| Christian Standard Bible | Berean Study Bible |
| 1Job continued his discourse, saying: | 1Job continued his discourse: |
| 2As God lives, who has deprived me of justice, and the Almighty who has made me bitter, | 2“As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice—the Almighty, who has embittered my soul— |
| 3as long as my breath is still in me and the breath from God remains in my nostrils, | 3as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils, |
| 4my lips will not speak unjustly, and my tongue will not utter deceit. | 4my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit. |
| 5I will never affirm that you are right. I will maintain my integrity until I die. | 5I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die. |
| 6I will cling to my righteousness and never let it go. My conscience will not accuse me as long as I live! | 6I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me. |
| 7May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust. | 7May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust. |
| 8For what hope does the godless person have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? | 8For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? |
| 9Will God hear his cry when distress comes on him? | 9Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him? |
| 10Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call on God at all times? | 10Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times? |
| 11I will teach you about God's power. I will not conceal what the Almighty has planned. | 11I will instruct you in the power of God. I will not conceal the ways of the Almighty. |
| 12All of you have seen this for yourselves, why do you keep up this empty talk? | 12Surely all of you have seen it for yourselves. Why then do you keep up this empty talk? |
| 13This is a wicked man's lot from God, the inheritance the ruthless receive from the Almighty. | 13This is the wicked man’s portion from God—the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty. |
| 14Even if his children increase, they are destined for the sword; his descendants will never have enough food. | 14Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food. |
| 15Those who survive him will be buried by the plague, yet their widows will not weep for them. | 15His survivors will be buried by the plague, and their widows will not weep for them. |
| 16Though he piles up silver like dust and heaps up fine clothing like clay-- | 16Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay, |
| 17he may heap it up, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide up his silver. | 17what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent. |
| 18The house he built is like a moth's cocoon or a shelter set up by a watchman. | 18The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman. |
| 19He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, it is gone. | 19He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone. |
| 20Terrors overtake him like a flood; a storm wind sweeps him away at night. | 20Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night. |
| 21An east wind picks him up, and he is gone; it carries him away from his place. | 21The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place. |
| 22It blasts at him without mercy, while he flees desperately from its force. | 22It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power. |
| 23It claps its hands at him and scoffs at him from its place. | 23It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place. |
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