| New Living Translation | English Standard Version |
| 1Job continued speaking: | 1And Job again took up his discourse, and said: |
| 2“I vow by the living God, who has taken away my rights, by the Almighty who has embittered my soul— | 2“As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter, |
| 3As long as I live, while I have breath from God, | 3as long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils, |
| 4my lips will speak no evil, and my tongue will speak no lies. | 4my lips will not speak falsehood, and my tongue will not utter deceit. |
| 5I will never concede that you are right; I will defend my integrity until I die. | 5Far be it from me to say that you are right; till I die I will not put away my integrity from me. |
| 6I will maintain my innocence without wavering. My conscience is clear for as long as I live. | 6I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days. |
| 7“May my enemy be punished like the wicked, my adversary like those who do evil. | 7“Let my enemy be as the wicked, and let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous. |
| 8For what hope do the godless have when God cuts them off and takes away their life? | 8For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life? |
| 9Will God listen to their cry when trouble comes upon them? | 9Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him? |
| 10Can they take delight in the Almighty? Can they call to God at any time? | 10Will he take delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times? |
| 11I will teach you about God’s power. I will not conceal anything concerning the Almighty. | 11I will teach you concerning the hand of God; what is with the Almighty I will not conceal. |
| 12But you have seen all this, yet you say all these useless things to me. | 12Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain? |
| 13“This is what the wicked will receive from God; this is their inheritance from the Almighty. | 13“This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage that oppressors receive from the Almighty: |
| 14They may have many children, but the children will die in war or starve to death. | 14If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword, and his descendants have not enough bread. |
| 15Those who survive will die of a plague, and not even their widows will mourn them. | 15Those who survive him the pestilence buries, and his widows do not weep. |
| 16“Evil people may have piles of money and may store away mounds of clothing. | 16Though he heap up silver like dust, and pile up clothing like clay, |
| 17But the righteous will wear that clothing, and the innocent will divide that money. | 17he may pile it up, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver. |
| 18The wicked build houses as fragile as a spider’s web, as flimsy as a shelter made of branches. | 18He builds his house like a moth’s, like a booth that a watchman makes. |
| 19The wicked go to bed rich but wake to find that all their wealth is gone. | 19He goes to bed rich, but will do so no more; he opens his eyes, and his wealth is gone. |
| 20Terror overwhelms them like a flood, and they are blown away in the storms of the night. | 20Terrors overtake him like a flood; in the night a whirlwind carries him off. |
| 21The east wind carries them away, and they are gone. It sweeps them away. | 21The east wind lifts him up and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place. |
| 22It whirls down on them without mercy. They struggle to flee from its power. | 22It hurls at him without pity; he flees from its power in headlong flight. |
| 23But everyone jeers at them and mocks them. | 23It claps its hands at him and hisses at him from its place. |
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