Job 27:1-15 ▼

1 Then Job continued to lift up his discourse and said,

2 “As God lives, who has removed my justice, And the Almighty, who has embittered my soul,

3 For as long as breath is in me, And the spirit from God is in my nostrils,

4 My lips certainly will not speak unrighteousness, Nor will my tongue utter deceit.

5 Far be it from me that I should declare you right; Till I breathe my last I will not remove my integrity from me.

6 I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go. My heart does not reproach any of my days.

7 “May my enemy be as the wicked And the one who rises against me as the unjust.

8 For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, When God requires his soul?

9 Will God hear his cry When distress comes upon him?

10 Will he take delight in the Almighty? Will he call on God at all times?

11 I will instruct you in the power of God; What is with the Almighty I will not conceal.

12 Behold, all of you have seen it; Why then do you speak with utter vanity?

13 “This is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the inheritance which the ruthless receive from the Almighty.

14 Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; And his offspring will not be satisfied with bread.

15 His survivors will be buried because of the plague, And their widows will not be able to weep.