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Job 27
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949
2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my right, And the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul
2By the life of God, who has taken away my right; and of the Ruler of all, who has made my soul bitter;
3(For my life is yet whole in me, And the spirit of God is in my nostrils);
3(For all my breath is still in me, and the spirit of God is my life;)
4Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, Neither shall my tongue utter deceit.
4Truly, there is no deceit in my lips, and my tongue does not say what is false.
5Far be it from me that I should justify you: Till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.
5Let it be far from me! I will certainly not say that you are right! I will come to death before I give up my righteousness.
6My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: My heart shall not reproachmeso long as I live.
6I will keep it safe, and will not let it go: my heart has nothing to say against any part of my life.
7Let mine enemy be as the wicked, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.
7Let my hater be like the evil man, and let him who comes against me be as the sinner.
8 For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul?
8For what is the hope of the sinner when he is cut off, when God takes back his soul?
9Will God hear his cry, When trouble cometh upon him?
9Will his cry come to the ears of God when he is in trouble?
10Will he delight himself in the Almighty, And call upon God at all times?
10Will he take delight in the Ruler of all, and make his prayer to God at all times?
11I will teach you concerning the hand of God; That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
11I will give you teaching about the hand of God; I will not keep secret from you what is in the mind of the Ruler of all.
12Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; Why then are ye become altogether vain?
12Truly, you have all seen it yourselves; why then have you become completely foolish?
13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty:
13This is the punishment of the evil-doer from God, and the heritage given to the cruel by the Ruler of all.
14If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
14If his children are increased, it is for the sword; and his offspring have not enough bread.
15Those that remain of him shall be buried in death, And his widows shall make no lamentation.
15When those of his house who are still living come to their end by disease, they are not put into the earth, and their widows are not weeping for them.
16Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare raiment as the clay;
16Though he may get silver together like dust, and make ready great stores of clothing;
17He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, And the innocent shall divide the silver.
17He may get them ready, but the upright will put them on, and he who is free from sin will take the silver for a heritage.
18He buildeth his house as the moth, And as a booth which the keeper maketh.
18His house has no more strength than a spider's thread, or a watchman's tent.
19He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered to his fathers; He openeth his eyes, and he is not.
19He goes to rest full of wealth, but does so for the last time: on opening his eyes, he sees it there no longer.
20Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.
20Fears overtake him like rushing waters; in the night the storm-wind takes him away.
21The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; And it sweepeth him out of his place.
21The east wind takes him up and he is gone; he is forced violently out of his place.