Job 27

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