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

Moreover Job continued 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 justice, And the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,

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

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

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

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

5 P ollution to me -- if I justify you, Till I expire I turn not aside mine 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 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 righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go; My heart shall not reproach me as long as I live.

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

“May my enemy be like the wicked, And he who rises up against me like 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 hypocrite, Though he may gain much, If God 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 delight himself in the Almighty? Will he always call on God?

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

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

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

Surely all of you have seen it; Why then do you behave with complete nonsense?

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 of oppressors, received 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 shall not be satisfied with bread.

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

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

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 pile it up, 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, 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.

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

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

Terrors overtake him like a flood; A tempest 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 carries him away, 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.

It hurls against him and does not spare; He flees desperately from its power.

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

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