Job 27
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1Job continued his discourse, saying: 1Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
2As God lives, who has deprived me of justice, and the Almighty who has made me bitter, 2As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
3as long as my breath is still in me and the breath from God remains in my nostrils, 3All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
4my lips will not speak unjustly, and my tongue will not utter deceit. 4My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
5I will never affirm that you are right. I will maintain my integrity until I die. 5God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
6I will cling to my righteousness and never let it go. My conscience will not accuse me as long as I live! 6My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
7May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust. 7Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
8For what hope does the godless man have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? 8For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
9Will God hear his cry when distress comes on him? 9Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
10Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call on God at all times? 10Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
11I will teach you about God's power. I will not conceal what the Almighty has planned. 11I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
12All of you have seen this for yourselves, why do you keep up this empty talk? 12Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
13This is a wicked man's lot from God, the inheritance the ruthless receive from the Almighty. 13This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
14Even if his children increase, they are destined for the sword; his descendants will never have enough food. 14If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
15Those who survive him will be buried by the plague, yet their widows will not weep for them. 15Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
16Though he piles up silver like dust and heaps up a wardrobe like clay-- 16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
17he may heap it up, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide up his silver. 17He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
18The house he built is like a moth's cocoon or a booth set up by a watchman. 18He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
19He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, it is gone. 19The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
20Terrors overtake him like a flood; a storm wind sweeps him away at night. 20Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
21An east wind picks him up, and he is gone; it carries him away from his place. 21The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
22It blasts at him without mercy, while he flees desperately from its grasp. 22For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
23It claps its hands at him and scorns him from its place. 23Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
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