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1 Job continued speaking:
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Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
2 “I vow by the living God, who has taken away my rights, by the Almighty who has embittered my soul—
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As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
3 As long as I live, while I have breath from God,
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All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
4 my lips will speak no evil, and my tongue will speak no lies.
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My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
5 I will never concede that you are right; I will defend my integrity until I die.
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God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
6 I will maintain my innocence without wavering. My conscience is clear for as long as I live.
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My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
7 “May my enemy be punished like the wicked, my adversary like those who do evil.
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Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
8 For what hope do the godless have when God cuts them off and takes away their life?
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For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
9 Will God listen to their cry when trouble comes upon them?
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Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
10 Can they take delight in the Almighty? Can they call to God at any time?
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Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
11 I will teach you about God’s power. I will not conceal anything concerning the Almighty.
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I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
12 But you have seen all this, yet you say all these useless things to me.
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Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
13 “This is what the wicked will receive from God; this is their inheritance from the Almighty.
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This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
14 They may have many children, but the children will die in war or starve to death.
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If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
15 Those who survive will die of a plague, and not even their widows will mourn them.
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Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
16 “Evil people may have piles of money and may store away mounds of clothing.
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Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
17 But the righteous will wear that clothing, and the innocent will divide that money.
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He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
18 The wicked build houses as fragile as a spider’s web, as flimsy as a shelter made of branches.
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He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
19 The wicked go to bed rich but wake to find that all their wealth is gone.
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The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
20 Terror overwhelms them like a flood, and they are blown away in the storms of the night.
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Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
21 The east wind carries them away, and they are gone. It sweeps them away.
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The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
22 It whirls down on them without mercy. They struggle to flee from its power.
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For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
23 But everyone jeers at them and mocks them.
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Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
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