Job 27

1And Job continued his parable and said,

1And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: --

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

2God liveth! He turned aside my judgment, And the Mighty--He made my soul bitter.

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

3For all the while my breath <FI>is<Fi> in me, And the spirit of God in my nostrils.

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

4My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not utter deceit.

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

5Pollution to me--if I justify you, Till I expire I turn not aside mine integrity from me.

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

6On my righteousness I have laid hold, And I do not let it go, My heart doth not reproach me while I live.

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

7As the wicked is my enemy, And my withstander as the perverse.

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

8For what <FI>is<Fi> the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul?

9WillGod hear his cry when distress cometh upon him?

9His cry doth God hear, When distress cometh on him?

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

10On the Mighty doth he delight himself? Call God at all times?

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

11I shew you by the hand of God, That which <FI>is<Fi> with the Mighty I hide not.

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

12Lo, ye--all of you--have seen, And why <FI>is<Fi> this--ye are altogether vain?

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

13This <FI>is<Fi> the portion of wicked man with God, And the inheritance of terrible ones From the Mighty they receive.

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

14If his sons multiply--for them <FI>is<Fi> a sword. And his offspring <FI>are<Fi> not satisfied <FI>with<Fi> bread.

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

15His remnant in death are buried, And his widows do not weep.

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

16If he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing,

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

17He prepareth--and the righteous putteth <FI>it<Fi> on, And the silver the innocent doth apportion.

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

18He hath built as a moth his house, And as a booth a watchman hath made.

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

19Rich he lieth down, and he is not gathered, His eyes he hath opened, and he is not.

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

20Overtake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind.

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

21Take him up doth an east wind, and he goeth, And it frighteneth him from his place,

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

22And it casteth at him, and doth not spare, From its hand he diligently fleeth.

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

23It clappeth at him its hands, And it hisseth at him from his place.