Job 27 - American Standard Version 2015

¹ And Job again took up his parable, and said,

² As God liveth, who hath taken away my right,\par\tab And the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul:

³ (For my life is yet whole in me,\par\tab And the spirit of God is in my nostrils);

⁴ Surely my lips shall not speak uprighteousness,\par\tab Neither shall my tongue utter deceit.

⁵ Far be it from me that I should justify you:\par\tab Till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.

⁶ My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go:\par\tab My heart shall not reproach {\i me} so long as I live.

⁷ Let mine enemy be as the wicked,\par\tab And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.\par

⁸ For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain,\par\tab When God taketh away his soul?

⁹ Will God hear his cry,\par\tab When trouble cometh upon him?

¹⁰ Will he delight himself in the Almighty,\par\tab And call upon God at all times?

¹¹ I will teach you concerning the hand of God;\par\tab That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

¹² Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it;\par\tab Why then are ye become altogether vain?\par

¹³ This is the portion of a wicked man with God,\par\tab And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty:

¹⁴ If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword;\par\tab And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

¹⁵ Those that remain of him shall be buried in death,\par\tab And his widows shall make no lamentation.

¹⁶ Though he heap up silver as the dust,\par\tab And prepare raiment as the clay;

¹⁷ He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on,\par\tab And the innocent shall divide the silver.

¹⁸ He buildeth his house as the moth,\par\tab And as a booth which the keeper maketh.

¹⁹ He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered {\i to his fathers};\par\tab He openeth his eyes, and he is not.

²⁰ Terrors overtake him like waters;\par\tab A tempest stealeth him away in the night.

²¹ The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth;\par\tab And it sweepeth him out of his place.

²² For {\i God} shall hurl at him, and not spare:\par\tab He would fain flee out of his hand.

²³ Men shall clap their hands at him,\par\tab And shall hiss him out of his place.\par