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| 1And Job again took up his discourse, and said: | 1And Job took up his discourse again: |
| 2“As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter, | 2"As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made my life bitter-- |
| 3as long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils, | 3for while my spirit is still in me, and the breath from God is in my nostrils, |
| 4my lips will not speak falsehood, and my tongue will not utter deceit. | 4my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will whisper no deceit. |
| 5Far be it from me to say that you are right; till I die I will not put away my integrity from me. | 5I will never declare that you three are in the right; until I die, I will not set aside my integrity! |
| 6I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days. | 6I will maintain my righteousness and never let it go; my conscience will not reproach me for as long as I live. |
| 7“Let my enemy be as the wicked, and let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous. | 7"May my enemy be like the wicked, my adversary like the unrighteous. |
| 8For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life? | 8For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? |
| 9Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him? | 9Does God listen to his cry when distress overtakes him? |
| 10Will he take delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times? | 10Will he find delight in the Almighty? Will he call out to God at all times? |
| 11I will teach you concerning the hand of God; what is with the Almighty I will not conceal. | 11I will teach you about the power of God; What is on the Almighty's mind I will not conceal. |
| 12Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain? | 12If you yourselves have all seen this, Why in the world do you continue this meaningless talk? |
| 13“This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage that oppressors receive from the Almighty: | 13This is the portion of the wicked man allotted by God, the inheritance that evildoers receive from the Almighty. |
| 14If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword, and his descendants have not enough bread. | 14If his children increase--it is for the sword! His offspring never have enough to eat. |
| 15Those who survive him the pestilence buries, and his widows do not weep. | 15Those who survive him are buried by the plague, and their widows do not mourn for them. |
| 16Though he heap up silver like dust, and pile up clothing like clay, | 16If he piles up silver like dust and stores up clothing like mounds of clay, |
| 17he may pile it up, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver. | 17what he stores up a righteous man will wear, and an innocent man will inherit his silver. |
| 18He builds his house like a moth’s, like a booth that a watchman makes. | 18The house he builds is as fragile as a moth's cocoon, like a hut that a watchman has made. |
| 19He goes to bed rich, but will do so no more; he opens his eyes, and his wealth is gone. | 19He goes to bed wealthy, but will do so no more. When he opens his eyes, it is all gone. |
| 20Terrors overtake him like a flood; in the night a whirlwind carries him off. | 20Terrors overwhelm him like a flood; at night a whirlwind carries him off. |
| 21The east wind lifts him up and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place. | 21The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place. |
| 22It hurls at him without pity; he flees from its power in headlong flight. | 22It hurls itself against him without pity as he flees headlong from its power. |
| 23It claps its hands at him and hisses at him from its place. | 23It claps its hands at him in derision and hisses him away from his place. |
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