Job 27 — DBY

27Verse 1And Job continued his parable and said,^{Verse 2}[As]^*God liveth, who hath taken away my right, and the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul,^{Verse 3}All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of⁺God is in my nostrils,^{Verse 4}My lips shall not speak unrighteousness, nor my tongue utter deceit!^{Verse 5}Be it far from me that I should justify you; till I die I will not remove my blamelessness from me.^{Verse 6}My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart reproacheth [me] not one of my days.^{Verse 7}Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.^{Verse 8}For what is the hope of the ungodly, when [God] cutteth him off, when⁺God taketh away his soul?^{Verse 9}Will^*God hear his cry when distress cometh upon him?^{Verse 10}Doth he delight himself in the Almighty? will he at all times call upon⁺God?^{Verse 11}I will teach you concerning the hand of^*God; what is with the Almighty will I not conceal.^{Verse 12}Behold, ye yourselves have all seen [it]; and why are ye thus altogether vain?^{Verse 13}This is the portion of the wicked man with^*God, and the heritage of the violent, which they receive from the Almighty: —^{Verse 14}If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword, and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread;^{Verse 15}Those that remain of him shall be buried by death, and his widows shall not weep.^{Verse 16}Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;^{Verse 17}He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on; and the innocent shall divide the silver.^{Verse 18}He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a booth that a keeper maketh.^{Verse 19}He lieth down rich, but will do so no more; he openeth his eyes, and he is not.^{Verse 20}Terrors overtake him like waters; a whirlwind stealeth him away in the night.^{Verse 21}The east wind carrieth him away and he is gone; and as a storm it hurleth him out of his place.^{Verse 22}And [God] shall cast upon him and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.^{Verse 23}[Men] shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.