1 M oreover 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 A s long as my breath is in me, And the breath of God in my nostrils,

4 M y lips will not speak wickedness, Nor my tongue utter deceit.

5 F ar be it from me That I should say you are right; Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.

6 M y 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 F or what is the hope of the hypocrite, Though he may gain much, If God takes away his life?

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

10 W ill 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 S urely 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 I f his children are multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

15 T hose who survive him shall be buried in death, And their widows shall not weep,

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

17 H e may pile it up, but the just will wear it, And the innocent will divide the silver.

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

19 T he rich man will lie down, But not be gathered up; He opens his eyes, And he is no more.

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

21 T he east wind carries him away, and he is gone; It sweeps him out of his place.

22 I t hurls against him and does not spare; He flees desperately from its power.

23 M en shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place.