Jó 27

¹ Moreouer Iob proceeded and continued his parable, saying,

² [As] God liveth, [who] hath taken away myHe has so sore afflicted me that men cannot judge my uprightness; for they judge only by outward signs.judgment; and the Almighty, [who] hath vexed my soul;

³ Yet so long as my breath is in me, and the Spirit of God in my nostrels,

⁴ However men judge me, yet will I not speak contrary to that which I have said, and so do wickedly in betraying the truth.My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

⁵ God forbid that I shouldWhich condemns me as a wicked man, because the hand of God is on me.justify you: till I die I will not remove mineI will not confess that God does thus punish me for my sins.integrity from me.

⁶ My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach [me] so long as IOf my life past.live.

⁷ Mine enemie shal be as the wicked, and he that riseth against me, as the vnrighteous.

⁸ For what [is] theWhat advantage has the dissembler to gain, seeing he will lose his own soul?hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

⁹ Will God heare his cry, when trouble commeth vpon him?

¹⁰ Will he set his delight on the Almightie? will he call vpon God at all times?

¹¹ I will teach you by the hand ofThat is, what God reserves for himself, and of which he gives not knowledge to all.God: [that] which [is] with the Almighty will I not conceal.

¹² Behold, all ye yourselvesThat is, these secret judgments of God and yet do not understand them.have seen [it]; why then are ye thus altogetherWhy do you then maintain this error?vain?

¹³ This [is] theThus will God order the wicked, and punish him even to his posterity.portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, [which] they shall receive of the Almighty.

¹⁴ If his children be in great nomber, the sworde shall destroy them, and his posteritie shall not be satisfied with bread.

¹⁵ Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widowsNo one will lament him.shall not weep.

¹⁶ Though he shoulde heape vp siluer as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay,

¹⁷ He may prepare it, but the iust shall put it on, and the innocent shall deuide the siluer.

¹⁸ He buildeth his house as aWhich breeds in another man's possessions or garment, but is soon shaken out.moth, and as a booth [that] the keeper maketh.

¹⁹ The rich man shall lie down, butHe means that the wicked tyrants will not have a quiet death, nor be buried honourably.he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he [is] not.

²⁰ Terrours shal take him as waters, & a tempest shall cary him away by night.

²¹ The East winde shall take him away, & he shal depart: & it shal hurle him out of his place.

²² And God shal cast vpon him and not spare, though he would faine flee out of his hand.

²³ Euery man shall clap their hands at him, & hisse at him out of their place.