Job Affirms His Integrity 1 ULT And Job continued to take up his discourse, and he said, BSB BSB: Job continued his discourse:
2 ULT “{ As} God lives,{ who} has taken away my justice, the Almighty,{ who} has made my life bitter, BSB BSB: “As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice—the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—
3 ULT that, any of my life still{ being} in me, and breath from God{ being} in my nose, BSB BSB: as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
4 ULT if my lips speak wickedness, or my tongue, if it utters deceit! BSB BSB: my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
5 ULT Sacrilege to me if I justify you! Until I expire, I will not turn my integrity away from me. BSB BSB: I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.
6 ULT I grasp my righteousness and I will not let it go; my heart will not reproach{ me} from my days. 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 ULT May my enemy be like the wicked, and the one rising up against me like the unrighteous! BSB BSB: May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust.
8 ULT For what{ is} the hope of the godless when he cuts{ him} off, when God takes away his life? BSB BSB: For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
9 ULT Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him? BSB BSB: Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?
10 ULT If he will delight himself in the Almighty? Will he call{ to} God in every time? BSB BSB: Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?
11 ULT I will teach you about the hand of God; what{ is} with the Almighty I will not conceal. BSB BSB: I will instruct you in the power of God. I will not conceal the ways of the Almighty.
12 ULT Behold, you have seen{ this} yourselves, all of you; why then do you vainly speak this vanity? BSB BSB: Surely all of you have seen it for yourselves. Why then do you keep up this empty talk?
13 ULT This{ is} the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, they receive{ it} from the Almighty: BSB BSB: This is the wicked man’s portion from God—the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty.
14 ULT If his children multiply,{ it is} for the sword, and his offspring will not have enough bread. BSB BSB: Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.
15 ULT His survivor will be buried in death, and his widows will not lament. BSB BSB: His survivors will be buried by the plague, and their widows will not weep for them.
16 ULT If he heaps up silver like the dust and he piles up clothing like clay mounds, BSB BSB: Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
17 ULT he piles up, but the righteous clothes himself and the innocent receives silver. BSB BSB: what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.
18 ULT He builds his house as a moth{ does}, and like a hut{ that} a guard makes. BSB BSB: The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.
19 ULT He lies down rich, but he does not continue; he opens his eyes and there is not to him. BSB BSB: He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
20 ULT Terrors overwhelm him like waters; a storm carries him away in the night. BSB BSB: Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.
21 ULT The east wind takes him away, and he leaves; indeed, it blasts him from his place. BSB BSB: The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.
22 ULT And it hurls{ itself} upon him and does not pity; fleeing, he flees from its hand. BSB BSB: It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.
23 ULT It claps its hands at him and hisses at him from his place. BSB BSB: It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place.
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