Job 27, side by side

¹Job continued his discourse:

¹Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

²“As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice— the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—

²As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;

³as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,

³All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;

⁴my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.

⁴My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

⁵I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.

⁵God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.

⁶I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.

⁶My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

⁷May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust.

⁷Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

⁸For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

⁸For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

⁹Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?

⁹Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?

¹⁰Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?

¹⁰Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?

¹¹I will instruct you in the power of God. I will not conceal the ways of the Almighty.

¹¹I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

¹²Surely all of you have seen it for yourselves. Why then do you keep up this empty talk?

¹²Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?

¹³This is the wicked man’s portion from God— the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty.

¹³This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.

¹⁴Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.

¹⁴If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

¹⁵His survivors will be buried by the plague, and their widows will not weep for them.

¹⁵Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.

¹⁶Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,

¹⁶Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;

¹⁷what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.

¹⁷He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

¹⁸The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.

¹⁸He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.

¹⁹He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.

¹⁹The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.

²⁰Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.

²⁰Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

²¹The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.

²¹The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.

²²It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.

²²For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

²³It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place.

²³Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.