NETtext - Job - 27

27:1  And Job took up his discourse again:

27:2  "As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made my life bitter -

27:3  for while my spirit is still in me, and the breath from God is in my nostrils,

27:4  my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will whisper no deceit.

27:5  I will never declare that you three are in the right; until I die, I will not set aside my integrity!

27:6  I will maintain my righteousness and never let it go; my conscience will not reproach me for as long as I live.

27:7  "May my enemy be like the wicked, my adversary like the unrighteous.

27:8  For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

27:9  Does God listen to his cry when distress overtakes him?

27:10  Will he find delight in the Almighty? Will he call out to God at all times?

27:11  I will teach you about the power of God; What is on the Almighty's mind I will not conceal.

27:12  If you yourselves have all seen this, Why in the world do you continue this meaningless talk?

27:13  This is the portion of the wicked man allotted by God, the inheritance that evildoers receive from the Almighty.

27:14  If his children increase - it is for the sword! His offspring never have enough to eat.

27:15  Those who survive him are buried by the plague, and their widows do not mourn for them.

27:16  If he piles up silver like dust and stores up clothing like mounds of clay,

27:17  what he stores up a righteous man will wear, and an innocent man will inherit his silver.

27:18  The house he builds is as fragile as a moth's cocoon, like a hut that a watchman has made.

27:19  He goes to bed wealthy, but will do so no more. When he opens his eyes, it is all gone.

27:20  Terrors overwhelm him like a flood; at night a whirlwind carries him off.

27:21  The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.

27:22  It hurls itself against him without pity as he flees headlong from its power.

27:23  It claps its hands at him in derision and hisses him away from his place.