Job 27
1 Job replied again [to his three friends],
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
2 “Almighty God has refused to treat me justly/fairly. He has caused me to feel bitter/resentful. But [just as surely] as he lives,
As El liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
3 as long as God’s Spirit enables me to breathe,
All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of Eloah is in my nostrils;
4 I will not lie; I [SYN] will not say anything to deceive anyone.
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
5 I will never admit that what you [three] have said is true; until the day that I die, I will insist that I have not done things that are wrong.
Elohim forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
6 I will say that I am innocent, and never (say anything different/change what I say); my conscience will never reproach me as long as I live.
My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
7 “I want my enemies to be [punished] like all wicked [people are punished]; I want [God to punish] those who oppose me like [he punishes all] unrighteous [people].
Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
8 When [it is time for] God [to] get rid of godless/wicked people and [to] cause them to die, there is absolutely nothing good [RHQ] that they can confidently expect [to happen to them].
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when Eloah taketh away his soul?
9 When they experience troubles, (will God hear them call [out to him for help]?/God certainly will not hear them call out [to him for help].) [RHQ]
Will El hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
10 (Will they be happy about what Almighty [God] does?/They certainly will not be happy about what Almighty [God] does.) [RHQ] (Will they [begin to] pray to him frequently?/They certainly will not [begin to] pray to him frequently.) [RHQ] [Certainly not!]
Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon Eloah?
11 “I will teach you [three] something about the power [MTY] of Almighty God [MTY]; I will reveal what he is thinking.
I will teach you by the hand of El: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
12 But you [three] have seen for yourselves [what God has done]; so (why are you saying such nonsense?/you should not be saying such nonsense.) [RHQ]
Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
13 “[I will tell you] what Almighty God does to wicked people, the things that he does to people who oppress others.
This is the portion of a wicked man with El, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
14 [Even] if they have many children, [many of] those children will die in wars [MTY], and their [other] children will [die because they do] not have enough food to eat.
If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
15 Their children who are still alive will die from diseases, and their widows will not [even] mourn for them.
Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
16 Sometimes [wicked people] accumulate a huge amount [SIM] of silver and pile up clothes like [SIM] those clothes were a pile of clay,
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
17 but [those wicked people will die, and then] righteous people will wear those clothes, and honest/innocent people will get their silver and divide it [among themselves].
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
18 The houses that they build are [as frail/fragile] as [SIM] spider webs, or they are like flimsy huts that watchmen live in [while they guard people’s fields].
He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
19 Wicked people are rich when they lie down [at night], but when they wake up [in the morning, they find out that] their money has disappeared.
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
20 “Things that terrify them [PRS] strike them like a flood [SIM]; during the night a whirlwind carries them away.
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
21 [It is as though] the wind from the east picks them up and carries them away from their homes, and they disappear.
The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
22 That wind strikes them without pitying them while they are running away, trying to escape from its force/power [MTY].
For Elohim shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
23 That wind [is like someone] clapping his hands [MET] at them [to ridicule them], howling at them wherever they run to.”
Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
