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1And Job continued his discourse: | 1Job continued his discourse, saying: |
2"As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made my life bitter, | 2As God lives, who has deprived me of justice, and the Almighty who has made me bitter, |
3as long as I have life within me, the breath of God in my nostrils, | 3as long as my breath is still in me and the breath from God remains in my nostrils, |
4my lips will not say anything wicked, and my tongue will not utter lies. | 4my lips will not speak unjustly, and my tongue will not utter deceit. |
5I will never admit you are in the right; till I die, I will not deny my integrity. | 5I will never affirm that you are right. I will maintain my integrity until I die. |
6I will maintain my innocence and never let go of it; my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live. | 6I will cling to my righteousness and never let it go. My conscience will not accuse me as long as I live! |
7"May my enemy be like the wicked, my adversary like the unjust! | 7May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust. |
8For what hope have the godless when they are cut off, when God takes away their life? | 8For what hope does the godless person have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? |
9Does God listen to their cry when distress comes upon them? | 9Will God hear his cry when distress comes on him? |
10Will they find delight in the Almighty? Will they call on God at all times? | 10Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call on God at all times? |
11"I will teach you about the power of God; the ways of the Almighty I will not conceal. | 11I will teach you about God's power. I will not conceal what the Almighty has planned. |
12You have all seen this yourselves. Why then this meaningless talk? | 12All of you have seen this for yourselves, why do you keep up this empty talk? |
13"Here is the fate God allots to the wicked, the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty: | 13This is a wicked man's lot from God, the inheritance the ruthless receive from the Almighty. |
14However many his children, their fate is the sword; his offspring will never have enough to eat. | 14Even if his children increase, they are destined for the sword; his descendants will never have enough food. |
15The plague will bury those who survive him, and their widows will not weep for them. | 15Those who survive him will be buried by the plague, yet their widows will not weep for them. |
16Though he heaps up silver like dust and clothes like piles of clay, | 16Though he piles up silver like dust and heaps up fine clothing like clay-- |
17what he lays up the righteous will wear, and the innocent will divide his silver. | 17he may heap it up, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide up his silver. |
18The house he builds is like a moth's cocoon, like a hut made by a watchman. | 18The house he built is like a moth's cocoon or a shelter set up by a watchman. |
19He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone. | 19He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, it is gone. |
20Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest snatches him away in the night. | 20Terrors overtake him like a flood; a storm wind sweeps him away at night. |
21The east wind carries him off, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place. | 21An east wind picks him up, and he is gone; it carries him away from his place. |
22It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power. | 22It blasts at him without mercy, while he flees desperately from its force. |
23It claps its hands in derision and hisses him out of his place." | 23It claps its hands at him and scoffs at him from its place. |
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