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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.

Good News Translation GNT

1 I swear by the living Almighty God,

2 who refuses me justice and makes my life bitter -

3 as long as God gives me breath,

4 my lips will never say anything evil, my tongue will never tell a lie.

5 I will never say that you men are right; I will insist on my innocence to my dying day.

6 I will never give up my claim to be right; my conscience is clear.

7 May all who oppose me and fight against me be punished like the wicked and the unrighteous.

8 What hope is there for the godless in the hour when God demands their life?

9 When trouble comes, will God hear their cries?

10 They should have desired the joy he gives; they should have constantly prayed to him.

11 Let me teach you how great is God's power, and explain what Almighty God has planned.

12 But no, after all, you have seen for yourselves; so why do you talk such nonsense?

13 This is how Almighty God punishes wicked, violent people.

14 They may have many sons, but all will be killed in war; their children never have enough to eat.

15 Those who survive will die from disease, and even their widows will not mourn their death.

16 The wicked may have too much silver to count and more clothes than anyone needs;

17 but some good person will wear the clothes, and someone honest will get the silver.

18 The wicked build houses like a spider's web or like the hut of a slave guarding the fields.

19 One last time they will lie down rich, and when they wake up, they will find their wealth gone.

20 Terror will strike like a sudden flood; a wind in the night will blow them away;

21 the east wind will sweep them from their homes;

22 it will blow down on them without pity while they try their best to escape.

23 The wind howls at them as they run, frightening them with destructive power.