Job Affirms His Integrity 1 WBS Moreover, Job continued his parable, and said, BSB BSB: Job continued his discourse:
2 WBS As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty who hath afflicted my soul;BSB BSB: “As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice—the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—
3 WBS All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; BSB BSB: as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
4 WBS My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. BSB BSB: my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
5 WBS Far be it from me that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove my integrity from me. BSB BSB: I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.
6 WBS My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall 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.
The Wicked Man’s Portion 7 WBS Let my enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous. BSB BSB: May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust.
8 WBS For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? BSB BSB: For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
9 WBS Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him? BSB BSB: Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?
10 WBS Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God? BSB BSB: Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?
11 WBS I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal. BSB BSB: I will instruct you in the power of God. I will not conceal the ways of the Almighty.
12 WBS Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it ; why then are ye thus altogether vain? BSB BSB: Surely all of you have seen it for yourselves. Why then do you keep up this empty talk?
13 WBS This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty. BSB BSB: This is the wicked man’s portion from God—the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty.
14 WBS If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall 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 WBS Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep. BSB BSB: His survivors will be buried by the plague, and their widows will not weep for them.
16 WBS Though he should heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay? BSB BSB: Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
17 WBS He may prepare it , but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver. BSB BSB: what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.
18 WBS He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh. BSB BSB: The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.
19 WBS The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not. BSB BSB: He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
20 WBS Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night. BSB BSB: Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.
21 WBS The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth 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 WBS For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand. BSB BSB: It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.
23 WBS Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.BSB BSB: It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place.
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