| NET Bible | New International Version |
| 1And Job took up his discourse again: | 1And Job continued his discourse: |
| 2"As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made my life bitter-- | 2"As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made my life bitter, |
| 3for while my spirit is still in me, and the breath from God is in my nostrils, | 3as long as I have life within me, the breath of God in my nostrils, |
| 4my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will whisper no deceit. | 4my lips will not say anything wicked, and my tongue will not utter lies. |
| 5I will never declare that you three are in the right; until I die, I will not set aside my integrity! | 5I will never admit you are in the right; till I die, I will not deny my integrity. |
| 6I will maintain my righteousness and never let it go; my conscience will not reproach me for 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. |
| 7"May my enemy be like the wicked, my adversary like the unrighteous. | 7"May my enemy be like the wicked, my adversary like the unjust! |
| 8For what hope does the godless 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? |
| 9Does God listen to his cry when distress overtakes him? | 9Does God listen to their cry when distress comes upon them? |
| 10Will he find delight in the Almighty? Will he call out to God at all times? | 10Will they find delight in the Almighty? Will they call on God at all times? |
| 11I will teach you about the power of God; What is on the Almighty's mind I will not conceal. | 11"I will teach you about the power of God; the ways of the Almighty I will not conceal. |
| 12If you yourselves have all seen this, Why in the world do you continue this meaningless talk? | 12You have all seen this yourselves. Why then this meaningless talk? |
| 13This is the portion of the wicked man allotted by God, the inheritance that evildoers receive from the Almighty. | 13"Here is the fate God allots to the wicked, the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty: |
| 14If his children increase--it is for the sword! His offspring never have enough to eat. | 14However many his children, their fate is the sword; his offspring will never have enough to eat. |
| 15Those who survive him are buried by the plague, and their widows do not mourn for them. | 15The plague will bury those who survive him, and their widows will not weep for them. |
| 16If he piles up silver like dust and stores up clothing like mounds of clay, | 16Though he heaps up silver like dust and clothes like piles of clay, |
| 17what he stores up a righteous man will wear, and an innocent man will inherit his silver. | 17what he lays up the righteous will wear, and the innocent will divide his silver. |
| 18The house he builds is as fragile as a moth's cocoon, like a hut that a watchman has made. | 18The house he builds is like a moth's cocoon, like a hut made by a watchman. |
| 19He goes to bed wealthy, but will do so no more. When he opens his eyes, it is all gone. | 19He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone. |
| 20Terrors overwhelm him like a flood; at night a whirlwind carries him off. | 20Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest snatches him away in the night. |
| 21The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place. | 21The east wind carries him off, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place. |
| 22It hurls itself against him without pity as he flees headlong from its power. | 22It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power. |
| 23It claps its hands at him in derision and hisses him away from his place. | 23It claps its hands in derision and hisses him out of his place." |
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