Job 27
1 And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: —
And Job continued taking up his parable, and said,
2 God liveth! He turned aside my judgment, And the Mighty — He made my soul bitter.
As God liveth, who hath removed justice from me; and by the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul:
3 For all the while my breath [is] in me, And the spirit of God in my nostrils.
All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
4 My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not utter deceit.
Shall my lips not speak any wrong, nor shall my tongue utter deceit.
5 Pollution to me — if I justify you, Till I expire I turn not aside mine integrity from me.
Far be it from me that I should justify you; till I depart hence will I not allow [any one] to take my integrity away from me.
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 have laid fast hold on my righteousness, and I will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me [for my conduct] during all my life.
7 As the wicked is my enemy, And my withstander as the perverse.
Like the wicked is [therefore] my enemy, and he that riseth up against me like a wrong-doer.
8 For what [is] the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul?
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, when he hath gained unjust wealth, when God casteth forth his soul?
9 His cry doth God hear, When distress cometh on him?
Will God hear his cry, when distress cometh upon him?
10 On the Mighty doth he delight himself? Call God at all times?
Or can he find delight in the Almighty? can he call on God at all times?
11 I shew you by the hand of God, That which [is] with the Mighty I hide not.
I will instruct you concerning what is in the hand of God: [the way] which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
12 Lo, ye — all of you — have seen, And why [is] this — ye are altogether vain?
Lo! ye yourselves have all beheld it: why is it then that ye deal in such vanities?
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 portion of tyrants, which they shall receive from the Almighty.
14 If his sons multiply — for them [is] a sword. And his offspring [are] not satisfied [with] bread.
If his children be multiplied, it is only for the sword; and his offspring will not be satisfied with bread.
15 His remnant in death are buried, And his widows do not weep.
Those of his that are left to escape will be buried by death; and his widows will not be able to weep.
16 If he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing,
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare garments [as plentifully] as the clay:
17 He prepareth — and the righteous putteth [it] on, And the silver the innocent doth apportion.
He may prepare, but the righteous will clothe himself [therewith], and the silver the innocent will divide.
18 He hath built as a moth his house, And as a booth a watchman hath made.
He buildeth his house like the moth, and like a hut that a keeper hath made.
19 Rich he lieth down, and he is not gathered, His eyes he hath opened, and he is not.
Rich will he lie down, but will not be gathered [into the grave]: one openeth his eyes, and he is no more.
20 Overtake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind.
Like a flood will terror overtake him, in the night a tempest will steal him away.
21 Take him up doth an east wind, and he goeth, And it frighteneth him from his place,
The east wind will lift him up, and he must be gone; and it hurleth him like a storm out of his place.
22 And it casteth at him, and doth not spare, From its hand he diligently fleeth.
And [God] will cast [evil] upon him, and bare no pity: out of his hand [his wealth] will surely escape.
23 It clappeth at him its hands, And it hisseth at him from his place.
Men will clap their hands over him, and will hiss after him out of his place.
