Job 27 | Strong's Bible

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CHAPTER 27

Then Job

continued

his discourse

and said:

“As surely as God

lives,

who has deprived me of

justice,

the Almighty,

who has embittered

my soul,

as long as my breath

is still

within me

and the breath

of God

remains in my nostrils,

my lips

will not

speak

wickedness,

and my tongue

will not

utter

deceit.

I will never

declare that you are right;

I will maintain

my integrity

until

I die.

I will hold fast

my righteousness

and never

let go.

As long as I live,

my conscience

will not

accuse me.

May my enemy

be

like the wicked

and my opponent

like the unjust.

For

what

hope

has the godless

when

he is cut off,

when

God

takes away

his life?

Will God

hear

his cry

when

distress

comes

upon him?

Will he delight

in

the Almighty?

Will he call upon

God

at all

times?

I will instruct

you

in the power

of God.

I will not

conceal

the ways of

the Almighty.

Surely

all of you

have seen it

for yourselves.

Why then

do you keep up this

empty talk?

This is

the wicked

man’s

portion

from

God—

the heritage

the ruthless

receive

from the Almighty.

Though

his sons

are many,

they are destined for

the sword;

and his offspring

will never

have enough

food.

His survivors

will be buried

by the plague,

and their widows

will not

weep for them.

Though

he heaps up

silver

like dust

and piles up

a wardrobe

like clay,

what he lays up,

the righteous

will wear,

and his silver

will be divided

by the innocent.

The house

he built

is like a moth’s cocoon,

like a hut

set up

by a watchman.

He lies down

wealthy,

but will do so no more;

when he opens

his eyes,

all is gone.

Terrors

overtake

him like a flood;

a tempest

sweeps him away

in the night.

The east wind

carries him away,

and he is gone;

it sweeps him

out of his place.

It hurls

against him

without

mercy,

while he flees headlong

from its power.

It claps

its hands

at him

and hisses

him

out of his place.

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