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Job 27

New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha NRSA

1 Job again took up his discourse and said:

2 "As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,

3 as long as my breath is in me and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,

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

5 Far be it from me to say that you are right; until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.

6 I hold fast my righteousness, and will not let it go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days.

7 "May my enemy be like the wicked, and may my opponent be like the unrighteous.

8 For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts them off, when God takes away their lives?

9 Will God hear their cry when trouble comes upon them?

10 Will they take delight in the Almighty? Will they call upon God at all times?

11 I will teach you concerning the hand of God; that which is with the Almighty I will not conceal.

12 All of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?

13 "This is the portion of the wicked with God, and the heritage that oppressors receive from the Almighty:

14 If their children are multiplied, it is for the sword; and their offspring have not enough to eat.

15 Those who survive them the pestilence buries, and their widows make no lamentation.

16 Though they heap up silver like dust, and pile up clothing like clay—

17 they may pile it up, but the just will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver.

18 They build their houses like nests, like booths made by sentinels of the vineyard.

19 They go to bed with wealth, but will do so no more; they open their eyes, and it is gone.

20 Terrors overtake them like a flood; in the night a whirlwind carries them off.

21 The east wind lifts them up and they are gone; it sweeps them out of their place.

22 It hurls at them without pity; they flee from its power in headlong flight.

23 It claps its hands at them, and hisses at them 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.”