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1 Job again took up his discourse and said:
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Then Job took up his topic again:
2 "As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,
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As God lives, who rejected my legal claim, the Almighty, who made me bitter,
3 as long as my breath is in me and the spirit of God is 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 speak falsehood, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
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my lips will utter no wickedness; my tongue will mumble no deceit.
5 Far be it from me to say that you are right; until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
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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 hold fast my righteousness, and will not let it go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days.
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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, and may my opponent be like the unrighteous.
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Let my enemy be like the wicked, my opposition like the vicious.
8 For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts them off, when God takes away their lives?
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For what hope has the godless when God cuts them off, when he takes them away.
9 Will God hear their cry when trouble comes upon them?
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Will God hear their cries when distress comes to them;
10 Will they take delight in the Almighty? Will they call upon God at all times?
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will they delight in the Almighty, call God at any time?
11 I will teach you concerning the hand of God; that which is with 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 All of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?
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Look, those of you who recognize this— why then this empty talk?
13 "This is the portion of the wicked with God, and the heritage that oppressors receive 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 If their children are multiplied, it is for the sword; and their offspring have not enough to eat.
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If their children increase, they belong to the sword; their offspring won't have enough bread.
15 Those who survive them the pestilence buries, and their widows make no lamentation.
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Their survivors will be buried with the dead; their widows won't weep.
16 Though they heap up silver like dust, and pile up clothing like clay—
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If they store up silver like dust, amass clothing like clay,
17 they may pile it up, but the just will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver.
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they may amass, but the righteous will wear it; the innocent will divide the silver.
18 They build their houses like nests, like booths made by sentinels of the vineyard.
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They built their houses like nests, like a hut made by a watchman.
19 They go to bed with wealth, but will do so no more; they open their eyes, and it is gone.
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They lie down rich, but no longer; open their eyes, but it's missing.
20 Terrors overtake them like a flood; in the night a whirlwind carries them off.
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Terrors overtake them like waters; a tempest snatches them by night;
21 The east wind lifts them up and they are gone; it sweeps them out of their place.
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an east wind lifts them, and they are gone, removes them from their places,
22 It hurls at them without pity; they flee from its power in headlong flight.
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throws itself on them without mercy; they flee desperately from its force.
23 It claps its hands at them, and hisses at them from its place.
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It claps its hands over them, hisses at them from their place.
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