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[1]And Job further continued and said in his parable,
[2]As God lives, who has thus judge me; and the Almighty, who has embittered my soul;
[3]verily, while my breath is yet in me, and the breath of God which remains to me is in my nostrils,
[4]my lips shall not speak evil words, neither shall my soul meditate unrighteous thoughts.
[5]Far be it from me that I should justify you till I die; for I will not let go my innocence,
[6]but keeping fast to my righteousness I will by no means let it go: for I am not conscious to myself of having done any thing amiss.
[7]Nay rather, but let mine enemies be as the overthrow of the ungodly, and they that rise up against me, as the destruction of transgressors.
[8]For what is the hope of the ungodly, that he holds to it? will he indeed trust in the Lord and be saved?
[9]Will God hear his prayer? or, when distress has come upon him,
[10]has he any confidence before him? or will God hear him as he calls upon him?
[11]Yet now I will tell you what is in the hand of the Lord: I will not lie concerning the things which are with the Almighty.
[12]Behold, ye all know that ye are adding vanity to vanity.
[13]This is the portion of an ungodly man from the Lord, and the possession of oppressors shall come upon them from the Almighty.
[14]And if their children be many, they shall be for slaughter: and if they grow up, they shall beg.
[15]And they that survive of him shall utterly perish, and no one shall pity their widows.
[16]Even if he should gather silver as earth, and prepare gold as clay;
[17]All these things shall the righteous gain, and the truehearted shall possess his wealth.
[18]And his house is gone like moths, and like a spider's web.
[19]The rich man shall lie down, and shall not continue: he has opened his eyes, and he is not.
[20]Pains have come upon him as water, and darkness has carried him away by night.
[21]And a burning wind shall catch him, and he shall depart, and it shall utterly drive him out of his place.
[22]And God shall cast trouble upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
[23]He shall cause men to clap their hands against them, and shall hiss him out of his place.
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