‏ Job 27

Job Affirms His Righteousness

1 Job again took up his adiscourse and said,
2 “As God lives, bwho has taken away my right,
And the Almighty, cwho has embittered my soul,

3 For as long as
Lit breath
life is in me,
And the
Or spirit
fbreath of God is in my nostrils,

4 My lips certainly will not speak unjustly,
Nor will gmy tongue mutter deceit.

5 “Far be it from me that I should declare you right;
Until I die, hI will not
Lit remove from me
give up my integrity.

6 “I have jkept hold of my righteousness and will not let it go.
My heart does not rebuke any of my days.

The State of the Godless



7 “May my enemy be as the wicked,
And
Lit one who rises up against me
my opponent as the criminal.

8 “For what is lthe hope of the godless when he makes an end of life,
When God requires mhis
Or soul
life?

9 “Will God ohear his cry
When pdistress comes upon him?

10 “Or will he take qpleasure in the Almighty?
Will he call on God at all times?

11 “I will instruct you in the
Lit hand
power of God;
What is with the Almighty I will not conceal.

12 “Behold, all of you have seen it;
Why then do you talk of nothing?


13 “This is sthe portion of a wicked person from God,
And the inheritance which ttyrants receive from the Almighty:

14 Though his sons are many,
Lit the sword is for them
they are destined vfor the sword;
And his wdescendants will not be satisfied with bread.

15 “His survivors will be buried because of the plague,
And
As in ancient versions; Heb his
their ywidows will not be able to weep.

16 “Though he piles up silver like dust,
And prepares garments as plentiful as the clay,

17 He may prepare it, zbut the righteous will wear it
And the innocent will divide the silver.

18 “He has built his aahouse like the
As in ancient versions; Heb moth
spider’s web,
Or a hut which the watchman has made.

19 “He lies down rich, but never
As in ancient versions; Heb will be gathered
again;
He opens his eyes, and adit no longer exists.

20aeTerrors overtake him like a flood;
A storm steals him away afin the night.

21 “The east agwind carries him away, and he is gone;
For it sweeps him ahaway from his place.

22 “For it will hurl at him aiwithout mercy;
He will certainly try to ajflee from its
Lit hand
power.

23People will
I.e., mock and ridicule him
clap their hands at him,
And will amwhistle at him from their places.
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