Job 27
27
What Hope has the Godless?
1And Job took up his discourse again, saying:
2“As God lives, who has deprived me of justice, Shaddai who has made my soul bitter,
3as long as my breath is still in me, the Ruach of God in my nostrils,
4my lips will speak no injustice, nor will my tongue mutter deceit.
5Far be it from me to say that you are just; until I die, I will not set aside my integrity!
6I will maintain my righteousness, and not let it go; my conscience will not reproach me for any of my days.
7“May my enemy be like the wicked my enemy like the unrighteous.
8For what hope has the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes his soul?
9Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?
10Will he delight in Shaddai? Will he call upon God at all times?
11I will teach you about the hand of God; I will not conceal the ways of Shaddai.
12Look, you have all seen this yourselves. Why then this meaningless talk?
13“This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the inheritance that ruthless men receive from Shaddai.
14If his children increase— it is for the sword. His offspring will never have enough to eat.
15Those who survive him will be buried by the plague, and their widows will not weep.
16Though he piles up silver like dust, and clothing like heaps of mortar,
17what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and the upright will divide the silver.
18The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut made for a watchman.
19“He lies down wealthy, but will gather no more. When he opens his eyes, all is gone!
20Terrors overtake him like a flood; a storm sweeps him away at night.
21The east wind picks him up and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.
22It hurls itself at him without pity as he flees headlong from its hand.
23It claps its hands at him in derision, and hisses him out of his place.”
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Job 27
27
Job Affirms His Righteousness
1Then Job continued his discourse and said,
2“As God lives, who has taken away my right,
And the Almighty, who has embittered my soul,
3For as long as life is in me,
And the breath of God is in my nostrils,
4My lips certainly will not speak unjustly,
Nor will my tongue mutter deceit.
5Far be it from me that I should declare you right;
Till 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 any of my days.
The State of the Godless
7“May my enemy be as the wicked
And my opponent as the unjust.
8For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off,
When God requires his life?
9Will God hear his cry
When distress comes upon him?
10Will he take delight in the Almighty?
Will he call on God at all times?
11I will instruct you in the power of God;
What is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
12Behold, all of you have seen it;
Why then do you act foolishly?
13“This is the portion of a wicked man from God,
And the inheritance which tyrants receive from the Almighty.
14Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword;
And his descendants will not be satisfied with bread.
15His survivors will be buried because of the plague,
And their widows will not be able to weep.
16Though he piles up silver like dust
And prepares garments as plentiful as the clay,
17He may prepare it, but the just will wear it
And the innocent will divide the silver.
18He has built his house like the spider’s web,
Or as a hut which the watchman has made.
19He lies down rich, but never again;
He opens his eyes, and it is no longer.
20Terrors overtake him like a flood;
A tempest steals him away in the night.
21The east wind carries him away, and he is gone,
For it whirls him away from his place.
22For it will hurl at him without sparing;
He will surely try to flee from its power.
23 Men will clap their hands at him
And will hiss him from his place.
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