| 1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, |
| 2 As God lives, who withholds my deserts, the Almighty, who has made bitter my soul, | 2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; |
| 3 So long as I still have life in me and the breath of God is in my nostrils, | 3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; |
| 4 My lips shall not speak falsehood, nor my tongue utter deceit! | 4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. |
| 5 Far be it from me to account you right; till I die I will not renounce my innocence. | 5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me. |
| 6 My justice I maintain and I will not relinquish it; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days. | 6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live. |
| 7 Let my enemy be as the wicked and my adversary as the unjust! | 7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous. |
| 8 For what can the impious man expect when he is cut off, when God requires his life? | 8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? |
| 9 Will God then attend to his cry when calamity comes upon him? | 9 Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him? |
| 10 Will he then delight in the Almighty and call upon him constantly? | 10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God? |
| 11 I will teach you the manner of God's dealings, and the way of the Almighty I will not conceal. | 11 I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal. |
| 12 Behold, you yourselves have all seen it; why then do you spend yourselves in idle words! | 12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain? |
| 13 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the inheritance an oppressor receives from the Almighty: | 13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty. |
| 14 Though his children be many, the sword is their destiny. His offspring shall not be filled with bread. | 14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. |
| 15 His survivors, when they die, shall have no burial, and their widows shall not be mourned. | 15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep. |
| 16 Though he heap up silver like dust and store away mounds of clothing, | 16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; |
| 17 What he has stored the just man shall wear, and the innocent shall divide the silver. | 17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver. |
| 18 He builds his house as of cobwebs, or like a booth put up by the vine-keeper. | 18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh. |
| 19 He lies down a rich man, one last time; he opens his eyes and nothing remains to him. | 19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not. |
| 20 Terrors rush upon him by day; at night the tempest carries him off. | 20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night. |
| 21 The storm wind seizes him and he disappears; it sweeps him out of his place. | 21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place. |
| 22 For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand. |
| 23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place. |
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