Job 27
International Children’s Bible
27 And Job continued speaking:
2 “As surely as God lives, he has taken away my rights.
God All-Powerful has made me unhappy.
3 As long as I am alive
and God’s breath of life is in my nose,
4 My lips will not speak evil.
And my tongue will not tell a lie.
5 I will never agree you are right.
Until I die, I will never stop saying I was innocent.
6 I will hold tightly to the right things I said.
My sense of right and wrong does not bother me at all.
7 “Let my enemies be like evil people.
Let them be like those who are not fair!
8 What hope does a wicked person have when he dies?
He has no hope when God takes his life away.
9 God will not listen to his cry
when trouble comes to him.
10 He will not find joy in God All-Powerful,
even though he calls out to God all the time.
11 “I will teach you about the power of God.
I will not hide the ways of God All-Powerful.
12 You have all seen this yourselves.
So why are we having all this talk that means nothing?
13 “Here is what God has planned for evil people.
This is what cruel people will get from God All-Powerful:
14 They may have many children, but the sword will kill them.
The children who are left will never have enough to eat.
15 Then they will die and be buried.
And the widows will not even cry for them.
16 The evil person may heap up silver like piles of dirt.
He may have so many clothes they are like piles of clay.
17 But good people will wear what the evil person has gathered.
And those who are not guilty of wrong will divide up his silver.
18 The house the evil person builds is like a spider’s web.
It is like a hut that a guard builds.
19 The evil person is rich when he goes to bed, but he is rich for the last time.
When he opens his eyes, everything is gone.
20 Fears come over him like a flood.
A storm snatches him away in the night.
21 The east wind will carry him away, and then he is gone.
It sweeps him out of his place.
22 The wind will hit the evil person without mercy
as he tries to run away from its power.
23 It will be as if the wind is clapping its hands at him.
It will whistle at him as he runs from his place.
Job 27
English Standard Version
Job Continues: I Will Maintain My Integrity
27 And Job again (A)took up his discourse, and said:
2 “As God lives, who has (B)taken away my right,
and the Almighty, who has (C)made my soul bitter,
3 as long as my breath is in me,
and (D)the spirit of God is in my nostrils,
4 my lips will not speak (E)falsehood,
and my tongue will not utter (F)deceit.
5 Far be it from me to say that you are right;
till I die I will not put away my (G)integrity from me.
6 I (H)hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go;
my heart does not (I)reproach me for any of my days.
7 “Let my enemy be as the wicked,
and let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.
8 (J)For what is the hope of the godless (K)when God cuts him off,
when God takes away his life?
9 (L)Will God hear his cry
when distress comes upon him?
10 Will he (M)take delight in the Almighty?
Will he call upon God at all times?
11 I will teach you concerning the hand of God;
(N)what is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
12 Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves;
why then have you become altogether vain?
13 (O)“This is the portion of a wicked man with God,
and the heritage that (P)oppressors receive from the Almighty:
14 If his (Q)children are multiplied, it is for (R)the sword,
and his descendants have not enough bread.
15 Those who survive him the pestilence buries,
and his (S)widows do not weep.
16 Though he (T)heap up silver like dust,
and pile up clothing like clay,
17 he may pile it up, but the righteous will wear it,
and (U)the innocent will divide the silver.
18 He builds his (V)house like a moth's,
like (W)a booth that (X)a watchman makes.
19 He goes to bed rich, but will (Y)do so no more;
he opens his eyes, and (Z)his wealth is gone.
20 (AA)Terrors overtake him like (AB)a flood;
in the night a whirlwind (AC)carries him off.
21 (AD)The east wind lifts him up and he is gone;
it (AE)sweeps him out of his place.
22 It[a] hurls at him (AF)without pity;
he flees from its[b] power in headlong flight.
23 It (AG)claps its hands at him
and (AH)hisses at him from its place.
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