Job 27
1 And Job again took up his measure, and said: —
And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: —
2 As GOD liveth who hath taken away my right, even the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul;
God liveth! He turned aside my judgment, And the Mighty — He made my soul bitter.
3 All the while my inspiration is 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 Verily my lips shall not speak perversity, nor shall, my tongue, utter deceit.
My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not 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:
Pollution to me — if I justify you, Till I expire I turn not aside 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.
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 a veritably lawless one! And, he that lifteth himself up against me, one veritably perverse!
As the wicked is my enemy, And my withstander as the perverse.
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 profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul?
9 His outcry, will GOD hear, when there cometh upon him distress?
His cry doth God hear, When distress cometh on him?
10 Verily, in the Almighty, he will not find delight, nor call on GOD continually!
On the Mighty doth he delight himself? Call 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 shew you by the hand of God, That which [is] with the Mighty I hide not.
12 Lo! ye, have, all of you, seen, Wherefore, then, is it, that ye are utterly without purpose?
Lo, ye — all of you — have seen, And why [is] this — ye are 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 wicked man with God, And the inheritance of terrible ones From the Mighty they receive.
14 If his children be multiplied, for them, [there is] the sword, and, his offspring, shall not be filled with bread;
If his sons multiply — for them [is] a sword. And his offspring [are] not satisfied [with] bread.
15 His survivors, by pestilence, shall come to the grave, and, his widows, shall not weep;
His remnant in death are buried, And his widows do not weep.
16 Though he heap up silver like, dust, and, like a pile, he prepare clothing,
If he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing,
17 He may prepare, but, the righteous, shall put on, and, the silver, shall the innocent apportion.
He prepareth — and the righteous putteth [it] on, And the silver the innocent doth apportion.
18 He hath built, like a moth, his house, —like a hut, which a watcher hath made.
He hath built as a moth his house, And as a booth a watchman hath made.
19 The rich man, shall lie down, and not do it again, his eyes, hath he opened, and then is not.
Rich he lieth down, and he is not gathered, His eyes he hath opened, and he is not.
20 There shall reach him—like waters—terrors, By night, a storm-wind hath stolen him away;
Overtake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind.
21 An east wind shall lift him up, and he shall depart, and it shall sweep him away out of his place;
Take him up doth an east wind, and he goeth, And it frighteneth him from his place,
22 And He will cast upon him and not spare, Out of his hand, shall he, swiftly flee;
And it casteth at him, and doth not spare, From its hand he diligently fleeth.
23 He shall clap over him his hands, and shall hiss him forth out of his place.
It clappeth at him its hands, And it hisseth at him from his place.
