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1 And Job continued his discourse:
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Then Job took up his topic again:
2 “As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made my life bitter,
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As God lives, who rejected my legal claim, the Almighty, who made me bitter,
3 as long as I have life within me, the breath of God in my nostrils,
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as long as breath is in me and God's breath is in my nostrils—
4 my lips will not say anything wicked, and my tongue will not utter lies.
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my lips will utter no wickedness; my tongue will mumble no deceit.
5 I will never admit you are in the right; till I die, I will not deny my integrity.
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I will not agree that you are right. Until my dying day, I won't give up my integrity.
6 I will maintain my innocence and never let go of it; my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live.
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I will insist on my innocence, never surrendering it; my conscience will never blame me for what I have done.
7 “May my enemy be like the wicked, my adversary like the unjust!
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Let my enemy be like the wicked, my opposition like the vicious.
8 For what hope have the godless when they are cut off, when God takes away their life?
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For what hope has the godless when God cuts them off, when he takes them away.
9 Does God listen to their cry when distress comes upon them?
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Will God hear their cries when distress comes to them;
10 Will they find delight in the Almighty? Will they call on God at all times?
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will they delight in the Almighty, call God at any time?
11 “I will teach you about the power of God; the ways of the Almighty I will not conceal.
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I will teach you God's power, not hide what pertains to the Almighty.
12 You have all seen this yourselves. Why then this meaningless talk?
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Look, those of you who recognize this— why then this empty talk?
13 “Here is the fate God allots to the wicked, the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:
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This is the wicked's portion with God, the inheritance that the ruthless receive from the Almighty.
14 However many his children, their fate is the sword; his offspring will never have enough to eat.
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If their children increase, they belong to the sword; their offspring won't have enough bread.
15 The plague will bury those who survive him, and their widows will not weep for them.
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Their survivors will be buried with the dead; their widows won't weep.
16 Though he heaps up silver like dust and clothes like piles of clay,
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If they store up silver like dust, amass clothing like clay,
17 what he lays up the righteous will wear, and the innocent will divide his silver.
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they may amass, but the righteous will wear it; the innocent will divide the silver.
18 The house he builds is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut made by a watchman.
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They built their houses like nests, like a hut made by a watchman.
19 He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
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They lie down rich, but no longer; open their eyes, but it's missing.
20 Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest snatches him away in the night.
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Terrors overtake them like waters; a tempest snatches them by night;
21 The east wind carries him off, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.
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an east wind lifts them, and they are gone, removes them from their places,
22 It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.
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throws itself on them without mercy; they flee desperately from its force.
23 It claps its hands in derision and hisses him out of his place.”
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It claps its hands over them, hisses at them from their place.
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