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| 1. | Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, | Job again took up his parable, and said, | And Job again took up the word and said, | ||
| 2. | As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; | "As God lives, who has taken away my right, the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter. | By the life of God, who has taken away my right; and of the Ruler of all, who has made my soul bitter; | ||
| 3. | All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; | (For the length of my life is still in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils); | (For all my breath is still in me, and the spirit of God is my life;) | ||
| 4. | My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. | surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit. | Truly, there is no deceit in my lips, and my tongue does not say what is false. | ||
| 5. | God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me. | Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me. | Let it be far from me! I will certainly not say that you are right! I will come to death before I give up my righteousness. | ||
| 6. | My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live. | I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live. | I will keep it safe, and will not let it go: my heart has nothing to say against any part of my life. | ||
| 7. | Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous. | "Let my enemy be as the wicked. Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous. | Let my hater be like the evil man, and let him who comes against me be as the sinner. | ||
| 8. | For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? | For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? | For what is the hope of the sinner when he is cut off, when God takes back his soul? | ||
| 9. | Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him? | Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him? | Will his cry come to the ears of God when he is in trouble? | ||
| 10. | Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God? | Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call on God at all times? | Will he take delight in the Ruler of all, and make his prayer to God at all times? | ||
| 11. | I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal. | I will teach you about the hand of God. That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal. | I will give you teaching about the hand of God; I will not keep secret from you what is in the mind of the Ruler of all. | ||
| 12. | Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain? | Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain? | Truly, you have all seen it yourselves; why then have you become completely foolish? | ||
| 13. | This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty. | "This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty. | This is the punishment of the evil-doer from God, and the heritage given to the cruel by the Ruler of all. | ||
| 14. | If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. | If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword. His offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. | If his children are increased, it is for the sword; and his offspring have not enough bread. | ||
| 15. | Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep. | Those who remain of him shall be buried in death. His widows shall make no lamentation. | When those of his house who are still living come to their end by disease, they are not put into the earth, and their widows are not weeping for them. | ||
| 16. | Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; | Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay; | Though he may get silver together like dust, and make ready great stores of clothing; | ||
| 17. | He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver. | he may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver. | He may get them ready, but the upright will put them on, and he who is free from sin will take the silver for a heritage. | ||
| 18. | He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh. | He builds his house as the moth, as a booth which the watchman makes. | His house has no more strength than a spider's thread, or a watchman's tent. | ||
| 19. | The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not. | He lies down rich, but he shall not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not. | He goes to rest full of wealth, but does so for the last time: on opening his eyes, he sees it there no longer. | ||
| 20. | Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night. | Terrors overtake him like waters. A storm steals him away in the night. | Fears overtake him like rushing waters; in the night the storm-wind takes him away. | ||
| 21. | The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place. | The east wind carries him away, and he departs. It sweeps him out of his place. | The east wind takes him up and he is gone; he is forced violently out of his place. | ||
| 22. | For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand. | For it hurls at him, and does not spare, as he flees away from his hand. | God sends his arrows against him without mercy; he goes in flight before his hand. | ||
| 23. | Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place. | Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place. | Men make signs of joy because of him, driving him from his place with sounds of hissing. | ||