Job 27 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Moreouer Iob proceeded and continued his parable, saying, And Job again took up his discourse, and said: And Job continued his discourse:
2 The liuing God hath taken away my iudgement: for the Almightie hath put my soule in bitternesse. “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 Yet so long as my breath is in me, and the Spirit of God 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 lips surely shall speake no wickednesse, and my tongue shall vtter no deceite. 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 forbid, that I should iustifie you: vntill I dye, I will neuer take away mine innocencie from my selfe. 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 keepe my righteousnesse, and wil not forsake it: mine heart shall not reprooue 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 Mine enemie shal be as the wicked, and he that riseth 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 when he hath heaped vp riches, 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 cry, 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 Will he set his delight on the Almightie? will he call vpon 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 teache you what is in the hande of God, and I wil not conceale that which is with the Almightie. 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 Beholde, all ye your selues haue seene it: why then doe you thus vanish 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 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of tyrants, which they shal receiue 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 his children be in great nomber, the sworde shall destroy them, and his posteritie shall 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 His remnant shall be 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 shoulde 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 prepare it, but the iust shall put it on, and the innocent shall deuide the siluer. 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 buildeth his house as the moth, and as a lodge 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 rich man sleepeth, he shal 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 Terrours shal take him as waters, & a tempest shall cary him away by 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 The East winde shall take him away, & he shal depart: & it shal hurle 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 And God shal cast vpon him and not spare, though he would faine flee out of his hand. 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 Euery man shall clap their hands at him, & hisse at him out of their 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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