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| Verse | |
| 1. Moreover Job continued his discourse, and said | |
| 2. As God lives, who has taken away my justice, And the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter, | |
| 3. As long as my breath is in me, And the breath of God in my nostrils, | |
| 4. My lips will not speak wickedness, Nor my tongue utter deceit. | |
| 5. Far be it from me That I should say you are right; Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me. | |
| 6. My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go; My heart shall not reproach me as long as I live. | |
| 7. May my enemy be like the wicked, And he who rises up against me like the unrighteous. | |
| 8. For what is the hope of the hypocrite, Though he may gain much, If God takes away his life? | |
| 9. Will God hear his cry When trouble comes upon him? | |
| 10. Will he delight himself in the Almighty? Will he always call on God? | |
| 11. I will teach you about the hand of God; What is with the Almighty I will not conceal. | |
| 12. Surely all of you have seen it; Why then do you behave with complete nonsense? | |
| 13. This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, received from the Almighty | |
| 14. If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. | |
| 15. Those who survive him shall be buried in death, And their widows shall not weep, | |
| 16. Though he heaps up silver like dust, And piles up clothing like clay-- | |
| 17. He may pile it up, but the just will wear it, And the innocent will divide the silver. | |
| 18. He builds his house like a moth, Like a booth which a watchman makes. | |
| 19. The rich man will lie down, But not be gathered up; He opens his eyes, And he is no more. | |
| 20. Terrors overtake him like a flood; A tempest steals him away in the night. | |
| 21. The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; It sweeps him out of his place. | |
| 22. It hurls against him and does not spare; He flees desperately from its power. | |
| 23. Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place. |
| Verse | |
| 1. Moreover Job continued his discourse, and said | |
| 2. As God lives, who has taken away my justice, And the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter, | |
| 3. As long as my breath is in me, And the breath of God in my nostrils, | |
| 4. My lips will not speak wickedness, Nor my tongue utter deceit. | |
| 5. Far be it from me That I should say you are right; Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me. | |
| 6. My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go; My heart shall not reproach me as long as I live. | |
| 7. May my enemy be like the wicked, And he who rises up against me like the unrighteous. | |
| 8. For what is the hope of the hypocrite, Though he may gain much, If God takes away his life? | |
| 9. Will God hear his cry When trouble comes upon him? | |
| 10. Will he delight himself in the Almighty? Will he always call on God? | |
| 11. I will teach you about the hand of God; What is with the Almighty I will not conceal. | |
| 12. Surely all of you have seen it; Why then do you behave with complete nonsense? | |
| 13. This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, received from the Almighty | |
| 14. If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. | |
| 15. Those who survive him shall be buried in death, And their widows shall not weep, | |
| 16. Though he heaps up silver like dust, And piles up clothing like clay-- | |
| 17. He may pile it up, but the just will wear it, And the innocent will divide the silver. | |
| 18. He builds his house like a moth, Like a booth which a watchman makes. | |
| 19. The rich man will lie down, But not be gathered up; He opens his eyes, And he is no more. | |
| 20. Terrors overtake him like a flood; A tempest steals him away in the night. | |
| 21. The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; It sweeps him out of his place. | |
| 22. It hurls against him and does not spare; He flees desperately from its power. | |
| 23. Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place. |