27Job 27

1Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,Select Job 27:1

2As God lives, who has taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who has vexed my soul;Select Job 27:2

3All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;Select Job 27:3

4My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.Select Job 27:4

5God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove my integrity from me.Select Job 27:5

6My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.Select Job 27:6

7Let my enemy be as the wicked, and he that rises up against me as the unrighteous.Select Job 27:7

8For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he has gained, when God takes away his soul?Select Job 27:8

9Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him?Select Job 27:9

10Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call on God?Select Job 27:10

11I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.Select Job 27:11

12Behold, all you yourselves have seen it; why then are you thus altogether vain?Select Job 27:12

13This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.Select Job 27:13

14If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.Select Job 27:14

15Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.Select Job 27:15

16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;Select Job 27:16

17He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.Select Job 27:17

18He builds his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper makes.Select Job 27:18

19The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he opens his eyes, and he is not.Select Job 27:19

20Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest steals him away in the night.Select Job 27:20

21The east wind carries him away, and he departs: and as a storm hurls him out of his place.Select Job 27:21

22For God shall cast on him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.Select Job 27:22

23Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.Select Job 27:23