Job 27.4
English standard version

Conclusion de Job

¹ And Job again took up his discourse, and said:
² As God lives, who has taken away my right,
and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,
³ as long as my breath is in me,
and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,
⁴ my lips will not speak falsehood,
and my tongue will not utter deceit.
⁵ Far be it from me to say that you are right;
till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
⁶ I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go;
my heart does not reproach me for any of my days.
⁷ Let my enemy be as the wicked,
and let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.
⁸ For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off,
when God takes away his life?
⁹ Will God hear his cry
when distress comes upon him?
¹⁰ Will he take delight in the Almighty?
Will he call upon God at all times?
¹¹ I will teach you concerning the hand of God;
what is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
¹² Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves;
why then have you become altogether vain?
¹³ This is the portion of a wicked man with God,
and the heritage that oppressors receive from the Almighty:
¹⁴ If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword,
and his descendants have not enough bread.
¹⁵ Those who survive him the pestilence buries,
and his widows do not weep.
¹⁶ Though he heap up silver like dust,
and pile up clothing like clay,
¹⁷ he may pile it up, but the righteous will wear it,
and the innocent will divide the silver.
¹⁸ He builds his house like a moth's,
like a booth that a watchman makes.
¹⁹ He goes to bed rich, but will do so no more;
he opens his eyes, and his wealth is gone.
²⁰ Terrors overtake him like a flood;
in the night a whirlwind carries him off.
²¹ The east wind lifts him up and he is gone;
it sweeps him out of his place.
²² It hurls at him without pity;
he flees from its power in headlong flight.
²³ It claps its hands at him
and hisses at him from its place.