Job 27
27
Job Maintains His Integrity
1Job again took up his discourse and said:
2“As God lives, who has taken away my right,
and the Almighty,#27.2 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai who has made my soul bitter,
3as long as my breath is in me
and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,
4my lips will not speak falsehood,
and my tongue will not utter deceit.
5Far be it from me to say that you are right;
until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
6I hold fast my righteousness, and will not let it go;
my heart does not reproach me for any of my days.
7“May my enemy be like the wicked,
and may my opponent be like the unrighteous.
8For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts them off,
when God takes away their lives?
9Will God hear their cry
when trouble comes upon them?
10Will they take delight in the Almighty?#27.10 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
Will they call upon God at all times?
11I will teach you concerning the hand of God;
that which is with the Almighty#27.11 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai I will not conceal.
12All of you have seen it yourselves;
why then have you become altogether vain?
13“This is the portion of the wicked with God,
and the heritage that oppressors receive from the Almighty:#27.13 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
14If their children are multiplied, it is for the sword;
and their offspring have not enough to eat.
15Those who survive them the pestilence buries,
and their widows make no lamentation.
16Though they heap up silver like dust,
and pile up clothing like clay—
17they may pile it up, but the just will wear it,
and the innocent will divide the silver.
18They build their houses like nests,
like booths made by sentinels of the vineyard.
19They go to bed with wealth, but will do so no more;
they open their eyes, and it is gone.
20Terrors overtake them like a flood;
in the night a whirlwind carries them off.
21The east wind lifts them up and they are gone;
it sweeps them out of their place.
22It#27.22 Or He (that is God) hurls at them without pity;
they flee from its#27.22 Or his power in headlong flight.
23It#27.23 Or He (that is God) claps its#27.23 Or his hands at them,
and hisses at them from its#27.23 Or his place.
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Job 27
27
Job Describes the Portion of the Wicked
1Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment;
and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
3all the while my breath is in me,
and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
4my lips shall not speak wickedness,
nor my tongue utter deceit.
5God forbid that I should justify you:
till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
6My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go:
my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
7Let mine enemy be as the wicked,
and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
8For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained,
when God taketh away his soul?
9Will God hear his cry
when trouble cometh upon him?
10Will he delight himself in the Almighty?
Will he always call upon God?
11I will teach you by the hand of God:
that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
12Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it;
why then are ye thus altogether vain?
13This is the portion of a wicked man with God,
and the heritage of oppressors, 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.
15Those that remain of him shall be buried in death:
and his widows shall not weep.
16Though he heap up silver as the dust,
and prepare raiment as the clay;
17he may prepare it, but the just shall put it on,
and the innocent shall divide the silver.
18He buildeth his house as a moth,
and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
19The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered:
he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
20Terrors take hold on him as waters,
a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
21The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth:
and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
22For God shall cast upon him, and not spare:
he would fain flee out of his hand.
23 Men shall clap their hands at him,
and shall hiss him out of his place.
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