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| [1]Moreover Job proceeded and continued his parable, saying, |
[1]MOREOVER Job continued his parable, and said, |
| [2]The living God hath taken away my judgment: for the Almighty hath put my soul in bitterness. |
[2]As God lives, who has wronged my judgment, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter; |
| [3]Yet so long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God in my nostrils, |
[3]As long as my soul is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; |
| [4]My lips surely shall speak no wickedness, and my tongue shall utter no deceit. |
[4]My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. |
| [5]God forbid, that I should justify you: until I die, I will never take away mine innocency from myself. |
[5]God forbid that I should do evil, till I die I will not remove my innocence from me. |
| [6]I will keep my righteousness, and will not forsake it: mine heart shall not reprove me of my days. |
[6]My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go; my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live |
| [7]Mine enemy shall be as the wicked, and he that riseth against me, as the unrighteous. |
[7]Let my enemy be as the ungodly, and he that hates me as the wicked. |
| [8]For what hope hath the hypocrite when he hath heaped up riches, if God take away his soul? |
[8]For though he has accumulated riches, what is the hope of the godless at the time when God takes away his life? |
| [9]Will God hear his cry, when trouble cometh upon him? |
[9]For God will not hear his prayer when trouble comes upon him. |
| [10]Will he set his delight on the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times? |
[10]But if he should trust in the Almighty, and always call upon God, God will hear him and answer him |
| [11]I will teach you what is in the hand of God, and I will not conceal that which is with the Almighty. |
[11]But as for you, I will deliver you into the hand of God; so that your works may not be hid from him. |
| [12]Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it: why then do you thus vanish in vanity? |
[12]Behold, all of you have seen it; why then do you boast in vain? |
| [13]This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of tyrants, which they shall receive of the Almighty. |
[13]This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive from the Almighty. |
| [14]If his children be in great number, the sword shall destroy them, and his posterity shall not be satisfied with bread. |
[14]If their children are multiplied, it is for the sword; and their offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. |
| [15]His remnant shall be buried in death, and his widows shall not weep. |
[15]Those who remain of them shall be buried in death; and their widows shall not weep over them. |
| [16]Though he should heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay, |
[16]Though they heap up silver like dust and accumulate clothes like clay, |
| [17]He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver. |
[17]They may pile them up, yet the righteous shall wear them, and shall also divide their silver. |
| [18]He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a lodge that the watchman maketh. |
[18]For the wicked has built his house upon a spider's web, and like a booth he had made his shelter. |
| [19]When the rich man sleepeth, he shall not be gathered to his fathers: they opened their eyes, and he was gone. |
[19]The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not rise again; he opens his eyes, and he is gone. |
| [20]Terrors shall take him as waters, and a tempest shall carry him away by night. |
[20]Terrors overtake him like swift water, and like a tempest that rages. |
| [21]The east wind shall take him away, and he shall depart: and it shall hurl him out of his place. |
[21]The east wind shall carry him away in the night, and he is gone; and shall hurl him out of his place. |
| [22]And God shall cast upon him and not spare, though he would fain flee out of his hand. |
[22]For God shall cast him out without pity, and he cannot escape out of his hand. |
| [23]Every man shall clap their hands at him, and hiss at him out of their place. |
[23]He shall smite him with his hand, and shall hiss against him from his dwelling place |