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| [1]And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: -- |
[1]Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, |
| [2]God liveth! He turned aside my judgment, And the Mighty -- He made my soul bitter. |
[2]As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; |
| [3]For all the while my breath [is] in me, And the spirit of God in my nostrils. |
[3]All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; |
| [4]My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not utter deceit. |
[4]My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. |
| [5]Pollution to me -- if I justify you, Till I expire I turn not aside mine integrity from me. |
[5]God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me. |
| [6]On my righteousness I have laid hold, And I do not let it go, My heart doth not reproach me while I live. |
[6]My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live. |
| [7]As the wicked is my enemy, And my withstander as the perverse. |
[7]Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous. |
| [8]For what [is] the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul? |
[8]For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? |
| [9]His cry doth God hear, When distress cometh on him? |
[9]Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him? |
| [10]On the Mighty doth he delight himself? Call God at all times? |
[10]Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God? |
| [11]I shew you by the hand of God, That which [is] with the Mighty I hide not. |
[11]I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal. |
| [12]Lo, ye -- all of you -- have seen, And why [is] this -- ye are altogether vain? |
[12]Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain? |
| [13]This [is] the portion of wicked man with God, And the inheritance of terrible ones From the Mighty they receive. |
[13]This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty. |
| [14]If his sons multiply -- for them [is] a sword. And his offspring [are] not satisfied [with] bread. |
[14]If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. |
| [15]His remnant in death are buried, And his widows do not weep. |
[15]Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep. |
| [16]If he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing, |
[16]Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; |
| [17]He prepareth -- and the righteous putteth [it] on, And the silver the innocent doth apportion. |
[17]He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver. |
| [18]He hath built as a moth his house, And as a booth a watchman hath made. |
[18]He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh. |
| [19]Rich he lieth down, and he is not gathered, His eyes he hath opened, and he is not. |
[19]The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not. |
| [20]Overtake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind. |
[20]Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night. |
| [21]Take him up doth an east wind, and he goeth, And it frighteneth him from his place, |
[21]The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place. |
| [22]And it casteth at him, and doth not spare, From its hand he diligently fleeth. |
[22]For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand. |
| [23]It clappeth at him its hands, And it hisseth at him from his place. |
[23]Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place. |