| King James Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, | 1Job continued his discourse, saying: |
| 2As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; | 2As God lives, who has deprived me of justice, and the Almighty who has made me bitter, |
| 3All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; | 3as long as my breath is still in me and the breath from God remains in my nostrils, |
| 4My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. | 4my lips will not speak unjustly, and my tongue will not utter deceit. |
| 5God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me. | 5I will never affirm that you are right. I will maintain 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 cling to my righteousness and never let it go. My conscience will not accuse me as long as I live! |
| 7Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous. | 7May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust. |
| 8For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? | 8For what hope does the godless man have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? |
| 9Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him? | 9Will God hear his cry when distress comes on him? |
| 10Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God? | 10Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call on God at all times? |
| 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 what the Almighty has planned. |
| 12Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain? | 12All of you have seen this for yourselves, why do you keep up this empty talk? |
| 13This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty. | 13This is a wicked man's lot from God, the inheritance the ruthless receive from the Almighty. |
| 14If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. | 14Even if his children increase, they are destined for the sword; his descendants will never have enough food. |
| 15Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep. | 15Those who survive him will be buried by the plague, yet their widows will not weep for them. |
| 16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; | 16Though he piles up silver like dust and heaps up a wardrobe like clay-- |
| 17He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver. | 17he may heap it up, but the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide up his silver. |
| 18He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh. | 18The house he built is like a moth's cocoon or a booth set up by a watchman. |
| 19The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not. | 19He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, it is gone. |
| 20Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night. | 20Terrors overtake him like a flood; a storm wind sweeps him away at night. |
| 21The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place. | 21An east wind picks him up, and he is gone; it carries him away from his place. |
| 22For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand. | 22It blasts at him without mercy, while he flees desperately from its grasp. |
| 23Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place. | 23It claps its hands at him and scorns him from its place. |
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