Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB
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1 Moreover, Job continued his parable and said,
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And Job continued his discourse:
2 As God lives, <em>who</em> has taken away my rights; and the Almighty, <em>who</em> has made my soul bitter,
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“As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made my life bitter,
3 that all the while my breath <em>is</em> in me, and the spirit of God <em>is</em> in my nostrils,
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as long as I have life within me, the breath of God in my nostrils,
4 my lips shall not speak iniquity, nor my tongue utter deceit.
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my lips will not say anything wicked, and my tongue will not utter lies.
5 In no wise should I justify you; until I die I will not remove my integrity from me.
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I will never admit you are in the right; till I die, I will not deny my integrity.
6 I hold fast to my righteousness and will not let it go; my heart shall not reproach <em>me</em> so long as I live.
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I will maintain my innocence and never let go of it; my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live.
7 Let my enemy be as the wicked and my adversary as the unrighteous.
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“May my enemy be like the wicked, my adversary like the unjust!
8 For what <em>is</em> the hope of the hypocrite, though he has stolen much, when God takes away his soul?
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For what hope have the godless when they are cut off, when God takes away their life?
9 Will God hear his cry when the tribulation comes upon him?
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Does God listen to their cry when distress comes upon them?
10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? Will he always call upon God?
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Will they find delight in the Almighty? Will they call on God at all times?
11 I will teach you <em>what there is</em> in the hand of God; I will not conceal that which <em>is</em> regarding the Almighty.
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“I will teach you about the power of God; the ways of the Almighty I will not conceal.
12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen <em>it</em>; why then are ye so completely vain?
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You have all seen this yourselves. Why then this meaningless talk?
13 This <em>is</em> the portion of a wicked man with God and the heritage of the violent, <em>which</em> they shall receive of the Almighty.
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“Here is the fate God allots to the wicked, the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:
14 If their sons are multiplied, <em>it is</em> for the sword; and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
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However many his children, their fate is the sword; his offspring will never have enough to eat.
15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death; and their widows shall not weep.
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The plague will bury those who survive him, and their widows will not weep for them.
16 Though he heaps up silver as the dust and prepares raiment as the clay,
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Though he heaps up silver like dust and clothes like piles of clay,
17 he may prepare <em>it</em>, but the just shall put <em>it</em> on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
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what he lays up the righteous will wear, and the innocent will divide his silver.
18 He built his house as a moth and as a booth <em>that</em> the keeper makes.
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The house he builds is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut made by a watchman.
19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered; he shall open his eyes and not see anyone.
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He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
20 Terrors shall take hold on him as waters; a whirlwind shall carry him away in the night.
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Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest snatches him away in the night.
21 The east wind shall take him away, and he shall depart; the storm shall catch him up out of his place.
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The east wind carries him off, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.
22 For <em>God</em> shall cast down on him and not spare; he would attempt to flee out of his hand.
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It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.
23 <em>Men</em> shall clap their hands at him, and from his place they shall hiss at him.
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It claps its hands in derision and hisses him out of his place.”
The Jubilee Bible (from the Scriptures of the Reformation), edited by Russell M. Stendal, Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2010
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