Job 27

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;	2 As God lives, who withholds my deserts, the Almighty, who has made bitter my soul,
3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;	3 So long as I still have life in me and the breath of God is in my nostrils,
4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.	4 My lips shall not speak falsehood, nor my tongue utter deceit!
5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.	5 Far be it from me to account you right; till I die I will not renounce my innocence.
6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.	6 My justice I maintain and I will not relinquish it; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days.
7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.	7 Let my enemy be as the wicked and my adversary as the unjust!
8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?	8 For what can the impious man expect when he is cut off, when God requires his life?
9 Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?	9 Will God then attend to his cry when calamity comes upon him?
10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?	10 Will he then delight in the Almighty and call upon him constantly?
11 I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.	11 I will teach you the manner of God's dealings, and the way of the Almighty I will not conceal.
12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?	12 Behold, you yourselves have all seen it; why then do you spend yourselves in idle words!
13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.	13 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the inheritance an oppressor receives from the Almighty:
14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.	14 Though his children be many, the sword is their destiny. His offspring shall not be filled with bread.
15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.	15 His survivors, when they die, shall have no burial, and their widows shall not be mourned.
16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;	16 Though he heap up silver like dust and store away mounds of clothing,
17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.	17 What he has stored the just man shall wear, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.	18 He builds his house as of cobwebs, or like a booth put up by the vine-keeper.
19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.	19 He lies down a rich man, one last time; he opens his eyes and nothing remains to him.
20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.	20 Terrors rush upon him by day; at night the tempest carries him off.
21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.	21 The storm wind seizes him and he disappears; it sweeps him out of his place.
22 For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.