Job 27 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 And Iob proceeded and went foorth in his parable, saying, And Job again took up his discourse, and said: And Job continued his discourse:
2 As God lyueth whiche hath taken away my iudgement, and the almightie that hath vexed my minde: “As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter, “As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made my life bitter,
3 Whyle my breath is in me, and the winde that God hath geuen me is in my nostrels, as long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils, as long as I have life within me, the breath of God in my nostrils,
4 My lippes shall talke of no vanitie, and my tongue shall speake no disceite. my lips will not speak falsehood, and my tongue will not utter deceit. my lips will not say anything wicked, and my tongue will not utter lies.
5 God forbyd that I should graunt your cause to be right: As for me, vntill myne end come will I neuer go fro myne innocentie. Far be it from me to say that you are right; till I die I will not put away my integrity from me. I will never admit you are in the right; till I die, I will not deny my integrity.
6 My righteous dealing kepe I fast, which I will not forsake: my heart shal not reproue me of my dayes. I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days. I will maintain my innocence and never let go of it; my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live.
7 Therfore myne enemie shalbe founde as the vngodly, and he that taketh part against me, as the vnrighteous. “Let my enemy be as the wicked, and let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous. “May my enemy be like the wicked, my adversary like the unjust!
8 For what hope hath the hypocrite though he haue great good, if God take away his soule? For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life? For what hope have the godless when they are cut off, when God takes away their life?
9 Will God heare his crye, when trouble commeth vpon him? Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him? Does God listen to their cry when distress comes upon them?
10 Hath he such pleasure and delite in the almightie, that he dare alway call vpon God? Will he take delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times? Will they find delight in the Almighty? Will they call on God at all times?
11 I wil teache you in the name of God, and the thing of the almightie will I not kepe from you. I will teach you concerning the hand of God; what is with the Almighty I will not conceal. “I will teach you about the power of God; the ways of the Almighty I will not conceal.
12 Behold, all ye your selues haue seene it, why then do ye thus vanishe in vanitie? Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain? You have all seen this yourselves. Why then this meaningless talk?
13 Saying: This is the portion that the wicked haue of God, and the heritage that tyrauntes shall receaue of the almightie. “This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage that oppressors receive from the Almighty: “Here is the fate God allots to the wicked, the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:
14 If he get many children, they shall perishe with the sworde, and his posteritie shall haue scarcenesse of bread. If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword, and his descendants have not enough bread. However many his children, their fate is the sword; his offspring will never have enough to eat.
15 His remnaunt shalbe buried in death, and his widowes shall not weepe. Those who survive him the pestilence buries, and his widows do not weep. The plague will bury those who survive him, and their widows will not weep for them.
16 Though he heape vp siluer as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay: Though he heap up silver like dust, and pile up clothing like clay, Though he heaps up silver like dust and clothes like piles of clay,
17 He may well prepare it, but the godly shall put it on, and the innocent shall deale out the money. he may pile it up, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver. what he lays up the righteous will wear, and the innocent will divide his silver.
18 He buyldeth his house as the moth, & as a booth that the watchman maketh. He builds his house like a moth’s, like a booth that a watchman makes. The house he builds is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut made by a watchman.
19 When the riche man sleepeth, he shall not be gathered to his fathers, they opened their eyes, and he was gone. He goes to bed rich, but will do so no more; he opens his eyes, and his wealth is gone. He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
20 Terrour taketh holde vpon hym as a water fludde, and the tempest stealeth him away in the night season. Terrors overtake him like a flood; in the night a whirlwind carries him off. Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest snatches him away in the night.
21 A vehement east winde caryeth him hence, and he departeth: a storme hurleth him out of his place. The east wind lifts him up and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place. The east wind carries him off, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.
22 God shal cast vpon him, and not spare, though he woulde fayne flee out of his hande. It hurls at him without pity; he flees from its power in headlong flight. It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.
23 Then clap men their handes at hym, and hisse at him out of his place. It claps its hands at him and hisses at him from its place. It claps its hands in derision and hisses him out of his place.”
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