1 GLT Job resumed speaking and he said, BSB BSB: Job continued his discourse:
2 GLT “As surely as God lives, who has taken away my justice, the Almighty, who 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 GLT while my life is yet in me, and the breath from God is in my nostrils, this is what I will do. BSB BSB: as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
4 GLT My lips will not speak wickedness, neither will my tongue speak deceit; BSB BSB: my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
5 GLT I will never admit that you three are right; until I die I will never deny my integrity. BSB BSB: I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.
6 GLT I hold fast to my righteousness and will not let it go; my thoughts will not reproach me so long as I live. BSB BSB: I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.
7 GLT Let my enemy be like a wicked man; let him who rises up against me be like an unrighteous man. BSB BSB: May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust.
8 GLT For what is the hope of a godless man when God 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 GLT Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him? BSB BSB: Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?
10 GLT Will he delight himself 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 GLT I will teach you concerning the hand of God; I will not conceal the thoughts of the Almighty. BSB BSB: I will instruct you in the power of God. I will not conceal the ways of the Almighty.
12 GLT See, all of you have seen this yourselves; why then have you spoken all this nonsense? BSB BSB: Surely all of you have seen it for yourselves. Why then do you keep up this empty talk?
13 GLT This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage of the oppressor that he receives from the Almighty: BSB BSB: This is the wicked man’s portion from God—the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty.
14 GLT If his children multiply, it is for the sword; his offspring will never have enough food. BSB BSB: Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.
15 GLT Those who survive him will be buried by plague, and their widows will make no lament for them. BSB BSB: His survivors will be buried by the plague, and their widows will not weep for them.
16 GLT Though the wicked man heaps up silver like the dust, and heaps up clothing like clay, BSB BSB: Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
17 GLT he may heap up clothing, but righteous people will put it on, and innocent people will divide up the silver among themselves. BSB BSB: what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.
18 GLT He builds his house like a spider, 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 GLT He lies down in bed rich, but he will not keep doing so; he opens his eyes, and everything is gone. BSB BSB: He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
20 GLT Terrors overtake him like waters; a storm takes him away in the night. BSB BSB: Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.
21 GLT The east wind carries him away, and he leaves; it sweeps him out of his place. BSB BSB: The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.
22 GLT It throws itself at him and does not stop; he tries to flee out of its hand. BSB BSB: It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.
23 GLT It claps its hands at him and hisses him from his place. BSB BSB: It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place.
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