Job 27
27
1Job continued his answer:
2“God All-Powerful has been unfair to me;
he has made my life bitter.
But I swear by his life,
3as long as I have life in me,
as long as breath from God is in my nostrils,
4I will not be a hypocrite.
I will not lie.
5You will never hear me say you men are right!
Until the day I die I will not be untrue to myself.
6I will hold on to my innocence and never let go!
My conscience will always be clear!
7May my enemies be punished like those who are evil.
May those who stood against me end up like all who have done wrong.
8What hope do people without God have when it is time to die,
when God takes their life away?
9When they have troubles and cry out for help,
God will not listen to them!
10It will be too late for them to enjoy talking with God All-Powerful.
They should have prayed to God all the time.
11“I will teach you about God’s power.
I will not hide anything about God All-Powerful.
12But you have seen it all with your own eyes.
So why do you say such useless things?
13 # 27:13 Though Zophar is not mentioned in the text, many scholars think he answers Job in verses 13-23. “Here is what God has planned for those who are evil.
This is what cruel people will get from God All-Powerful.
14They may have many children, but all of them will be killed in war.
Or their children will not have enough to eat.
15All those who are left will die,
and the widows will not even cry for them.
16Evil people collect silver as easily as dirt.
They may have so many clothes that they are piled up like clay.
17But their piles of clothes will be worn by those who have lived right.
All that silver will be given to those who have done no wrong.
18Evil people might build houses, but they will not last long.
They will be like a spider’s web or a guard’s tent.
19They might be rich when they go to bed,
but when they open their eyes, all their riches will be gone.
20Terrible fears will come over them like a flood,
like a storm in the night that blows everything away.
21The east wind will carry them away, and they will be gone.
The storm will sweep them out of their homes.
22They may try to run away from the power of the storm,
but it will come down on them without mercy.
23It will make a sound like clapping hands as they run away.
It will whistle at them as they run from their homes.”
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Job 27
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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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