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Job’s Final Word to His Friends
And Job continued his discourse:
And Job continued his discourse:
Job Affirms his Integrity
And Job continued his parable and said,
And Job continued his parable and said,
“As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice,
the Almighty, who has made my life bitter,
the Almighty, who has made my life bitter,
[As] God liveth, who hath taken away my right, and the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul,
as long as I have life within me,
the breath of God in my nostrils,
the breath of God in my nostrils,
All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of +God is in my nostrils,
my lips will not say anything wicked,
and my tongue will not utter lies.
and my tongue will not utter lies.
My lips shall not speak unrighteousness, nor my tongue utter deceit!
I will never admit you are in the right;
till I die, I will not deny my integrity.
till I die, I will not deny my integrity.
Be it far from me that I should justify you; till I die I will not remove my blamelessness from me.
I will maintain my innocence and never let go of it;
my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live.
my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live.
My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart reproacheth [me] not one of my days.
“May my enemy be like the wicked,
my adversary like the unjust!
my adversary like the unjust!
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.
For what hope have the godless when they are cut off,
when God takes away their life?
when God takes away their life?
For what is the hope of the ungodly, when [God] cutteth him off, when +God taketh away his soul?
Does God listen to their cry
when distress comes upon them?
when distress comes upon them?
Will God hear his cry when distress cometh upon him?
Will they find delight in the Almighty?
Will they call on God at all times?
Will they call on God at all times?
Doth he delight himself in the Almighty? will he at all times call upon +God?
“I will teach you about the power of God;
the ways of the Almighty I will not conceal.
the ways of the Almighty I will not conceal.
I will teach you concerning the hand of God; what is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
You have all seen this yourselves.
Why then this meaningless talk?
Why then this meaningless talk?
Behold, ye yourselves have all seen [it]; and why are ye thus altogether vain?
“Here is the fate God allots to the wicked,
the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:
the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:
This is the portion of the wicked man with God, and the heritage of the violent, which they receive from the Almighty: --
However many his children, their fate is the sword;
his offspring will never have enough to eat.
his offspring will never have enough to eat.
If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword, and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread;
The plague will bury those who survive him,
and their widows will not weep for them.
and their widows will not weep for them.
Those that remain of him shall be buried by death, and his widows shall not weep.
Though he heaps up silver like dust
and clothes like piles of clay,
and clothes like piles of clay,
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;
what he lays up the righteous will wear,
and the innocent will divide his silver.
and the innocent will divide his silver.
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on; and the innocent shall divide the silver.
The house he builds is like a moth’s cocoon,
like a hut made by a watchman.
like a hut made by a watchman.
He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a booth that a keeper maketh.
He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more;
when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
He lieth down rich, but will do so no more; he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
Terrors overtake him like a flood;
a tempest snatches him away in the night.
a tempest snatches him away in the night.
Terrors overtake him like waters; a whirlwind stealeth him away in the night.
The east wind carries him off, and he is gone;
it sweeps him out of his place.
it sweeps him out of his place.
The east wind carrieth him away and he is gone; and as a storm it hurleth him out of his place.
It hurls itself against him without mercy
as he flees headlong from its power.
as he flees headlong from its power.
And [God] shall cast upon him and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.