Job 27 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Job continued his poems and said, And Job again took up his discourse, and said: And Job continued his discourse:
2 |I swear an oath by God, the one who has taken away my rights, by the Almighty, who has made my life 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 there is one breath [left] in me and God's breath fills 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 say anything wrong, and my tongue will not mumble anything deceitful.' 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 It's unthinkable for me to admit that you are right. Until I breathe my last breath, I will never give up my claim of integrity. 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 cling to my righteousness and won't let go. My conscience won't 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 |Let my enemy be [treated] like wicked people. Let anyone who attacks me be [treated] like unrighteous people. “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 After all, 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 trouble comes upon him? Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him? Does God listen to their cry when distress comes upon them?
10 Can he be happy with the Almighty? Can 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 hide what the Almighty has done. 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 Certainly, you have all seen it. Why then do you chatter on about such nonsense? 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 what God has waiting for the wicked person, the inheritance that tyrants 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 he has many children, swords will kill them, and his descendants won't 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 a plague, and their widows won't cry [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 collects silver like dust and piles up clothing like dirt, 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 righteous people will wear what he piles up, and the innocent will divide the silver [among themselves]. 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 builds his house like a moth, like a shack that a watchman makes. 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 may go to bed rich, but he'll never be rich again. When he opens his eyes, nothing will be left. 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 windstorm snatches 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 The east wind carries him away, and he's gone. It sweeps 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 It hurls itself at him without mercy. He flees from its power. 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 over him. It whistles at him from his own 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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