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Job 27

Lexham English Bible LEB

1 Then Job again took up his discourse and said,

2 "{As God lives}, he has removed my justice, and Shaddai has made my inner self bitter.

3 For {as long as} my breath [is] in me, and the spirit of God [is] in my nose,

4 my lips surely will not speak falseness, and my tongue surely will not utter deceit.

5 Far be it from me that {I would say that you are right}; until I pass away, I will not put away from me my blamelessness.

6 I hold fast to my righteousness, and I will not let it go; my heart will not blame [any] of my days.

7 "Let my enemy be like [the] wicked and my opponent like [the] unrighteous,

8 for what [is the] hope of [the] godless when he cuts [them] off, when God takes away his life?

9 Will God hear his cry of distress when distress comes upon him?

10 Or, in Shaddai will he find delight? Will he call upon God at all times?

11 "I will teach you about God's hand; I will not conceal that [which is] with Shaddai.

12 Look, you all have seen, and {why in the world} {have you become altogether vain}?

13 "This [is the] portion of [the] wicked human being with God, and they receive from Shaddai [the] inheritance of [the] ruthless.

14 If their children multiply, [it is] for [the] sword, and his offspring {do not have enough to eat}.

15 Their survivors are buried through the plague, and their widows do not weep.

16 If he heaps up silver like the dust and fashions clothing like the clay,

17 he makes [it] ready, and [the] righteous will wear [it], and [the] innocent will divide [the] silver.

18 "He builds his house like the moth, and like a booth [that] a watchman has made.

19 He goes to bed [with] wealth, but {he will do so no more}; he opens his eyes, and {it is gone}.

20 Terrors overtake him like the water; a storm wind carries him off [in the] night.

21 [The] east wind lifts him up, and he is gone, and it sweeps him away from his place.

22 And it hurls at him, and it has no compassion; he will quickly flee from its power.

23 It claps its hands over him, and it hisses at him from its place.

New International Version NIV

1 And Job continued his discourse:

2 “As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made my life bitter,

3 as long as I have life within me, the breath of God in my nostrils,

4 my lips will not say anything wicked, and my tongue will not utter lies.

5 I will never admit you are in the right; till I die, I will not deny my integrity.

6 I will maintain my innocence and never let go of it; my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live.

7 “May my enemy be like the wicked, my adversary like the unjust!

8 For what hope have the godless when they are cut off, when God takes away their life?

9 Does God listen to their cry when distress comes upon them?

10 Will they find delight in the Almighty? Will they call on God at all times?

11 “I will teach you about the power of God; the ways of the Almighty I will not conceal.

12 You have all seen this yourselves. Why then this meaningless talk?

13 “Here is the fate God allots to the wicked, the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:

14 However many his children, their fate is the sword; his offspring will never have enough to eat.

15 The plague will bury those who survive him, and their widows will not weep for them.

16 Though he heaps up silver like dust and clothes like piles of clay,

17 what he lays up the righteous will wear, and the innocent will divide his silver.

18 The house he builds is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut made by a watchman.

19 He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.

20 Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest snatches him away in the night.

21 The east wind carries him off, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.

22 It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.

23 It claps its hands in derision and hisses him out of his place.”