Job 27
1 And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: —
Job again took up his parable, and said,
2 God liveth! He turned aside my judgment, And the Mighty — He made my soul bitter.
"As God lives, who has taken away my right, Shaddai, who has made my soul bitter.
3 For all the while my breath [is] in me, And the spirit of God in my nostrils.
(For the length of my life is still 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.
surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither 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. Until I die I will not put away my integrity 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 hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My conscience will not accuse me as long as I live.
7 As the wicked is my enemy, And my withstander as the perverse.
"Let my enemy be as the wicked. Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.
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 godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
9 His cry doth God hear, When distress cometh on him?
Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him?
10 On the Mighty doth he delight himself? Call God at all times?
Will he delight himself in Shaddai, and 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 teach you about the hand of God. That which is with Shaddai will I not conceal.
12 Lo, ye — all of you — have seen, And why [is] this — ye are altogether vain?
Look, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?
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, the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from Shaddai.
14 If his sons multiply — for them [is] a sword. And his offspring [are] not satisfied [with] bread.
If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword. His offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
15 His remnant in death are buried, And his widows do not weep.
Those who remain of him shall be buried in death. His widows shall make no lamentation.
16 If he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing,
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing 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 just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
18 He hath built as a moth his house, And as a booth a watchman hath made.
He builds his house as the moth, as a booth which the watchman makes.
19 Rich he lieth down, and he is not gathered, His eyes he hath opened, and he is not.
He lies down rich, but he shall not do so again. He opens his eyes, and it is gone.
20 Overtake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind.
Terrors overtake him like waters. A storm steals him away in the night.
21 Take him up doth an east wind, and he goeth, And it frighteneth him from his place,
The east wind carries him away, and he departs. It sweeps him out of his place.
22 And it casteth at him, and doth not spare, From its hand he diligently fleeth.
For it hurls at him, and does not spare, as he flees away from his hand.
23 It clappeth at him its hands, And it hisseth at him from his place.
Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
