Job 27
1 And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: —
Moreouer Iob proceeded and continued his parable, saying,
2 God liveth! He turned aside my judgment, And the Mighty — He made my soul bitter.
The liuing God hath taken away my iudgement: for the Almightie hath put my soule in bitternesse.
3 For all the while my breath [is] in me, And the spirit of God in my nostrils.
Yet so long as my breath is in me, and the Spirit of God in my nostrels,
4 My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not utter deceit.
My lips surely shall speake no wickednesse, and my tongue shall vtter no deceite.
5 Pollution to me — if I justify you, Till I expire I turn not aside mine integrity from me.
God forbid, that I should iustifie you: vntill I dye, I will neuer take away mine innocencie from my selfe.
6 On my righteousness I have laid hold, And I do not let it go, My heart doth not reproach me while I live.
I will keepe my righteousnesse, and wil not forsake it: mine heart shall not reprooue me of my dayes.
7 As the wicked is my enemy, And my withstander as the perverse.
Mine enemie shall be as the wicked, and he that riseth against me, as the vnrighteous.
8 For what [is] the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul?
For what hope hath the hypocrite when he hath heaped vp riches, if God take away his soule?
9 His cry doth God hear, When distress cometh on him?
Will God heare his cry, when trouble commeth vpon him?
10 On the Mighty doth he delight himself? Call God at all times?
Will he set his delight on the Almightie? will he call vpon God at all times?
11 I shew you by the hand of God, That which [is] with the Mighty I hide not.
I will teache you what is in the hande of God, and I wil not conceale that which is with the Almightie.
12 Lo, ye — all of you — have seen, And why [is] this — ye are altogether vain?
Beholde, all ye your selues haue seene it: why then doe you thus vanish in vanitie?
13 This [is] the portion of wicked man with God, And the inheritance of terrible ones From the Mighty they receive.
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of tyrants, which they shall receiue of the Almightie.
14 If his sons multiply — for them [is] a sword. And his offspring [are] not satisfied [with] bread.
If his children be in great nomber, the sworde shall destroy them, and his posteritie shall not be satisfied with bread.
15 His remnant in death are buried, And his widows do not weep.
His remnant shall be buried in death, and his widowes shall not weepe.
16 If he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing,
Though he shoulde heape vp siluer as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay,
17 He prepareth — and the righteous putteth [it] on, And the silver the innocent doth apportion.
He may prepare it, but the iust shall put it on, and the innocent shall deuide the siluer.
18 He hath built as a moth his house, And as a booth a watchman hath made.
He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a lodge that the watchman maketh.
19 Rich he lieth down, and he is not gathered, His eyes he hath opened, and he is not.
When the rich man sleepeth, he shall not be gathered to his fathers: they opened their eyes, and he was gone.
20 Overtake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind.
Terrours shall take him as waters, and a tempest shall cary him away by night.
21 Take him up doth an east wind, and he goeth, And it frighteneth him from his place,
The East winde shall take him away, and he shall depart: and it shall hurle him out of his place.
22 And it casteth at him, and doth not spare, From its hand he diligently fleeth.
And God shall cast vpon him and not spare, though he would faine flee out of his hand.
23 It clappeth at him its hands, And it hisseth at him from his place.
Euery man shall clap their hands at him, and hisse at him out of their place.
