| King James Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, | 1Job continued speaking: |
| 2As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; | 2“I vow by the living God, who has taken away my rights, by the Almighty who has embittered my soul— |
| 3All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; | 3As long as I live, while I have breath from God, |
| 4My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. | 4my lips will speak no evil, and my tongue will speak no lies. |
| 5God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me. | 5I will never concede that you are right; I will defend my integrity until I die. |
| 6My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live. | 6I will maintain my innocence without wavering. My conscience is clear for as long as I live. |
| 7Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous. | 7“May my enemy be punished like the wicked, my adversary like those who do evil. |
| 8For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? | 8For what hope do the godless have when God cuts them off and takes away their life? |
| 9Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him? | 9Will God listen to their cry when trouble comes upon them? |
| 10Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God? | 10Can they take delight in the Almighty? Can they call to God at any time? |
| 11I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal. | 11I will teach you about God’s power. I will not conceal anything concerning the Almighty. |
| 12Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain? | 12But you have seen all this, yet you say all these useless things to me. |
| 13This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty. | 13“This is what the wicked will receive from God; this is their inheritance from the Almighty. |
| 14If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. | 14They may have many children, but the children will die in war or starve to death. |
| 15Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep. | 15Those who survive will die of a plague, and not even their widows will mourn them. |
| 16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; | 16“Evil people may have piles of money and may store away mounds of clothing. |
| 17He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver. | 17But the righteous will wear that clothing, and the innocent will divide that money. |
| 18He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh. | 18The wicked build houses as fragile as a spider’s web, as flimsy as a shelter made of branches. |
| 19The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not. | 19The wicked go to bed rich but wake to find that all their wealth is gone. |
| 20Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night. | 20Terror overwhelms them like a flood, and they are blown away in the storms of the night. |
| 21The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place. | 21The east wind carries them away, and they are gone. It sweeps them away. |
| 22For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand. | 22It whirls down on them without mercy. They struggle to flee from its power. |
| 23Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place. | 23But everyone jeers at them and mocks them. |
| King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. | 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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