Job 27
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1 Job also added to this, using figures of speech, and he said:
2 As God lives, who has taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who has led my soul to bitterness,
3 as long as my breath remains in me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
4 my lips will not speak iniquity, nor will my tongue devise lies.
5 Far be it from me that I should judge you to be right, for, until I expire, I will not withdraw from my innocence.
6 I will not forsake my justification, which I have just begun to grasp, for my heart does not find blame for me in my whole life.
7 Let the impious be as my enemy, and the sinful, as my adversary.
8 For what hope is there for the hypocrite, if he greedily plunders and God does not free his soul?
9 Will God pay attention to his cry, when anguish overcomes him?
10 Or will he take delight in the Almighty and call upon God at all times?
11 I will teach you through the hand of God, what the Almighty holds, and I will not conceal it.
12 Behold, you know all this, and so why do you speak vain things without a reason?
13 This is the portion of the impious man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they will receive from the Almighty.
14 If his sons should happen to increase, they will be for the sword, and his grandsons will not be satisfied with bread.
15 Whatever will remain of him will be buried in the ruins, and his widows will not weep.
16 If he will amass silver as if it were dirt and fabricate garments as if they were clay,
17 then yes, he will gather, but the just will be clothed with it and the innocent will divide the silver.
18 He has built his house like a moth, and he has made a makeshift shelter like a sentry.
19 When he falls asleep, the rich man will leave him with nothing; he will open his eyes and find nothing.
20 Destitution will surround him like water; a storm will overwhelm him in the night.
21 A burning wind will pick him up and carry him away, and, like a whirlwind, it will rush him from his place.
22 And it will hurl over him and will not spare him; fleeing from its power, he will go into exile.
23 He will clasp his hands over himself, and he will hiss at himself, while considering his situation.
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Job 27
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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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