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1 Job also added, taking up his parable, and said: And Job again took up his discourse, and said: And Job continued his discourse:
2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who hath brought my soul to bitterness, “As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter, “As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made my life bitter,
3 As long as breath remaineth in me, and the spirit of God in my nostrils, as long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils, as long as I have life within me, the breath of God in my nostrils,
4 My lips shall not speak iniquity, neither shall my tongue contrive lying. my lips will not speak falsehood, and my tongue will not utter deceit. my lips will not say anything wicked, and my tongue will not utter lies.
5 God forbid that I should judge you to be just: till I die I will not depart from my innocence. Far be it from me to say that you are right; till I die I will not put away my integrity from me. I will never admit you are in the right; till I die, I will not deny my integrity.
6 My justification, which I have begun to hold, I will not forsake: for my heart doth not reprehend me in all my life. I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days. I will maintain my innocence and never let go of it; my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live.
7 Let my enemy be as the ungodly, and my adversary as the wicked one. “Let my enemy be as the wicked, and let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous. “May my enemy be like the wicked, my adversary like the unjust!
8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite if through covetousness he take by violence, and God deliver not his soul? For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life? For what hope have the godless when they are cut off, when God takes away their life?
9 Will God hear his cry, when distress shall come upon him? Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him? Does God listen to their cry when distress comes upon them?
10 Or can he delight himself in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times? Will he take delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times? Will they find delight in the Almighty? Will they call on God at all times?
11 I will teach you by the hand of God, what the Almighty hath, and I will not conceal it. I will teach you concerning the hand of God; what is with the Almighty I will not conceal. “I will teach you about the power of God; the ways of the Almighty I will not conceal.
12 Behold you all know it, and why do you speak vain things without cause? Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain? You have all seen this yourselves. Why then this meaningless talk?
13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they shall receive of the Almighty. “This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage that oppressors receive from the Almighty: “Here is the fate God allots to the wicked, the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:
14 If his sons be multiplied, they shall be for the sword, and his grandsons shall not be filled with bread. If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword, and his descendants have not enough bread. However many his children, their fate is the sword; his offspring will never have enough to eat.
15 They that shall remain of him, shall be buried in death, and his widows shall not weep. Those who survive him the pestilence buries, and his widows do not weep. The plague will bury those who survive him, and their widows will not weep for them.
16 If he shall heap together silver as earth, and prepare raiment as clay, Though he heap up silver like dust, and pile up clothing like clay, Though he heaps up silver like dust and clothes like piles of clay,
17 He shall prepare indeed, but the just man shall be clothed with it: and the innocent shall divide the silver. he may pile it up, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver. what he lays up the righteous will wear, and the innocent will divide his silver.
18 He hath built his house as a moth, and as a keeper he hath made a booth. He builds his house like a moth’s, like a booth that a watchman makes. The house he builds is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut made by a watchman.
19 The rich man when he shall sleep shall take away nothing with him: he shall open his eyes and find nothing. He goes to bed rich, but will do so no more; he opens his eyes, and his wealth is gone. He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
20 Poverty like water shall take hold on him, a tempest shall oppress him in the night. Terrors overtake him like a flood; in the night a whirlwind carries him off. Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest snatches him away in the night.
21 A burning wind shall take him up, and carry him away, and as a whirlwind shall snatch him from his place. The east wind lifts him up and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place. The east wind carries him off, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.
22 And he shall cast upon him, and shall not spare: out of his hand he would willingly flee. It hurls at him without pity; he flees from its power in headlong flight. It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.
23 He shall clasp his hands upon him, and shall hiss at him, beholding his place. It claps its hands at him and hisses at him from its place. It claps its hands in derision and hisses him out of his place.”
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