Job Chapter 27

• 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;
• 3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
• 4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
• 5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
• 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 mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
• 8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
• 9 Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
• 10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
• 11 I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
• 12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
• 13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
• 14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
• 15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
• 16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
• 17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
• 18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
• 19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
• 20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
• 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.