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Job 27 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Job Affirms His Righteousness

27 Job again took up his ^(A)discourse and said,

²“As God lives, ^(B)who has taken away my right,
And the Almighty, ^(C)who has embittered my soul,
³For as long as ^[a]life is in me,
And the ^[b]^(D)breath of God is in my nostrils,
⁴My lips certainly will not speak unjustly,
Nor will ^(E)my tongue mutter deceit.
⁵Far be it from me that I should declare you right;
Until I die, ^(F)I will not ^[c]give up my integrity.
⁶I have ^(G)kept hold of my righteousness and will not let it go.
My heart does not rebuke any of my days.

The State of the Godless

⁷“May my enemy be as the wicked,
And ^[d]my opponent as the criminal.
⁸For what is ^(H)the hope of the godless when he makes an end of life,
When God requires ^(I)his ^[e]life?
⁹Will God ^(J)hear his cry
When ^(K)distress comes upon him?
¹⁰Or will he take ^(L)pleasure in the Almighty?
Will he call on God at all times?
¹¹I will instruct you in the ^[f]power of God;
What is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
¹²Behold, all of you have seen it;
Why then do you talk of nothing?

¹³“This is ^(M)the portion of a wicked person from God,
And the inheritance which ^(N)tyrants receive from the Almighty:
¹⁴Though his sons are many, ^[g]they are destined ^(O)for the sword;
And his ^(P)descendants will not be satisfied with bread.
¹⁵His survivors will be buried because of the plague,
And ^[h]their ^(Q)widows will not be able to weep.
¹⁶Though he piles up silver like dust,
And prepares garments as plentiful as the clay,
¹⁷He may prepare it, ^(R)but the righteous will wear it
And the innocent will divide the silver.
¹⁸He has built his ^(S)house like the ^[i]spider’s web,
Or a hut which the watchman has made.
¹⁹He lies down rich, but never ^[j]again;
He opens his eyes, and ^(T)it no longer exists.
²⁰^(U)Terrors overtake him like a flood;
A storm steals him away ^(V)in the night.
²¹The east ^(W)wind carries him away, and he is gone;
For it sweeps him ^(X)away from his place.
²²For it will hurl at him ^(Y)without mercy;
He will certainly try to ^(Z)flee from its ^[k]power.
²³People will ^[l]clap their hands at him,
And will ^(AA)whistle at him from their places.

New American Standard Bible (NASB)