Job Chapter 27 Darby English Bible

Job 27:1

And Job continued his parable and said,

Job 27:2

[As] ùGod liveth, who hath taken away my right, and the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul,

Job 27:3

All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of +God is in my nostrils,

Job 27:4

My lips shall not speak unrighteousness, nor my tongue utter deceit!

Job 27:5

Be it far from me that I should justify you; till I die I will not remove my blamelessness from me.

Job 27:6

My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart reproacheth [me] not one of my days.

Job 27:7

Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

Job 27:8

For what is the hope of the ungodly, when [God] cutteth him off, when +God taketh away his soul?

Job 27:9

Will ùGod hear his cry when distress cometh upon him?

Job 27:10

Doth he delight himself in the Almighty? will he at all times call upon +God?

Job 27:11

I will teach you concerning the hand of ùGod; what is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

Job 27:12

Behold, ye yourselves have all seen [it]; and why are ye thus altogether vain?

Job 27:13

This is the portion of the wicked man with ùGod, and the heritage of the violent, which they receive from the Almighty: --

Job 27:14

If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword, and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread;

Job 27:15

Those that remain of him shall be buried by death, and his widows shall not weep.

Job 27:16

Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;

Job 27:17

He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on; and the innocent shall divide the silver.

Job 27:18

He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a booth that a keeper maketh.

Job 27:19

He lieth down rich, but will do so no more; he openeth his eyes, and he is not.

Job 27:20

Terrors overtake him like waters; a whirlwind stealeth him away in the night.

Job 27:21

The east wind carrieth him away and he is gone; and as a storm it hurleth him out of his place.

Job 27:22

And [God] shall cast upon him and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

Job 27:23

[Men] shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.