Job Chapter 27

Who can comprehend his power?”          Job 26:5-14

¹ Job continued his comments:

² “As God lives, who has taken away my rights,

the Almighty, who has made me bitter,

³ as long as I’m alive and God’s breath is in me,

⁴ I won’t speak wickedness or lie.

⁵ I’ll never concede that you’re right;

I’ll defend my integrity till I die.

⁶ I’ll hold onto my claim about my goodness,

and my conscience won’t accuse me for it.         

Job 27:1-6

⁷ “May my enemies be like the wicked;

may my attackers be like the sinful.

⁸ What hope do the godless have when God cuts them off,

when he takes their life away?

⁹ Will he listen to their outcry

when they get in trouble?

¹⁰ Will they be able to delight in the Almighty

and call on him at any time?

¹¹ Let me teach you about God’s power;

I won’t conceal anything about the Almighty.

¹² You’ve all seen that;

so why are you saying such foolish things to me?

Job 27:7-12

¹³ “This is sinful people’s lot from God,

the fate tyrants receive from the Almighty:

¹⁴ their many sons he destines for the sword;

their descendants won’t have enough to eat;

¹⁵ disease buries the ones that outlive them;

their widows won’t feel like crying.

¹⁶ Though sinners pile up silver like dust

and make clothes as plentiful as clay,

¹⁷ the good are the ones that will wear them;

the innocent will divide up their silver.

¹⁸ The house they build is as fragile as a spider’s web

or a watchman’s hut.

¹⁹ They go to bed rich, but only once;

when they open their eyes, their wealth is gone.

²⁰ Panic overwhelms them like a flood;

a tornado carries them off at night.

²¹ The east wind picks them up

and sweeps them away;

²² it whirls around them without sparing

though they try to escape its power.

²³ People will clap their hands and jeer at them. 

Job 27:13-23