27Job 27

Job

2I swear by the living Almighty God, who refuses me justice and makes my life bitter—Select Job 27:2

3as long as God gives me breath,Select Job 27:3

4my lips will never say anything evil, my tongue will never tell a lie.Select Job 27:4

5I will never say that you men are right; I will insist on my innocence to my dying day.Select Job 27:5

6I will never give up my claim to be right; my conscience is clear.Select Job 27:6

7May all who oppose me and fight against me be punished like the wicked and the unrighteous.Select Job 27:7

8What hope is there for the godless in the hour when God demands their life?Select Job 27:8

9When trouble comes, will God hear their cries?Select Job 27:9

10They should have desired the joy he gives; they should have constantly prayed to him.Select Job 27:10

11Let me teach you how great is God's power, and explain what Almighty God has planned.Select Job 27:11

12But no, after all, you have seen for yourselves; so why do you talk such nonsense?Select Job 27:12

[Zophar]

13This is how Almighty God punishes wicked, violent people.Select Job 27:13

14They may have many sons, but all will be killed in war; their children never have enough to eat.Select Job 27:14

15Those who survive will die from disease, and even their widows will not mourn their death.Select Job 27:15

16The wicked may have too much silver to count and more clothes than anyone needs;Select Job 27:16

17but some good person will wear the clothes, and someone honest will get the silver.Select Job 27:17

18The wicked build houses like a spider's web or like the hut of a slave guarding the fields.Select Job 27:18

19One last time they will lie down rich, and when they wake up, they will find their wealth gone.Select Job 27:19

20Terror will strike like a sudden flood; a wind in the night will blow them away;Select Job 27:20

21the east wind will sweep them from their homes;Select Job 27:21

22it will blow down on them without pity while they try their best to escape.Select Job 27:22

23The wind howls at them as they run, frightening them with destructive power.Select Job 27:23