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Job 27

The Bible in Basic English BBE

1 And Job again took up the word and said,

2 By the life of God, who has taken away my right; and of the Ruler of all, who has made my soul bitter;

3 (For all my breath is still in me, and the spirit of God is my life;)

4 Truly, there is no deceit in my lips, and my tongue does not say what is false.

5 Let it be far from me! I will certainly not say that you are right! I will come to death before I give up my righteousness.

6 I will keep it safe, and will not let it go: my heart has nothing to say against any part of my life.

7 Let my hater be like the evil man, and let him who comes against me be as the sinner.

8 For what is the hope of the sinner when he is cut off, when God takes back his soul?

9 Will his cry come to the ears of God when he is in trouble?

10 Will he take delight in the Ruler of all, and make his prayer to God at all times?

11 I will give you teaching about the hand of God; I will not keep secret from you what is in the mind of the Ruler of all.

12 Truly, you have all seen it yourselves; why then have you become completely foolish?

13 This is the punishment of the evil-doer from God, and the heritage given to the cruel by the Ruler of all.

14 If his children are increased, it is for the sword; and his offspring have not enough bread.

15 When those of his house who are still living come to their end by disease, they are not put into the earth, and their widows are not weeping for them.

16 Though he may get silver together like dust, and make ready great stores of clothing;

17 He may get them ready, but the upright will put them on, and he who is free from sin will take the silver for a heritage.

18 His house has no more strength than a spider's thread, or a watchman's tent.

19 He goes to rest full of wealth, but does so for the last time: on opening his eyes, he sees it there no longer.

20 Fears overtake him like rushing waters; in the night the storm-wind takes him away.

21 The east wind takes him up and he is gone; he is forced violently out of his place.

22 God sends his arrows against him without mercy; he goes in flight before his hand.

23 Men make signs of joy because of him, driving him from his place with sounds of hissing.

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.”