Job 27
27
1Job continued his discourse, saying:
2As God lives, who has deprived me of justice,#Jb 19:6; 34:5
and the Almighty who has made me bitter,#Ex 1:14; Ru 1:20; Jb 3:20
3as long as my breath is still in me
and the breath from God remains in my nostrils,#Gn 2:7; Jb 12:10; 33:4
4my lips will not speak unjustly,
and my tongue will not utter deceit.
5I will never affirm that you are right.
I will maintain my integrity#27:5 Lit will not remove my integrity from me#Jb 2:3,9; 31:6; Pr 11:3 until I die.
6I will cling to my righteousness and never let it go.
My conscience#Ac 24:16; 1Co 4:4; Rv 9:11 will not accuse me as long as I live!
7May my enemy be like the wicked
and my opponent like the unjust.
8For what hope does the godless person#Jb 17:8; 20:5; 36:13 have when he is cut off,
when God takes away his life?#Jb 8:13; Mt 16:26; Lk 12:20
9Will God hear his cry
when distress comes on him?
10Will he delight#Jb 22:26; Ps 37:4; Is 55:2 in the Almighty?
Will he call on God at all times?
11I will teach you about God’s power.
I will not conceal what the Almighty has planned.#27:11 Lit what is with the Almighty
12All of you have seen this for yourselves,
why do you keep up this empty talk?#Jb 2:10; 15:2
13This is a wicked man’s lot#Jb 20:29; 31:2; Ps 17:14 from God,
the inheritance the ruthless receive from the Almighty.
14Even if his children increase, they are destined for the sword;
his descendants will never have enough food.
15Those who survive him will be buried by the plague,
yet their widows will not weep for them.#Jb 18:19; Ps 78:64; Jr 22:10
16Though he piles up silver like dust
and heaps up fine clothing like clay —
17he may heap it up, but the righteous will wear it,
and the innocent will divide up his silver.#Pr 13:22; 28:8; Ec 2:26
18The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon
or a shelter set up by a watchman.#Jb 4:19; Is 1:8; Jnh 4:5
19He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more;
when he opens his eyes, it is gone.
20Terrors overtake him like a flood;#Jb 18:11; 20:25; Jr 6:25
a storm#Jb 21:18; Ps 83:15; Is 29:6 wind sweeps him away at night.
21An east wind picks him up, and he is gone;
it carries him away from his place.
22It blasts at him without mercy,
while he flees desperately from its force.
23It claps#Nm 24:10; Jb 34:37; Lm 2:15 its hands at him
and scoffs at him from its place.
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Iyov (Job) 27
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1Iyov continued his speech:
2“I swear by the living God,
who is denying me justice,
and by Shaddai,
who deals with me so bitterly,
3that as long my life remains in me
and God’s breath is in my nostrils,
4my lips will not speak unrighteousness,
or my tongue utter deceit.
5Far be it from me to say you are right;
I will keep my integrity till the day I die.
6I hold to my righteousness; I won’t let it go;
my heart will not shame me as long as I live.
7“May my enemy meet the doom of the wicked;
my foe the fate of the unrighteous.
8For what hope does the godless have from his gain
when God takes away his life?
9Will God hear his cry
when trouble comes upon him?
10Will he take delight in Shaddai
and always call on God?
11“I am teaching you how God uses his power,
not hiding what Shaddai is doing.
12Look, you all can see for yourselves;
so why are you talking such empty nonsense?
13“This is God’s reward for the wicked man,
the heritage oppressors receive from Shaddai:
14if his sons become many, they go to the sword;
and his children never have enough to eat.
15Those of his who remain are buried by plague,
and their widows do not weep.
16Even if he piles up silver like dust
and stores away clothing [in mounds] like clay —
17he may collect it, but the just will wear it,
and the upright divide up the silver.
18He builds his house weak as a spider’s web,
as flimsy as a watchman’s shack.
19He may lie down rich, but his wealth yields nothing;
when he opens his eyes, it isn’t there.
20Terrors overtake him like a flood;
at night a whirlwind steals him away.
21The east wind carries him off, and he’s gone;
it sweeps him far from his place.
22Yes, it hurls itself at him, sparing nothing;
he does all he can to flee from its power.
23[People] clap their hands at him in derision
and hiss him out of his home.
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