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1Job continued his discourse, saying:

1And Job continued his discourse:

2As God lives, who has deprived me of justice, and the Almighty who has made me 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 still in me and the breath from God remains in my nostrils,

3as long as I have life within me, the breath of God in my nostrils,

4my lips will not speak unjustly, and my tongue will not utter deceit.

4my lips will not say anything wicked, and my tongue will not utter lies.

5I will never affirm that you are right. I will maintain my integrity until I die.

5I will never admit you are in the right; till I die, I will not deny my integrity.

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 and never let go of it; my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live.

7May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust.

7"May my enemy be like the wicked, my adversary like the unjust!

8For what hope does the godless man have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

8For what hope have the godless when they are cut off, when God takes away their life?

9Will God hear his cry when distress comes on him?

9Does God listen to their cry when distress comes upon them?

10Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call on God at all times?

10Will they find delight in the Almighty? Will they call on God at all times?

11I will teach you about God's power. I will not conceal what the Almighty has planned.

11"I will teach you about the power of God; the ways of the Almighty I will not conceal.

12All of you have seen this for yourselves, why do you keep up this empty talk?

12You have all seen this yourselves. Why then this meaningless talk?

13This is a wicked man's lot from God, the inheritance the ruthless receive from the Almighty.

13"Here is the fate God allots to the wicked, the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:

14Even if his children increase, they are destined for the sword; his descendants will never have enough food.

14However many his children, their fate is the sword; his offspring will never have enough to eat.

15Those who survive him will be buried by the plague, yet their widows will not weep for them.

15The plague will bury those who survive him, and their widows will not weep for them.

16Though he piles up silver like dust and heaps up a wardrobe like clay--

16Though he heaps up silver like dust and clothes like piles of clay,

17he may heap it up, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide up his silver.

17what he lays up the righteous will wear, and the innocent will divide his silver.

18The house he built is like a moth's cocoon or a booth set up by a watchman.

18The house he builds is like a moth's cocoon, like a hut made by a watchman.

19He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, it is gone.

19He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.

20Terrors overtake him like a flood; a storm wind sweeps him away at night.

20Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest snatches him away in the night.

21An east wind picks him up, and he is gone; it carries him away from his place.

21The east wind carries him off, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.

22It blasts at him without mercy, while he flees desperately from its grasp.

22It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.

23It claps its hands at him and scorns him from its place.

23It claps its hands in derision and hisses him out of his place."

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