Job 27 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 And Job further continued and said in his parable, And Job again took up his discourse, and said: And Job continued his discourse:
2 As God lives, who has thus judge me; and the Almighty, who has embittered my soul; “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 verily, while my breath is yet in me , and the breath of God which remains to me 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 evil words, neither shall my soul meditate unrighteous thoughts. 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 justify you till I die; for I will not let go 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 but keeping fast to my righteousness I will by no means let it go: for I am not conscious to myself of having done any thing amiss. 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 Nay rather, but let mine enemies be as the overthrow of the ungodly, and they that rise up against me, as the destruction of transgressors. “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 is the hope of the ungodly, that he holds to it? will he indeed trust in the Lord and be saved? 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 prayer? or, when distress has come upon him, Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him? Does God listen to their cry when distress comes upon them?
10 has he any confidence before him? or will God hear him as he calls upon 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 Yet now I will tell you what is in the hand of the Lord: I will not lie concerning the things which are with the Almighty. 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, ye all know that ye are adding vanity to vanity. 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 an ungodly man from the Lord, and the possession of oppressors shall come upon them 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 And if their children be many, they shall be for slaughter: and if they grow up, they shall beg. 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 And they that survive of him shall utterly perish, and no one shall pity their widows. 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 Even if he should gather silver as earth, and prepare gold as 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 All these things shall the righteous gain, and the truehearted shall possess his wealth. 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 And his house is gone like moths, and like a spider's web. 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, and shall not continue: he has opened his eyes, and he is not. 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 Pains have come upon him as water, and darkness has carried 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 And a burning wind shall catch him, and he shall depart, and it shall utterly drive 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 shall cast trouble upon him, and not spare: he would fain 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 He shall cause men to clap their hands against them, and shall hiss him out of his 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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