| Christian Standard Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1Job continued his discourse, saying: | 1Job continued speaking: |
| 2As God lives, who has deprived me of justice, and the Almighty who has made me bitter, | 2“I vow by the living God, who has taken away my rights, by 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 I live, while I have breath from God, |
| 4my lips will not speak unjustly, and my tongue will not utter deceit. | 4my lips will speak no evil, and my tongue will speak no lies. |
| 5I will never affirm that you are right. I will maintain my integrity until I die. | 5I will never concede that you are right; I will defend 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 maintain my innocence without wavering. My conscience is clear for as long as I live. |
| 7May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust. | 7“May my enemy be punished like the wicked, my adversary like those who do evil. |
| 8For what hope does the godless person 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? |
| 9Will God hear his cry when distress comes on him? | 9Will God listen to their cry when trouble comes upon them? |
| 10Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call on God at all times? | 10Can they take delight in the Almighty? Can they call to God at any time? |
| 11I will teach you about God's power. I will not conceal what the Almighty has planned. | 11I will teach you about God’s power. I will not conceal anything concerning the Almighty. |
| 12All of you have seen this for yourselves, why do you keep up this empty talk? | 12But you have seen all this, yet you say all these useless things to me. |
| 13This is a wicked man's lot from God, the inheritance the ruthless receive from the Almighty. | 13“This is what the wicked will receive from God; this is their inheritance from the Almighty. |
| 14Even if his children increase, they are destined for the sword; his descendants will never have enough food. | 14They may have many children, but the children will die in war or starve to death. |
| 15Those who survive him will be buried by the plague, yet their widows will not weep for them. | 15Those who survive will die of a plague, and not even their widows will mourn them. |
| 16Though he piles up silver like dust and heaps up fine clothing like clay-- | 16“Evil people may have piles of money and may store away mounds of clothing. |
| 17he may heap it up, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide up his silver. | 17But the righteous will wear that clothing, and the innocent will divide that money. |
| 18The house he built is like a moth's cocoon or a shelter set up by a watchman. | 18The wicked build houses as fragile as a spider’s web, as flimsy as a shelter made of branches. |
| 19He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, it is gone. | 19The wicked go to bed rich but wake to find that all their wealth is gone. |
| 20Terrors overtake him like a flood; a storm wind sweeps him away at night. | 20Terror overwhelms them like a flood, and they are blown away in the storms of the night. |
| 21An east wind picks him up, and he is gone; it carries him away from his place. | 21The east wind carries them away, and they are gone. It sweeps them away. |
| 22It blasts at him without mercy, while he flees desperately from its force. | 22It whirls down on them without mercy. They struggle to flee from its power. |
| 23It claps its hands at him and scoffs at him from its place. | 23But everyone jeers at them and mocks them. |
| The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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