Job Affirms His Integrity 1 CPDV Job also added to this, using figures of speech, and he said: BSB BSB: Job continued his discourse:
2 CPDV As God lives, who has taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who has led my soul to bitterness, BSB BSB: “As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice—the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—
3 CPDV as long as my breath remains in me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils, BSB BSB: as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
4 CPDV my lips will not speak iniquity, nor will my tongue devise lies. BSB BSB: my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
5 CPDV Far be it from me that I should judge you to be right, for, until I expire, I will not withdraw from my innocence. BSB BSB: I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.
6 CPDV I will not forsake my justification, which I have just begun to grasp, for my heart does not find blame for me in my whole life. BSB BSB: I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.
The Wicked Man’s Portion 7 CPDV Let the impious be as my enemy, and the sinful, as my adversary. BSB BSB: May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust.
8 CPDV For what hope is there for the hypocrite, if he greedily plunders and God does not free his soul? BSB BSB: For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
9 CPDV Will God pay attention to his cry, when anguish overcomes him? BSB BSB: Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?
10 CPDV Or will he take delight in the Almighty and call upon God at all times? BSB BSB: Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?
11 CPDV I will teach you through the hand of God, what the Almighty holds, and I will not conceal it. BSB BSB: I will instruct you in the power of God. I will not conceal the ways of the Almighty.
12 CPDV Behold, you know all this, and so why do you speak vain things without a reason? BSB BSB: Surely all of you have seen it for yourselves. Why then do you keep up this empty talk?
13 CPDV This is the portion of the impious man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they will receive from the Almighty. BSB BSB: This is the wicked man’s portion from God—the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty.
14 CPDV If his sons should happen to increase, they will be for the sword, and his grandsons will not be satisfied with bread. BSB BSB: Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.
15 CPDV Whatever will remain of him will be buried in the ruins, and his widows will not weep. BSB BSB: His survivors will be buried by the plague, and their widows will not weep for them.
16 CPDV If he will amass silver as if it were dirt and fabricate garments as if they were clay, BSB BSB: Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
17 CPDV then yes, he will gather, but the just will be clothed with it and the innocent will divide the silver. BSB BSB: what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.
18 CPDV He has built his house like a moth, and he has made a makeshift shelter like a sentry. BSB BSB: The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.
19 CPDV When he falls asleep, the rich man will leave him with nothing; he will open his eyes and find nothing. BSB BSB: He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
20 CPDV Destitution will surround him like water; a storm will overwhelm him in the night. BSB BSB: Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.
21 CPDV A burning wind will pick him up and carry him away, and, like a whirlwind, it will rush him from his place. BSB BSB: The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.
22 CPDV And it will hurl over him and will not spare him; fleeing from its power, he will go into exile. BSB BSB: It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.
23 CPDV He will clasp his hands over himself, and he will hiss at himself, while considering his situation. BSB BSB: It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place.
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