Job 27
27
1Job also added, taking up his parable, and said:
2As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who hath brought my soul to bitterness,
3As long as breath remaineth in me, and the spirit of God in my nostrils,
4My lips shall not speak iniquity, neither shall my tongue contrive lying.
5God forbid that I should judge you to be just: till I die I will not depart from my innocence.
6My justification, which I have begun to hold, I will not forsake: for my heart doth not reprehend me in all my life.
7Let my enemy be as the ungodly: and my adversary as the wicked one.
8For what is the hope of the hypocrite if through covetousness he take by violence, and God deliver not his soul?
9Will God hear his cry, when distress shall come upon him?
10Or can he delight himself in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times?
11I will teach you by the hand of God, what the Almighty hath, and I will not conceal it.
12Behold, you all know it, and why do you speak vain things without cause?
13This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
14If his sons be multiplied, they shall be for the sword: and his grandsons shall not be filled with bread.
15They that shall remain of him shall be buried in death and his widows shall not weep.
16If he shall heap together silver as earth, and prepare raiment as clay,
17He shall prepare indeed; but the just man shall be clothed with it: and the innocent shall divide the silver.
18He hath built his house as a moth: and as a keeper he hath made a booth.
19The rich man when he shall sleep shall take away nothing with him: he shall open his eyes and find nothing.
20Poverty like water shall take hold on him: a tempest shall oppress him in the night.
21A burning wind shall take him up, and carry him away: and as a whirlwind shall snatch him from his place.
22And he shall cast upon him, and shall not spare. Out of his hand he would willingly flee.
23He shall clasp his hands upon him, and shall hiss at him, beholding his place.
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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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