Job 27

CHAPTER 27 Job Claims Innocence

1 And still Job proceeded and said in the retort. 2 [²lives ¹God] who thus has judged me, even the almighty, the one embittering my soul; 3 is it not yet of my breath to be in me, [³breath ¹and ²the divine] remains to me in my nostrils? 4 [²shall not ³speak ¹My lips] lawless things, nor [²my soul ¹shall] meditate upon wrongdoing. 5 May it not be to me [³as just ones ²you ¹to sentence]. Until whenever I die [³not ¹for ²I will] dismiss from me my innocence, 6 [³to my righteousness ¹and ²taking heed] in no way will I let it go; [³not ¹for ²I am ⁵fully conscious ⁴myself] [²out of place ¹of acting]. 7 No rather, but may [²be ¹my enemies] as the undoing of the impious, and the ones [²against ³me ¹rising up] as the destruction of the lawbreakers. 8 For what is the hope of the impious that he waits for? [²in yielding ³upon ⁴the lord ¹Is it] that he shall be delivered? 9 or [⁴his supplication ¹will ³listen to ²God]? or when [²comes upon ³him ¹necessity], 10 shall he hold any confidence before him? or as one calling upon him, shall he listen to him? 11 But indeed, I will announce to you what is in the hand of the lord; the things which are by the almighty I shall not lie about. 12 Behold, you all know that [²vanity ³upon vanity ¹you put]. 13 This is the portion [²man ¹of an impious] from the lord, and the possession of mighty ones shall come from the almighty upon them. 14 And if [³many ²become ¹his sons], [²for ³slaughter ¹they will be]; and if even they should arrive at manhood they shall beg. 15 And the ones remaining of his [²in plague ¹shall come to an end]; [⁵widows ¹and ⁴on their ²no one ³shall show mercy]. 16 If he should have gathered together [²as ³earth ¹silver], and equally [³as mortar ¹shall prepare ²gold], 17 all these things the just shall procure, and of his things the true ones will control. 18 [³turned out to be ¹And ²his house] as if for a moth, and as if for a spider. 19 The rich man shall sleep, and shall not proceed; his eyes are opened wide, and he is no longer. 20 [²meet up with ³him ⁴as if ⁵water ¹Griefs]; and by night [²takes ³him ¹the dark]. 21 [²takes ³him ¹A burning wind], and he shall go forth; and it shall winnow him from out of his place. 22 And he shall cast upon him, and shall not spare; [³from out of ⁴his hand ²exile ¹he shall flee into]. 23 He shall cause man to clap [²against ³him ¹his hands], and he shall whistle at him from out of his place.