27:1 And Job further continued and said in
his parable,
27:2 [As] God lives, who has thus judge me; and the Almighty, who has
embittered my soul;
27:3 verily, while my breath is yet in [me], and the breath of God which
remains to me is in my nostrils,
27:4 my lips shall not speak evil words, neither shall my soul meditate
unrighteous thoughts.
27:5 Far be it from me that I should justify you till I die; for I will not
let go my innocence,
27:6 but keeping fast to [my] righteousness I will by no means let it go:
for I am not conscious to myself of having done any thing amiss.
27:7 Nay rather, but let mine enemies be as the overthrow of the ungodly,
and they that rise up against me, as the destruction of transgressors.
27:8 For what is the hope of the ungodly, that he holds to it? will he
indeed trust in the Lord [and] be saved?
27:9 Will God hear his prayer? or, when distress has come upon him,
27:10 has he any confidence before him? or will [God] hear him as he calls
upon him?
27:11 Yet now I will tell you what is in the hand of the Lord: I will not
lie concerning the things which are with the Almighty.
27:12 Behold, ye all know that ye are adding vanity to vanity.
27:13 This is the portion of an ungodly man from the Lord, and the
possession of oppressors shall come upon them from the Almighty.
27:14 And if their children be many, they shall be for slaughter: and if
they grow up, they shall beg.
27:15 And they that survive of him shall utterly perish, and no one shall
pity their widows.
27:16 Even if he should gather silver as earth, and prepare gold as clay;
27:17 All these things shall the righteous gain, and the truehearted shall
possess his wealth.
27:18 And his house is gone like moths, and like a spider's web.
27:19 The rich man shall lie down, and shall not continue: he has opened his
eyes, and he is not.
27:20 Pains have come upon him as water, and darkness has carried him away
by night.
27:21 And a burning wind shall catch him, and he shall depart, and it shall
utterly drive him out of his place.
27:22 And [God] shall cast [trouble] upon him, and not spare: he would fain
flee out of his hand.
27:23 He shall cause [men] to clap their hands against them, and shall hiss
him out of his place. |
27:1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and
said,
27:2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who
hath vexed my soul;
27:3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my
nostrils;
27:4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
27:5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine
integrity from me.
27:6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall
not reproach me so long as I live.
27:7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as
the unrighteous.
27:8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God
taketh away his soul?
27:9 Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
27:10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
27:11 I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty
will I not conceal.
27:12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus
altogether vain?
27:13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of
oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
27:14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring
shall not be satisfied with bread.
27:15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows
shall not weep.
27:16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
27:17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent
shall divide the silver.
27:18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
27:19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth
his eyes, and he is not.
27:20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the
night.
27:21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm
hurleth him out of his place.
27:22 For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of
his hand.
27:23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his
place. |