Job Affirms His Righteousness 1Then Job continued his discourse and said,
2As God lives, who has taken away my right,
3For as long as life is in me,
4My lips certainly will not speak unjustly,
5Far be it from me that I should declare you right;
6I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go.
8For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off,
9Will God hear his cry
10Will he take delight in the Almighty?
11I will instruct you in the power of God;
12Behold, all of you have seen it;
13This is the portion of a wicked man from God,
14Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword;
15His survivors will be buried because of the plague,
16Though he piles up silver like dust
17He may prepare it, but the just will wear it
18He has built his house like the spiders web,
19He lies down rich, but never again;
20Terrors overtake him like a flood;
21The east wind carries him away, and he is gone,
22For it will hurl at him without sparing;
23Men will clap their hands at him NASB 1995 Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org Bible Hub |