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1And Job continued his discourse:

1Job continued with his discussion and said:

2"As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made my life bitter,

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

3as long as I have life within me, the breath of God in my nostrils,

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

4my lips will not say anything wicked, and my tongue will not utter lies.

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

5I will never admit you are in the right; till I die, I will not deny my integrity.

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 and never let go of it; my conscience will not reproach me 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 like the wicked, my adversary like the unjust!

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

8For what hope have the godless when they are cut off, when God takes away their life?

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

9Does God listen to their cry when distress comes upon them?

9Will God hear his cry when distress overtakes him?

10Will they find delight in the Almighty? Will they call on God at all times?

10Will he take 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.

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

12You have all seen this yourselves. Why then this meaningless talk?

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

13"Here is the fate God allots to the wicked, the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:

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

14However many his children, their fate is the sword; his offspring will never have enough to eat.

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

15The plague will bury those who survive him, and their widows will not weep for them.

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

16Though he heaps up silver like dust and clothes like piles of clay,

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

17what he lays up the righteous will wear, and the innocent will divide his silver.

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

18The house he builds is like a moth's cocoon, like a hut made by a watchman.

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

19He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.

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

20Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest snatches him away in the night.

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

21The east wind carries him off, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.

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

22It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.

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

23It claps its hands in derision and hisses him out of his place."

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

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