Job 27
1 And Job again took up his measure, and said: —
MOREOVER 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 judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed 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 wickedness, 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:
God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity 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 shall not reproach me so long as I live.
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 hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
9 His outcry, will GOD hear, when there cometh upon him distress?
Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
10 Verily, in the Almighty, he will not find delight, nor call on GOD continually!
Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always 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 by the hand of God: that which 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, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then 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 a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of 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 in 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 raiment 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 a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
19 The rich man, shall lie down, and not do it again, his eyes, hath he opened, and then is not.
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: 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 take hold on him as waters, a tempest 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 departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
22 And He will cast upon him and not spare, Out of his hand, shall he, swiftly flee;
For 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.
