1 Job again took up his parable, and said, WEB — Job 27:1
2 “As God lives, who has taken away my right, The Almighty, who has made my soul bitter. WEB — Job 27:2
3 (For the length of my life is still in me, And the spirit of God is in my nostrils); WEB — Job 27:3
4 Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, Neither shall my tongue utter deceit. WEB — Job 27:4
5 Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me. WEB — Job 27:5
6 I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live. WEB — Job 27:6
7 “Let my enemy be as the wicked, Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous. WEB — Job 27:7
8 For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, When God takes away his life? WEB — Job 27:8
9 Will God hear his cry, When trouble comes on him? WEB — Job 27:9
10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty, And call on God at all times? WEB — Job 27:10
11 I will teach you about the hand of God. That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal. WEB — Job 27:11
12 Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; Why then have you become altogether vain? WEB — Job 27:12
13 “This is the portion of a wicked man with God, The heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty. WEB — Job 27:13
14 If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword. His offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. WEB — Job 27:14
15 Those who remain of him shall be buried in death. His widows shall make no lamentation. WEB — Job 27:15
16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare clothing as the clay; WEB — Job 27:16
17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, And the innocent shall divide the silver. WEB — Job 27:17
18 He builds his house as the moth, As a booth which the watchman makes. WEB — Job 27:18
19 He lies down rich, but he shall not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not. WEB — Job 27:19
20 Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest steals him away in the night. WEB — Job 27:20
21 The east wind carries him away, and he departs; It sweeps him out of his place. WEB — Job 27:21
22 For it hurls at him, and does not spare, As he flees away from his hand. WEB — Job 27:22
23 Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place. WEB — Job 27:23