1 J ob again took up his parable, and said,

Moreover Job continued his discourse, and said:

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

“ As God lives, who has taken away my justice, And the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,

3 ( For the length of my life is still in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils);

As long as my breath is in me, And the breath of God in my nostrils,

4 s urely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit.

My lips will not speak wickedness, Nor my tongue utter deceit.

5 F ar be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.

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

6 I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go; My heart shall not reproach me as long as I live.

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

“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 godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

For 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 on him?

Will God hear his cry When trouble comes upon him?

10 W ill he delight himself in the Almighty, and call on God at all times?

Will he delight himself in the Almighty? Will he always call on God?

11 I will teach you about the hand of God. That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

“I will teach you about the hand of God; What is with the Almighty I will not conceal.

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

Surely 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, the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.

“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. His offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

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

15 T hose who remain of him shall be buried in death. His widows shall make no lamentation.

Those who survive him shall be buried in death, And their widows shall not weep,

16 T hough he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;

Though he heaps up silver like dust, And piles up clothing like clay—

17 h e may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

He may pile it up, but the just will wear it, And the innocent will divide the silver.

18 H e builds his house as the moth, as a booth which the watchman makes.

He builds his house like a moth, Like a booth which a watchman makes.

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

The 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 waters. A storm steals him away in the night.

Terrors overtake him like a flood; A tempest steals him away in the night.

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

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

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

It 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.

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