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Job 27

Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2009 (HCSB)

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¹ Job continued his discourse, saying:

² As God lives, who has deprived me of justice, ⓐ and the Almighty who has made me bitter, ⓑ

³ as long as my breath is still in me and the breath from God remains in my nostrils, ⓒ

⁴ my lips will not speak unjustly, and my tongue will not utter deceit.

⁵ I will never affirm that you are right. I will maintain my integrity [1] ⓓ until I die.

⁶ I will cling to my righteousness and never let it go. My conscience ⓔ will not accuse me as long as I live!

⁷ May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust.

⁸ For what hope does the godless man ⓕ have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? ⓖ

⁹ Will God hear his cry when distress comes on him?

¹⁰ Will he delight ⓗ in the Almighty? Will he call on God at all times?

¹¹ I will teach you about God’s power. I will not conceal what the Almighty has planned. [2]

¹² All of you have seen this for yourselves, why do you keep up this empty talk? ⓘ

¹³ This is a wicked man’s lot ⓙ from God, the inheritance the ruthless receive from the Almighty.

¹⁴ Even if his children increase, they are destined for the sword; his descendants will never have enough food.

¹⁵ Those who survive him will be buried by the plague, yet their widows will not weep for them. ⓚ

¹⁶ Though he piles up silver like dust and heaps up a wardrobe like clay —

¹⁷ he may heap it up, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide up his silver. ⓛ

¹⁸ The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon or a booth set up by a watchman. ⓜ

¹⁹ He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, it is gone.

²⁰ Terrors overtake him like a flood; ⓝ a storm ⓞ wind sweeps him away at night.

²¹ An east wind picks him up, and he is gone; it carries him away from his place.

²² It blasts at him without mercy, while he flees desperately from its grasp.

²³ It claps ⓟ its hands at him and scorns him from its place.

#	HCSB
1	Job continued his discourse, saying:
2	As God lives, who has deprived me of justice, ⓐ and the Almighty who has made me bitter, ⓑ
3	as long as my breath is still in me and the breath from God remains in my nostrils, ⓒ
4	my lips will not speak unjustly, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
5	I will never affirm that you are right. I will maintain my integrity [1] ⓓ until I die.
6	I will cling to my righteousness and never let it go. My conscience ⓔ will not accuse me as long as I live!
7	May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust.
8	For what hope does the godless man ⓕ have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? ⓖ
9	Will God hear his cry when distress comes on him?
10	Will he delight ⓗ in the Almighty? Will he call on God at all times?
11	I will teach you about God’s power. I will not conceal what the Almighty has planned. [2]
12	All of you have seen this for yourselves, why do you keep up this empty talk? ⓘ
13	This is a wicked man’s lot ⓙ from God, the inheritance the ruthless receive from the Almighty.
14	Even if his children increase, they are destined for the sword; his descendants will never have enough food.
15	Those who survive him will be buried by the plague, yet their widows will not weep for them. ⓚ
16	Though he piles up silver like dust and heaps up a wardrobe like clay —
17	he may heap it up, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide up his silver. ⓛ
18	The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon or a booth set up by a watchman. ⓜ
19	He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, it is gone.
20	Terrors overtake him like a flood; ⓝ a storm ⓞ wind sweeps him away at night.
21	An east wind picks him up, and he is gone; it carries him away from his place.
22	It blasts at him without mercy, while he flees desperately from its grasp.
23	It claps ⓟ its hands at him and scorns him from its place.

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