Testaments

Job - Chapter 27 - King James Version

  1. Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
  2. AsGod liveth,whohath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty,whohath vexed my soul;
  3. All the while my breathisin me, and the spirit of Godisin my nostrils;
  4. My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
  5. God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
  6. My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproachmeso long as I live.
  7. Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
  8. For whatisthe hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
  9. Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
  10. Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
  11. I will teach you by the hand of God:thatwhichiswith the Almighty will I not conceal.
  12. Behold, all ye yourselves have seenit;why then are ye thus altogether vain?
  13. Thisisthe portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors,whichthey shall receive of the Almighty.
  14. If his children be multiplied,it isfor the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
  15. Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
  16. Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
  17. He may prepareit, but the just shall putiton, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
  18. He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booththatthe keeper maketh.
  19. The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and heisnot.
  20. Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
  21. The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
  22. ForGodshall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
  23. Menshall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.