Job 27
1 Moreover, Job continued his parable, and said,
ἔτι δὲ προσθεὶς Ιωβ εἶπεν τῷ προοιμίῳ
2 [As] God liveth, [who] hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty [who] hath afflicted my soul;
ζῇ κύριος ὃς οὕτω με κέκρικεν καὶ ὁ παντοκράτωρ ὁ πικράνας μου τὴν ψυχήν
3 All the while my breath [is] in me, and the spirit of God [is] in my nostrils;
ἦ μὴν ἔτι τῆς πνοῆς μου ἐνούσης πνεῦμα δὲ θεῖον τὸ περιόν μοι ἐν ῥισίν
4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
μὴ λαλήσειν τὰ χείλη μου ἄνομα οὐδὲ ἡ ψυχή μου μελετήσει ἄδικα
5 Far be it from me that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove my integrity from me.
μή μοι εἴη δικαίους ὑμᾶς ἀποφῆναι ἕως ἂν ἀποθάνω οὐ γὰρ ἀπαλλάξω μου τὴν ἀκακίαν
6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach [me] so long as I live.
δικαιοσύνῃ δὲ προσέχων οὐ μὴ προῶμαι οὐ γὰρ σύνοιδα ἐμαυτῷ ἄτοπα πράξας
7 Let my enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ εἴησαν οἱ ἐχθροί μου ὥσπερ ἡ καταστροφὴ τῶν ἀσεβῶν καὶ οἱ ἐπ’ ἐμὲ ἐπανιστανόμενοι ὥσπερ ἡ ἀπώλεια τῶν παρανόμων
8 For what [is] the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
καὶ τίς γάρ ἐστιν ἐλπὶς ἀσεβεῖ ὅτι ἐπέχει πεποιθὼς ἐπὶ κύριον ἆρα σωθήσεται
9 Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
ἦ τὴν δέησιν αὐτοῦ εἰσακούσεται κύριος ἢ ἐπελθούσης αὐτῷ ἀνάγκης
10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
μὴ ἔχει τινὰ παρρησίαν ἔναντι αὐτοῦ ἢ ὡς ἐπικαλεσαμένου αὐτοῦ εἰσακούσεται αὐτοῦ
11 I will teach you by the hand of God: [that] which [is] with the Almighty will I not conceal.
ἀλλὰ δὴ ἀναγγελῶ ὑμῖν τί ἐστιν ἐν χειρὶ κυρίου ἅ ἐστιν παρὰ παντοκράτορι οὐ ψεύσομαι
12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen [it]; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
ἰδοὺ δὴ πάντες οἴδατε ὅτι κενὰ κενοῖς ἐπιβάλλετε
13 This [is] the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, [which] they shall receive of the Almighty.
αὕτη ἡ μερὶς ἀνθρώπου ἀσεβοῦς παρὰ κυρίου κτῆμα δὲ δυναστῶν ἐλεύσεται παρὰ παντοκράτορος ἐπ’ αὐτούς
14 If his children are multiplied, [it is] for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
ἐὰν δὲ πολλοὶ γένωνται οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ εἰς σφαγὴν ἔσονται ἐὰν δὲ καὶ ἀνδρωθῶσιν προσαιτήσουσιν
15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
οἱ δὲ περιόντες αὐτοῦ ἐν θανάτῳ τελευτήσουσιν χήρας δὲ αὐτῶν οὐθεὶς ἐλεήσει
16 Though he should heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay?
ἐὰν συναγάγῃ ὥσπερ γῆν ἀργύριον ἴσα δὲ πηλῷ ἑτοιμάσῃ χρυσίον
17 He may prepare [it], but the just shall put [it] on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
ταῦτα πάντα δίκαιοι περιποιήσονται τὰ δὲ χρήματα αὐτοῦ ἀληθινοὶ καθέξουσιν
18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth [that] the keeper maketh.
ἀπέβη δὲ ὁ οἶκος αὐτοῦ ὥσπερ σῆτες καὶ ὥσπερ ἀράχνη
19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he [is] not.
πλούσιος κοιμηθεὶς καὶ οὐ προσθήσει ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ διήνοιξεν καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν
20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
συνήντησαν αὐτῷ ὥσπερ ὕδωρ αἱ ὀδύναι νυκτὶ δὲ ὑφείλατο αὐτὸν γνόφος
21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
ἀναλήμψεται αὐτὸν καύσων καὶ ἀπελεύσεται καὶ λικμήσει αὐτὸν ἐκ τοῦ τόπου αὐτοῦ
22 For [God] shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
καὶ ἐπιρρίψει ἐπ’ αὐτὸν καὶ οὐ φείσεται ἐκ χειρὸς αὐτοῦ φυγῇ φεύξεται
23 [Men] shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
κροτήσει ἐπ’ αὐτοῦ χεῖρας αὐτοῦ καὶ συριεῖ αὐτὸν ἐκ τοῦ τόπου αὐτοῦ
