| Job 27:1 |
Then Job again took up his discourse and said, |
| Job 27:2 |
As God lives, who has taken away my right, / And the Almighty, who has embittered my soul, |
| Job 27:3 |
As long as my breath is in me / And the spirit of God is in my nostrils, |
| Job 27:4 |
Surely my lips will not speak anything wrong, / Nor will my tongue utter deceit. |
| Job 27:5 |
Far be it from me to declare you righteous! / Until I die, I will not put away my integrity from me. |
| Job 27:6 |
To my righteousness I will hold fast, I will not let it go; / My heart does not reproach [me] for any of my days. |
| Job 27:7 |
May my enemy be like a wicked man, / And may he who rises up against me be like someone unjust. |
| Job 27:8 |
For what is the hope of the profane man when God cuts [him] off, / When He takes away his soul? |
| Job 27:9 |
Will God hear his cry / When distress comes upon him? |
| Job 27:10 |
Does he take delight in the Almighty? / Will he call upon God at all times? |
| Job 27:11 |
I will teach you about the hand of God; / What is with the Almighty I will not conceal. |
| Job 27:12 |
Indeed, all of you have seen [it] yourselves; / And why then have you become altogether vain? |
| Job 27:13 |
This is the portion with God for a wicked man, / And the inheritance that oppressors receive from the Almighty: |
| Job 27:14 |
If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword; / And his offspring will not be satisfied with bread; |
| Job 27:15 |
Those who remain of him will be buried in death, / And his widows will not lament. |
| Job 27:16 |
Though he heaps up silver like dust / And prepares garments like clay, |
| Job 27:17 |
He may prepare [them,] but the righteous will wear [them;] / And the innocent will divide the silver. |
| Job 27:18 |
He builds his house as a moth does / And like a hut that a watchman makes. |
| Job 27:19 |
He lies down rich but [will be rich] no more; / He opens his eyes, and he is not. |
| Job 27:20 |
Terrors overtake him like waters; / At night a whirlwind steals him away. |
| Job 27:21 |
The east wind carries him off, and he goes; / And it sweeps him out of his place. |
| Job 27:22 |
And [God] hurls at him and does not spare; / He hastily flees from His hand. |
| Job 27:23 |
[Men] clap their hands at him / And hiss him out of his place. |