Job 27 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 MOREOVER Job continued his parable, and said, And Job again took up his discourse, and said: And Job continued his discourse:
2 As God lives, who has wronged my judgment, and the Almighty, who has made my soul 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 soul is in me, and the spirit of God is 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 shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue 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 God forbid that I should do evil, till I die I will not remove my innocence from me. 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 righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go; my heart shall not reproach me so 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 as the ungodly, and he that hates me as the wicked. “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 though he has accumulated riches, what is the hope of the godless at the time 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 For God will not hear his prayer 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 But if he should trust in the Almighty, and always call upon God, God will hear him and answer him. 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 But as for you, I will deliver you into the hand of God; so that your works may not be hid from him. 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 of you have seen it; why then do you boast in vain? 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 oppressors, which they shall 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 their children are multiplied, it is for the sword; and their offspring 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 Those who remain of them shall be buried in death; and their widows shall not weep over 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 they heap up silver like dust and accumulate clothes 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 They may pile them up, yet the righteous shall wear them, and shall also divide their 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 For the wicked has built his house upon a spider's web, and like a booth he had made his shelter. 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 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not rise again; he opens his eyes, and he 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 swift water, and like a tempest that rages. 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 shall carry him away in the night, and he is gone; and shall hurl 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 For God shall cast him out without pity, and he cannot escape 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 He shall smite him with his hand, and shall hiss against him from his dwelling 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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