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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Job 27 Brenton's Septuagint Translation</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/job/27.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/job/27-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Brenton</a> > Job 27</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../job/26.htm" title="Job 26">◄</a> Job 27 <a href="../job/28.htm" title="Job 28">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Brenton's Septuagint Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/job/27-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Job Affirms His Integrity<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And Job further continued and said in his parable,<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><i>As</i> God lives, who has thus judge me; and the Almighty, who has embittered my soul;<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>verily, while my breath is yet in <i>me</i>, and the breath of God which remains to me is in my nostrils,<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>my lips shall not speak evil words, neither shall my soul meditate unrighteous thoughts.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Far be it from me that I should justify you till I die; for I will not let go my innocence,<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>but keeping fast to <i>my</i> righteousness I will by no means let it go: for I am not conscious to myself of having done any thing amiss.<p> <A name="8"></a><p class="hdg">The Wicked Man’s Portion<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Nay rather, but let mine enemies be as the overthrow of the ungodly, and they that rise up against me, as the destruction of transgressors.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For what is the hope of the ungodly, that he holds to it? will he indeed trust in the Lord <i>and</i> be saved?<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Will God hear his prayer? or, when distress has come upon him,<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>has he any confidence before him? or will <i>God</i> hear him as he calls upon him?<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Yet now I will tell you what is in the hand of the Lord: I will not lie concerning the things which are with the Almighty.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Behold, ye all know that ye are adding vanity to vanity.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>This is the portion of an ungodly man from the Lord, and the possession of oppressors shall come upon them from the Almighty.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And if their children be many, they shall be for slaughter: and if they grow up, they shall beg.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And they that survive of him shall utterly perish, and no one shall pity their widows.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Even if he should gather silver as earth, and prepare gold as clay;<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>All these things shall the righteous gain, and the truehearted shall possess his wealth.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And his house is gone like moths, and like a spider's web.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The rich man shall lie down, and shall not continue: he has opened his eyes, and he is not.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Pains have come upon him as water, and darkness has carried him away by night.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And a burning wind shall catch him, and he shall depart, and it shall utterly drive him out of his place.<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And <i>God</i> shall cast <i>trouble</i> upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/27-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>He shall cause <i>men</i> to clap their hands against them, and shall hiss him out of his place.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../job/26.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 26"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 26" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../job/28.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 28"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 28" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>