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1Job continued speaking:

1Job continued with his discussion and said:

2“I vow by the living God, who has taken away my rights, by the Almighty who has embittered my soul—

2"The living God has withheld justice from me; the Almighty has made my life bitter.

3As long as I live, while I have breath from God,

3As long as I can breathe; as long as God's breath is in my nostrils,

4my lips will speak no evil, and my tongue will speak no lies.

4I won't speak lies nor will I utter deceit.

5I will never concede that you are right; I will defend my integrity until I die.

5Far be it from me to admit that you're right! I intend to maintain my integrity even if it kills me!

6I will maintain my innocence without wavering. My conscience is clear for as long as I live.

6I'll retain my righteousness and not compromise it; my conscience won't rebuke me at any time.

7“May my enemy be punished like the wicked, my adversary like those who do evil.

7"May my enemy be like the wicked; my adversary like the unjust.

8For what hope do the godless have when God cuts them off and takes away their life?

8For where is the hope of the godless when he is eliminated; when God takes away his life?

9Will God listen to their cry when trouble comes upon them?

9Will God hear his cry when distress overtakes him?

10Can they take delight in the Almighty? Can they call to God at any time?

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

11I will teach you about God’s power. I will not conceal anything concerning the Almighty.

11"I'll teach you about the power of God, that which is with the Almighty I won't conceal.

12But you have seen all this, yet you say all these useless things to me.

12Look! All of you have been watching, so why have you become so completely worthless?

13“This is what the wicked will receive from God; this is their inheritance from the Almighty.

13"This is what a wicked person inherits from God, and what the ruthless will receive from the Almighty:

14They may have many children, but the children will die in war or starve to death.

14If he has many children, their destiny is to die by the sword, and his descendants won't have enough food.

15Those who survive will die of a plague, and not even their widows will mourn them.

15Those who do survive him disease will bury, and his widow won't even weep.

16“Evil people may have piles of money and may store away mounds of clothing.

16"Though he hoards silver like dust, and stores away garments like clay,

17But the righteous will wear that clothing, and the innocent will divide that money.

17whatever he stores up, the righteous will wear, and the innocent will inherit that silver!

18The wicked build houses as fragile as a spider’s web, as flimsy as a shelter made of branches.

18"He has built his house like a moth's cocoon, like a temporary sunshade that a watchman makes.

19The wicked go to bed rich but wake to find that all their wealth is gone.

19He will go to bed wealthy, but won't be doing that anymore! When he opens his eyes, it will be gone!

20Terror overwhelms them like a flood, and they are blown away in the storms of the night.

20Terror will overtake him like a flood, at night, a tornado will sweep him away.

21The east wind carries them away, and they are gone. It sweeps them away.

21He'll be swept up by a storm wind and carried away; he'll be whirled away from his place.

22It whirls down on them without mercy. They struggle to flee from its power.

22It will toss him around without pity. He'll try to break free from its grip,

23But everyone jeers at them and mocks them.

23but it will clap its hands over him, hissing at him as it lunges toward him."

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