Job 27
1 Job resumed speaking and he said,
Moreover, Job continued his parable, and said,
2 “As surely as God lives, who has taken away my justice, the Almighty, who made my life bitter,
[As] God liveth, [who] hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty [who] hath afflicted my soul;
3 while my life is yet in me, and the breath from God is in my nostrils, this is what I will do.
All the while my breath [is] in me, and the spirit of God [is] in my nostrils;
4 My lips will not speak wickedness, neither will my tongue speak deceit;
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
5 I will never admit that you three are right; until I die I will never deny my integrity.
Far be it from me that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove my integrity from me.
6 I hold fast to my righteousness and will not let it go; my thoughts will not reproach me so 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 Let my enemy be like a wicked man; let him who rises up against me be like an unrighteous man.
Let my enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
8 For what is the hope of a godless man when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life?
For what [is] the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
9 Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?
Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty and call upon God at all times?
Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
11 I will teach you concerning the hand of God; I will not conceal the thoughts of the Almighty.
I will teach you by the hand of God: [that] which [is] with the Almighty will I not conceal.
12 See, all of you have seen this yourselves; why then have you spoken all this nonsense?
Behold, all ye yourselves have seen [it]; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage of the oppressor that he receives from the Almighty:
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 multiply, it is for the sword; his offspring will never have enough food.
If his children are multiplied, [it is] for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
15 Those who survive him will be buried by plague, and their widows will make no lament for them.
Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
16 Though the wicked man heaps up silver like the dust, and heaps up clothing like clay,
Though he should heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay?
17 he may heap up clothing, but righteous people will put it on, and innocent people will divide up the silver among themselves.
He may prepare [it], but the just shall put [it] on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
18 He builds his house like a spider, like a hut that a guard makes.
He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth [that] the keeper maketh.
19 He lies down in bed rich, but he will not keep doing so; he opens his eyes, and everything is gone.
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he [is] not.
20 Terrors overtake him like waters; a storm takes him away in the night.
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
21 The east wind carries him away, and he leaves; it sweeps him out of his place.
The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
22 It throws itself at him and does not stop; he tries to flee out of its hand.
For [God] shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
23 It claps its hands at him in mockery; it hisses him out of his place.
[Men] shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
