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Job 27

New Century Version NCV

1 And Job continued speaking:

2 "As surely as God lives, who has taken away my rights, the Almighty, who has made me unhappy,

3 as long as I am alive and God's breath of life is in my nose,

4 my lips will not speak evil, and my tongue will not tell a lie.

5 I will never agree you are right; until I die, I will never stop saying I am innocent.

6 I will insist that I am right; I will not back down. My conscience will never bother me.

7 "Let my enemies be like evil people, my foes like those who are wrong.

8 What hope do the wicked have when they die, when God takes their life away?

9 God will not listen to their cries when trouble comes to them.

10 They will not find joy in the Almighty, even though they call out to God all the time.

11 "I will teach you about the power of God and will not hide the ways of the Almighty.

12 You have all seen this yourselves. So why are we having all this talk that means nothing?

13 "Here is what God has planned for evil people, and what the Almighty will give to cruel people:

14 They may have many children, but the sword will kill them. Their children who are left will never have enough to eat.

15 Then they will die of disease and be buried, and the widows will not even cry for them.

16 The wicked may heap up silver like piles of dirt and have so many clothes they are like piles of clay.

17 But good people will wear what evil people have gathered, and the innocent will divide up their silver.

18 The houses the wicked build are like a spider's web, like a hut that a guard builds.

19 The wicked are rich when they go to bed, but they are rich for the last time; when they open their eyes, everything is gone.

20 Fears come over them like a flood, and a storm snatches them away in the night.

21 The east wind will carry them away, and then they are gone, because it sweeps them out of their place.

22 The wind will hit them without mercy as they try to run away from its power.

23 It will be as if the wind is clapping its hands; it will whistle at them as they run from their place.

The Complete Jewish Bible CJB

1 Iyov continued his speech:

2 "I swear by the living God, who is denying me justice, and by Shaddai, who deals with me so bitterly,

3 that as long my life remains in me and God's breath is in my nostrils,

4 my lips will not speak unrighteousness, or my tongue utter deceit.

5 Far be it from me to say you are right; I will keep my integrity till the day I die.

6 I hold to my righteousness; I won't let it go; my heart will not shame me as long as I live.

7 "May my enemy meet the doom of the wicked; my foe the fate of the unrighteous.

8 For what hope does the godless have from his gain when God takes away his life?

9 Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?

10 Will he take delight in Shaddai and always call on God?

11 "I am teaching you how God uses his power, not hiding what Shaddai is doing.

12 Look, you all can see for yourselves; so why are you talking such empty nonsense?

13 "This is God's reward for the wicked man, the heritage oppressors receive from Shaddai:

14 if his sons become many, they go to the sword; and his children never have enough to eat.

15 Those of his who remain are buried by plague, and their widows do not weep.

16 Even if he piles up silver like dust and stores away clothing [in mounds] like clay -

17 he may collect it, but the just will wear it, and the upright divide up the silver.

18 He builds his house weak as a spider's web, as flimsy as a watchman's shack.

19 He may lie down rich, but his wealth yields nothing; when he opens his eyes, it isn't there.

20 Terrors overtake him like a flood; at night a whirlwind steals him away.

21 The east wind carries him off, and he's gone; it sweeps him far from his place.

22 Yes, it hurls itself at him, sparing nothing; he does all he can to flee from its power.

23 [People] clap their hands at him in derision and hiss him out of his home.