Summary
- Job held firm to his righteousness despite going through adversity vs 4-6;
- His thoughts on the fate of the wicked and the ungodly vs 13, 8 – 19.
Job 27:1,3-23
1 I swear by the living Almighty God, who refuses me justice and makes my life bitter —
[3]as long as God gives me breath,
[4]my lips will never say anything evil, my tongue will never tell a lie.
[5]I will never say that you men are right; I will insist on my innocence to my dying day.
[6]I will never give up my claim to be right; my conscience is clear.
[7]May all who oppose me and fight against me be punished like the wicked and the unrighteous.
[8]What hope is there for the godless in the hour when God demands their life?
[9]When trouble comes, will God hear their cries?
[10]They should have desired the joy he gives; they should have constantly prayed to him.
[11]Let me teach you how great is God’s power, and explain what Almighty God has planned.
[12]But no, after all, you have seen for yourselves; so why do you talk such nonsense?
[13]This is how Almighty God punishes wicked, violent people.
[14]They may have many sons, but all will be killed in war; their children never have enough to eat.
[15]Those who survive will die from disease, and even their widows will not mourn their death.
[16]The wicked may have too much silver to count and more clothes than anyone needs;
[17]but some good person will wear the clothes, and some honest person will get the silver.
[18]The wicked build houses like a spider’s web or like the hut of a slave guarding the fields.
[19]One last time they will lie down rich, and when they wake up, they will find their wealth gone.
[20]Terror will strike like a sudden flood; a wind in the night will blow them away;
[21]the east wind will sweep them from their homes;
[22]it will blow down on them without pity while they try their best to escape.
[23]The wind howls at them as they run, frightening them with destructive power.