?

Will God heare his cry, when trouble commeth vpon him?

10 Verily, in the Almighty, he will not find delight, nor call on GOD continually!

Will he set his delight on the Almightie? will he call vpon God at all times?

11 I would teach you, by the hand of GOD, That which is with the Almighty, will I not conceal.

I will teache you what is in the hande of God, and I wil not conceale that which is with the Almightie.

12 Lo! ye, have, all of you, seen, Wherefore, then, is it, that ye are utterly without purpose?

Beholde, all ye your selues haue seene it: why then doe you thus vanish in vanitie?

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 a wicked man with God, and the heritage of tyrants, which they shall receiue of the Almightie.

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 in great nomber, the sworde shall destroy them, and his posteritie shall not be satisfied with bread.

15 His survivors, by pestilence, shall come to the grave, and, his widows, shall not weep;

His remnant shall be buried in death, and his widowes shall not weepe.

16 Though he heap up silver like, dust, and, like a pile, he prepare clothing,

Though he shoulde heape vp siluer as the dust, and prepare rayment 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 iust shall put it on, and the innocent shall deuide the siluer.

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 lodge that the watchman maketh.

19 The rich man, shall lie down, and not do it again, his eyes, hath he opened, and then is not.

When the rich man sleepeth, he shall not be gathered to his fathers: they opened their eyes, and he was gone.

20 There shall reach him—like waters—terrors, By night, a storm-wind hath stolen him away;

Terrours shall take him as waters, and a tempest shall cary him away by 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 winde shall take him away, and he shall depart: and it shall hurle 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 vpon him and not spare, though he would faine flee out of his hand.

23 He shall clap over him his hands, and shall hiss him forth out of his place.

Euery man shall clap their hands at him, and hisse at him out of their place.