Job 27:1-15 ▼

1 And Job again took up his parable, and said,

2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my right; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;

3 (For my life is yet whole in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;)

4 Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit.

5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.

6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.

8 For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, when God taketh away his soul?

9 Will God hear his cry, when trouble cometh upon him?

10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times?

11 I will teach you concerning the hand of God; that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye become altogether vain?

13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.

14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death, and his widows shall make no lamentation.