Job 27

1And Job continued his parable and said,

1And Job again took up his parable, and said,

1Job also added, taking up his parable, and said:

2[As]God liveth, who hath taken away my right, and the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul,

2As God liveth, who hath taken away my right, And the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul

2As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who hath brought my soul to bitterness,

3All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit ofGod is in my nostrils,

3(For my life is yet whole in me, And the spirit of God is in my nostrils);

3As long as breath remaineth in me, and the spirit of God in my nostrils,

4My lips shall not speak unrighteousness, nor my tongue utter deceit!

4Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, Neither shall my tongue utter deceit.

4My lips shall not speak iniquity, neither shall my tongue contrive lying.

5Be it far from me that I should justify you; till I die I will not remove my blamelessness from me.

5Far be it from me that I should justify you: Till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.

5God forbid that I should judge you to be just: till I die I will not depart from my innocence.

6My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart reproacheth [me] not one of my days.

6My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: My heart shall not reproachmeso long as I live.

6My justification, which I have begun to hold, I will not forsake: for my heart doth not reprehend me in all my life.

7Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

7Let mine enemy be as the wicked, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.

7Let my enemy be as the ungodly, and my adversary as the wicked one.

8For what is the hope of the ungodly, when [God] cutteth him off, whenGod taketh away his soul?

8For 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 hypocrite if through covetousness he take by violence, and God deliver not his soul?

9WillGod hear his cry when distress cometh upon him?

9Will God hear his cry, When trouble cometh upon him?

9Will God hear his cry, when distress shall come upon him?

10Doth he delight himself in the Almighty? will he at all times call uponGod?

10Will he delight himself in the Almighty, And call upon God at all times?

10Or can he delight himself in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times?

11I will teach you concerning the hand ofGod; what is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

11I will teach you concerning the hand of God; That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

11I will teach you by the hand of God, what the Almighty hath, and I will not conceal it.

12Behold, ye yourselves have all seen [it]; and why are ye thus altogether vain?

12Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; Why then are ye become altogether vain?

12Behold you all know it, and why do you speak vain things without cause?

13This is the portion of the wicked man withGod, and the heritage of the violent, which they receive from the Almighty: —

13This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty:

13This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they shall receive of the Almighty.

14If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword, and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread;

14If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

14If his sons be multiplied, they shall be for the sword, and his grandsons shall not be filled with bread.

15Those that remain of him shall be buried by death, and his widows shall not weep.

15Those that remain of him shall be buried in death, And his widows shall make no lamentation.

15They that shall remain of him, shall be buried in death, and his widows shall not weep.

16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;

16Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare raiment as the clay;

16If he shall heap together silver as earth, and prepare raiment as clay,

17He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on; and the innocent shall divide the silver.

17He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, And the innocent shall divide the silver.

17He shall prepare indeed, but the just man shall be clothed with it: and the innocent shall divide the silver.

18He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a booth that a keeper maketh.

18He buildeth his house as the moth, And as a booth which the keeper maketh.

18He hath built his house as a moth, and as a keeper he hath made a booth.

19He lieth down rich, but will do so no more; he openeth his eyes, and he is not.

19He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered to his fathers; He openeth his eyes, and he is not.

19The rich man when he shall sleep shall take away nothing with him: he shall open his eyes and find nothing.

20Terrors overtake him like waters; a whirlwind stealeth him away in the night.

20Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.

20Poverty like water shall take hold on him, a tempest shall oppress him in the night:

21The east wind carrieth him away and he is gone; and as a storm it hurleth him out of his place.

21The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; And it sweepeth him out of his place.

21A burning wind shall take him up, and carry him away, and as a whirlwind shall snatch him from his place.

22And [God] shall cast upon him and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

22ForGodshall hurl at him, and not spare: He would fain flee out of his hand.

22And he shall cast upon him, and shall not spare: out of his hand he would willingly flee.

23[Men] shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.

23Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place.

23He shall clasp his hands upon him, and shall hiss at him, beholding his place.