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[1]Moreover, Job continued his parable, and said, |
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[2]As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty who hath afflicted my soul; |
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[3]All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; |
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[4]My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. |
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[5]Far be it from me that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove my integrity from me. |
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[6]My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live. |
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[7]Let my enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous. |
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[8]For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? |
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[9]Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him? |
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[10]Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God? |
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[11]I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal. |
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[12]Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain? |
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[13]This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty. |
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[14]If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. |
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[15]Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep. |
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[16]Though he should heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay? |
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[17]He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver. |
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[18]He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh. |
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[19]The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not. |
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[20]Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night. |
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[21]The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place. |
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[22]For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand. |
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[23]Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place. |