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1 Moreover, Job continued his parable, and said,
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1 And Job continued his discourse:
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2 [As] God liveth, [who] hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty [who] hath afflicted my soul;
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2 "As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made me taste bitterness of soul,
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3 All the while my breath [is] in me, and the spirit of God [is] in my nostrils;
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3 as long as I have life within me, the breath of God in my nostrils,
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4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
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4 my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will utter no deceit.
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5 Far be it from me that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove my integrity from me.
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5 I will never admit you are in the right; till I die, I will not deny my integrity.
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6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach [me] so long as I live.
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6 I will maintain my righteousness and never let go of it; my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live.
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7 Let my enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
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7 "May my enemies be like the wicked, my adversaries like the unjust!
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8 For what [is] the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
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8 For what hope has the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
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9 Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
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9 Does God listen to his cry when distress comes upon him?
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10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
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10 Will he find delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?
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11 I will teach you by the hand of God: [that] which [is] with the Almighty will I not conceal.
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11 "I will teach you about the power of God; the ways of the Almighty I will not conceal.
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12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen [it]; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
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12 You have all seen this yourselves. Why then this meaningless talk?
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13 This [is] the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, [which] they shall receive of the Almighty.
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13 "Here is the fate God allots to the wicked, the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:
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14 If his children are multiplied, [it is] for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
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14 However many his children, their fate is the sword; his offspring will never have enough to eat.
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15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
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15 The plague will bury those who survive him, and their widows will not weep for them.
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16 Though he should heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay?
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16 Though he heaps up silver like dust and clothes like piles of clay,
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17 He may prepare [it], but the just shall put [it] on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
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17 what he lays up the righteous will wear, and the innocent will divide his silver.
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18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth [that] the keeper maketh.
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18 The house he builds is like a moth's cocoon, like a hut made by a watchman.
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19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he [is] not.
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19 He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
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20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
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20 Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest snatches him away in the night.
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21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
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21 The east wind carries him off, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.
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22 For [God] shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
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22 It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.
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23 [Men] shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
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23 It claps its hands in derision and hisses him out of his place.
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