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Job Affirms his Integrity
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
Job’s Final Speech
Job continued speaking:
Job continued speaking:
As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
“I vow by the living God, who has taken away my rights,
by the Almighty who has embittered my soul —
by the Almighty who has embittered my soul —
All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
As long as I live,
while I have breath from God,
while I have breath from God,
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
my lips will speak no evil,
and my tongue will speak no lies.
and my tongue will speak no lies.
God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
I will never concede that you are right;
I will defend my integrity until I die.
I will defend my integrity until I die.
My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
I will maintain my innocence without wavering.
My conscience is clear for as long as I live.
My conscience is clear for as long as I live.
The State of the Godless
Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
“May my enemy be punished like the wicked,
my adversary like those who do evil.
my adversary like those who do evil.
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
For what hope do the godless have when God cuts them off
and takes away their life?
and takes away their life?
Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
Will God listen to their cry
when trouble comes upon them?
when trouble comes upon them?
Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
Can they take delight in the Almighty?
Can they call to God at any time?
Can they call to God at any time?
I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
I will teach you about God’s power.
I will not conceal anything concerning the Almighty.
I will not conceal anything concerning the Almighty.
Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
But you have seen all this,
yet you say all these useless things to me.
yet you say all these useless things to me.
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
“This is what the wicked will receive from God;
this is their inheritance from the Almighty.
this is their inheritance from the Almighty.
If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
They may have many children,
but the children will die in war or starve to death.
but the children will die in war or starve to death.
Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
Those who survive will die of a plague,
and not even their widows will mourn them.
and not even their widows will mourn them.
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
“Evil people may have piles of money
and may store away mounds of clothing.
and may store away mounds of clothing.
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
But the righteous will wear that clothing,
and the innocent will divide that money.
and the innocent will divide that money.
He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
The wicked go to bed rich
but wake to find that all their wealth is gone.
but wake to find that all their wealth is gone.
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
Terror overwhelms them like a flood,
and they are blown away in the storms of the night.
and they are blown away in the storms of the night.
The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
The east wind carries them away, and they are gone.
It sweeps them away.
It sweeps them away.
For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
It whirls down on them without mercy.
They struggle to flee from its power.
They struggle to flee from its power.