Job 27 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Job continued his discourse, saying: And Job again took up his discourse, and said: And Job continued his discourse:
2 As God lives, who has deprived me of justice, and the Almighty who has made me bitter, “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 is still in me and the breath from 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 unjustly, and my tongue will not utter deceit. 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 I will never affirm that you are right. I will maintain my integrity until I die. 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 cling to my righteousness and never let it go. My conscience will not accuse me as long as I live! 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 May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust. “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 does the godless person have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? 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 hear his cry when distress comes on him? Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him? Does God listen to their cry when distress comes upon them?
10 Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call on 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 about God’s power. I will not conceal what the Almighty has planned. 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 All of you have seen this for yourselves, why do you keep up this empty talk? 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 a wicked man’s lot from God, the inheritance the ruthless 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 Even if his children increase, they are destined for the sword; his descendants will never have enough food. 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 Those who survive him will be buried by the plague, yet their widows will not weep for them. 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 piles up silver like dust and heaps up fine clothing like 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 heap it up, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide up his 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 The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon or a shelter set up by a watchman. 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 He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, it is 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 Terrors overtake him like a flood; a storm wind sweeps him away at 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 An east wind picks him up, and he is gone; it carries him away 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 It blasts at him without mercy, while he flees desperately from its force. 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 It claps its hands at him and scoffs at him from its 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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