Job 27 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Job also added to this, using figures of speech, and he said: And Job again took up his discourse, and said: And Job continued his discourse:
2 As God lives, who has taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who has led my soul to bitterness, “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 as long as my breath remains in me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils, 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 lips will not speak iniquity, nor will my tongue devise lies. 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 Far be it from me that I should judge you to be right, for, until I expire, I will not withdraw from my innocence. 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 I will not forsake my justification, which I have just begun to grasp, for my heart does not find blame for me in my whole life. 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 Let the impious be as my enemy, and the sinful, as my adversary. “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 is there for the hypocrite, if he greedily plunders and God does not free his soul? 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 pay attention to his cry, when anguish overcomes him? Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him? Does God listen to their cry when distress comes upon them?
10 Or will he take delight in the Almighty and call upon God at all times? 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 will teach you through the hand of God, what the Almighty holds, and I will not conceal it. 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, you know all this, and so why do you speak vain things without a reason? 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 This is the portion of the impious man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they will receive from the Almighty. “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 his sons should happen to increase, they will be for the sword, and his grandsons will not be satisfied with 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 Whatever will remain of him will be buried in the ruins, and his widows will not weep. 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 If he will amass silver as if it were dirt and fabricate garments as if they were 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 then yes, he will gather, but the just will be clothed with it and the innocent will divide the silver. 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 has built his house like a moth, and he has made a makeshift shelter like a sentry. 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 he falls asleep, the rich man will leave him with nothing; he will open his eyes and find nothing. 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 Destitution will surround him like water; a storm will overwhelm him in the night. 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 burning wind will pick him up and carry him away, and, like a whirlwind, it will rush him from 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 And it will hurl over him and will not spare him; fleeing from its power, he will go into exile. 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 He will clasp his hands over himself, and he will hiss at himself, while considering his situation. 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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