1 J ob again took up his discourse and said,

Job again took up his parable, and said,

2 A s God lives, Who has taken away my right and denied me justice, and the Almighty, Who has vexed and embittered my life,

“As God lives, who has taken away my right, the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter.

3 A s long as my life is still whole within me, and the breath 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);

4 M y lips shall not speak untruth, nor shall my tongue utter deceit.

surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit.

5 G od forbid that I should justify you—saying you are right; till I die, I will not put away my 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.

6 M y uprightness and my right standing with God I hold fast and will not let them go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days and it shall not reproach me as 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.

7 L et my enemy be as the wicked, and let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.

“Let my enemy be as the wicked. Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.

8 F or what is the hope of the godless and polluted, even though he has gained, when God cuts him off and takes away his life?

For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

9 W ill God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?

Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him?

10 W ill he take delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?

Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call on God at all times?

11 I will teach you regarding the hand and handiwork 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.

12 B ehold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain ?

Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?

13 T his is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage which oppressors shall receive from the Almighty:

“This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.

14 I f his children are multiplied, it is for the sword; and his offspring will not have sufficient bread.

If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword. His offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

15 T hose who survive him, will bury, and widows will make no lamentation.

Those who remain of him shall be buried in death. His widows shall make no lamentation.

16 T hough he heaps up silver like dust and piles up clothing like clay,

Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;

17 H e may prepare it, but the just will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver.

he may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

18 H e builds his house like a moth or a spider, like a booth which a watchman makes.

He builds his house as the moth, as a booth which the watchman makes.

19 w ill lie down rich, but does it not again; he opens his eyes, and is gone.

He lies down rich, but he shall not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not.

20 T errors overtake him like a flood; a windstorm steals him away in the night.

Terrors overtake him like waters. A storm steals him away in the night.

21 T he east wind lifts him up, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.

The east wind carries him away, and he departs. It sweeps him out of his place.

22 F or hurl at him without pity and unsparingly; he flees in haste before His power.

For it hurls at him, and does not spare, as he flees away from his hand.

23 m en to clap their hands at him and hiss him out of his place.

Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.