| NET Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1And Job took up his discourse again: | 1Job continued speaking: |
| 2"As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made my life bitter-- | 2“I vow by the living God, who has taken away my rights, by the Almighty who has embittered my soul— |
| 3for while my spirit is still in me, and the breath from God is in my nostrils, | 3As long as I live, while I have breath from God, |
| 4my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will whisper no deceit. | 4my lips will speak no evil, and my tongue will speak no lies. |
| 5I will never declare that you three are in the right; until I die, I will not set aside my integrity! | 5I will never concede that you are right; I will defend my integrity until I die. |
| 6I will maintain my righteousness and never let it go; my conscience will not reproach me for as long as I live. | 6I will maintain my innocence without wavering. My conscience is clear for as long as I live. |
| 7"May my enemy be like the wicked, my adversary like the unrighteous. | 7“May my enemy be punished like the wicked, my adversary like those who do evil. |
| 8For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? | 8For what hope do the godless have when God cuts them off and takes away their life? |
| 9Does God listen to his cry when distress overtakes him? | 9Will God listen to their cry when trouble comes upon them? |
| 10Will he find delight in the Almighty? Will he call out to God at all times? | 10Can they take delight in the Almighty? Can they call to God at any time? |
| 11I will teach you about the power of God; What is on the Almighty's mind I will not conceal. | 11I will teach you about God’s power. I will not conceal anything concerning the Almighty. |
| 12If you yourselves have all seen this, Why in the world do you continue this meaningless talk? | 12But you have seen all this, yet you say all these useless things to me. |
| 13This is the portion of the wicked man allotted by God, the inheritance that evildoers receive from the Almighty. | 13“This is what the wicked will receive from God; this is their inheritance from the Almighty. |
| 14If his children increase--it is for the sword! His offspring never have enough to eat. | 14They may have many children, but the children will die in war or starve to death. |
| 15Those who survive him are buried by the plague, and their widows do not mourn for them. | 15Those who survive will die of a plague, and not even their widows will mourn them. |
| 16If he piles up silver like dust and stores up clothing like mounds of clay, | 16“Evil people may have piles of money and may store away mounds of clothing. |
| 17what he stores up a righteous man will wear, and an innocent man will inherit his silver. | 17But the righteous will wear that clothing, and the innocent will divide that money. |
| 18The house he builds is as fragile as a moth's cocoon, like a hut that a watchman has made. | 18The wicked build houses as fragile as a spider’s web, as flimsy as a shelter made of branches. |
| 19He goes to bed wealthy, but will do so no more. When he opens his eyes, it is all gone. | 19The wicked go to bed rich but wake to find that all their wealth is gone. |
| 20Terrors overwhelm him like a flood; at night a whirlwind carries him off. | 20Terror overwhelms them like a flood, and they are blown away in the storms of the night. |
| 21The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place. | 21The east wind carries them away, and they are gone. It sweeps them away. |
| 22It hurls itself against him without pity as he flees headlong from its power. | 22It whirls down on them without mercy. They struggle to flee from its power. |
| 23It claps its hands at him in derision and hisses him away from his place. | 23But everyone jeers at them and mocks them. |
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