1 A nd Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: --

Job again took up his discourse and said,

2 G od liveth! He turned aside my judgment, And the Mighty -- He made my soul bitter.

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

3 F or all the while my breath in me, And the spirit of God in my nostrils.

As long as my life is still whole within me, and the breath of God is in my nostrils,

4 M y lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not utter deceit.

My lips shall not speak untruth, nor shall my tongue utter deceit.

5 P ollution to me -- if I justify you, Till I expire I turn not aside mine integrity from me.

God forbid that I should justify you—saying you are right; till I die, I will not put away my integrity from me.

6 O n my righteousness I have laid hold, And I do not let it go, My heart doth not reproach me while I live.

My 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.

7 A s the wicked is my enemy, And my withstander as the perverse.

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

8 F or what the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul?

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

9 H is cry doth God hear, When distress cometh on him?

Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?

10 O n the Mighty doth he delight himself? Call God at all times?

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

11 I shew you by the hand of God, That which with the Mighty I hide not.

I will teach you regarding the hand and handiwork of God; that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

12 L o, ye -- all of you -- have seen, And why this -- ye are altogether vain?

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

13 T his the portion of wicked man with God, And the inheritance of terrible ones From the Mighty they receive.

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

14 I f his sons multiply -- for them a sword. And his offspring not satisfied bread.

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

15 H is remnant in death are buried, And his widows do not weep.

Those who survive him, will bury, and widows will make no lamentation.

16 I f he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing,

Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up clothing like clay,

17 H e prepareth -- and the righteous putteth on, And the silver the innocent doth apportion.

He may prepare it, but the just will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver.

18 H e hath built as a moth his house, And as a booth a watchman hath made.

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

19 R ich he lieth down, and he is not gathered, His eyes he hath opened, and he is not.

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

20 O vertake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind.

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

21 T ake him up doth an east wind, and he goeth, And it frighteneth him from his place,

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

22 A nd it casteth at him, and doth not spare, From its hand he diligently fleeth.

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

23 I t clappeth at him its hands, And it hisseth at him from his place.

men to clap their hands at him and hiss him out of his place.