Job Chapter 27 (Index)
001 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
002 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
003 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
004 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
005 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
006 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
007 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
008 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
009 Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
010 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
011 I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
012 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
013 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
014 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
015 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
016 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
017 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
018 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
019 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
020 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
021 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
022 For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
023 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
