Job 27
Revised Geneva Translation
27 Moreover, Job proceeded and continued his parable, saying,
2 “The living God has taken away my judgment. For the Almighty has put my soul in bitterness.
3 “Yet, so long as my breath is in me, and the Spirit of God in my nostrils,
4 “my lips shall surely speak no wickedness. And my tongue shall utter no deceit.
5 “Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die, I will never take away my innocence from myself.
6 “I will keep my righteousness and will not forsake it. My heart shall not reprove me of my days.
7 “My enemy shall be as the wicked and he who rises against me as the unrighteous.
8 “For what hope has the hypocrite when he has heaped up riches if God take away his soul?
9 “Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?
10 “Will he set his delight on the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?
11 “I will teach you by the Hand of God. I will not conceal that which is with the Almighty.
12 “Behold, all you yourselves have seen it. Why, then, do you act with such complete frivolity?
13 “This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage that tyrants shall receive from the Almighty.
14 “If his children are in great number, the sword shall destroy them, and his posterity shall not be satisfied with bread.
15 “His remnant shall be buried in death. And his widows shall not weep.
16 “Though he should heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay,
17 “he may prepare it, but the just shall put it on. And the innocent shall divide the silver.
18 “He builds his house as the moth, and as a booth which the watchman makes.
19 “When the rich man sleeps, he shall not be gathered. They opened their eyes, and he was gone.
20 “Terrors shall take him as waters. A tempest shall carry him away by night.
21 “The east wind shall take him away, and he shall depart. And it shall hurl him out of his place
22 “and shall cast upon him and not spare. He flees desperately from its hand.
23 “Men shall clap their hands at him, and hiss at him out of their place.”
Job 27
Common English Bible
Job rejects Bildad’s argument
27 Then Job took up his topic again:
2 As God lives, who rejected my legal claim,
the Almighty, who made me bitter,
3 as long as breath is in me
and God’s breath is in my nostrils—
4 my lips will utter no wickedness;
my tongue will mumble no deceit.
5 I will not agree that you are right.
Until my dying day, I won’t give up my integrity.
6 I will insist on my innocence, never surrendering it;
my conscience will never blame me for what I have done.[a]
Job curses his enemies
7 Let my enemy be like the wicked,
my opposition like the vicious.
8 For what hope has the godless when God cuts them off,
when he takes them away.
9 Will God hear their cries
when distress comes to them;
10 will they delight in the Almighty,
call God at any time?
Job’s view of his enemies’ fate
11 I will teach you God’s power,
not hide what pertains to the Almighty.
12 Look, those of you who recognize this—
why then this empty talk?
13 This is the wicked’s portion with God,
the inheritance that the ruthless receive from the Almighty.
14 If their children increase, they belong to the sword;
their offspring won’t have enough bread.
15 Their survivors will be buried with the dead;
their widows won’t weep.
16 If they store up silver like dust,
amass clothing like clay,
17 they may amass, but the righteous will wear it;
the innocent will divide the silver.
18 They built their houses like nests,
like a hut made by a watchman.
19 They lie down rich, but no longer;
open their eyes, but it’s missing.
20 Terrors overtake them like waters;
a tempest snatches them by night;
21 an east wind lifts them, and they are gone,
removes them from their places,
22 throws itself on them without mercy;
they flee desperately from its force.
23 It claps its hands over them,
hisses at them from their place.
Footnotes
- Job 27:6 Or for my days
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