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Job Affirms his Integrity

And Job continued his parable and said,

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Job’s Final Speech

Job continued speaking:

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[As] God liveth, who hath taken away my right, and the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul,

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“I vow by the living God, who has taken away my rights,
by the Almighty who has embittered my soul —

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All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of +God is in my nostrils,

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As long as I live,
while I have breath from God,

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My lips shall not speak unrighteousness, nor my tongue utter deceit!

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my lips will speak no evil,
and my tongue will speak no lies.

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Be it far from me that I should justify you; till I die I will not remove my blamelessness from me.

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I will never concede that you are right;
I will defend my integrity until I die.

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My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart reproacheth [me] not one of my days.

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I will maintain my innocence without wavering.
My conscience is clear for as long as I live.

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The State of the Godless

Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

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“May my enemy be punished like the wicked,
my adversary like those who do evil.

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For what is the hope of the ungodly, when [God] cutteth him off, when +God taketh away his soul?

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For what hope do the godless have when God cuts them off
and takes away their life?

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Will God hear his cry when distress cometh upon him?

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Will God listen to their cry
when trouble comes upon them?

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Doth he delight himself in the Almighty? will he at all times call upon +God?

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Can they take delight in the Almighty?
Can they call to God at any time?

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I will teach you concerning the hand of God; what is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

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I will teach you about God’s power.
I will not conceal anything concerning the Almighty.

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Behold, ye yourselves have all seen [it]; and why are ye thus altogether vain?

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But you have seen all this,
yet you say all these useless things to me.

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This is the portion of the wicked man with God, and the heritage of the violent, which they receive from the Almighty: --

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“This is what the wicked will receive from God;
this is their inheritance from the Almighty.

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If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword, and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread;

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They may have many children,
but the children will die in war or starve to death.

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Those that remain of him shall be buried by death, and his widows shall not weep.

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Those who survive will die of a plague,
and not even their widows will mourn them.

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Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;

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“Evil people may have piles of money
and may store away mounds of clothing.

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He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on; and the innocent shall divide the silver.

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But the righteous will wear that clothing,
and the innocent will divide that money.

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He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a booth that a keeper maketh.

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The wicked build houses as fragile as a spider’s web,a
as flimsy as a shelter made of branches.

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He lieth down rich, but will do so no more; he openeth his eyes, and he is not.

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The wicked go to bed rich
but wake to find that all their wealth is gone.

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Terrors overtake him like waters; a whirlwind stealeth him away in the night.

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Terror overwhelms them like a flood,
and they are blown away in the storms of the night.

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The east wind carrieth him away and he is gone; and as a storm it hurleth him out of his place.

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The east wind carries them away, and they are gone.
It sweeps them away.

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And [God] shall cast upon him and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

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It whirls down on them without mercy.
They struggle to flee from its power.

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[Men] shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.

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But everyone jeers at them
and mocks them.

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Job 27

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