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Job’s Final Word to His Friends
And Job continued his discourse:
And Job continued his discourse:
Job Continues: I Will Maintain My Integrity
And Job again took up his discourse, and said:
And Job again took up his discourse, 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 lives, who has taken away my right,
and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,
and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,
as long as I have life within me,
the breath of God in my nostrils,
the breath of God in my nostrils,
as long as my breath is in me,
and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,
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 will not speak falsehood,
and my tongue will not utter deceit.
and my tongue will not 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.
Far be it from me to say that you are right;
till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
till I die I will not put away my integrity 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.
I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go;
my heart does not reproach me for any of my days.
my heart does not reproach me for any of my days.
“May my enemy be like the wicked,
my adversary like the unjust!
my adversary like the unjust!
“Let my enemy be as the wicked,
and let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.
and let him who rises up against me be 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 godless when God cuts him off,
when God takes away his life?
when God takes away his life?
Does God listen to their cry
when distress comes upon them?
when distress comes upon them?
Will God hear his cry
when distress comes upon him?
when distress comes 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?
Will he take delight in the Almighty?
Will he call upon God at all times?
Will he call upon God at all times?
“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 I will not conceal.
what is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
You have all seen this yourselves.
Why then this meaningless talk?
Why then this meaningless talk?
Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves;
why then have you become altogether vain?
why then have you become 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 a wicked man with God,
and the heritage that oppressors receive from the Almighty:
and the heritage that oppressors 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 are multiplied, it is for the sword,
and his descendants have not enough bread.
and his descendants have not enough 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 who survive him the pestilence buries,
and his widows do not weep.
and his widows do 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 like dust,
and pile up clothing like clay,
and pile up clothing like 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 pile it up, but the righteous will wear it,
and the innocent will divide the silver.
and the innocent will 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 builds his house like a moth’s,
like a booth that a watchman makes.
like a booth that a watchman makes.
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 goes to bed rich, but will do so no more;
he opens his eyes, and his wealth is gone.
he opens his eyes, and his wealth is gone.
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 a flood;
in the night a whirlwind carries him off.
in the night a whirlwind carries him off.
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 lifts him up and he is gone;
it sweeps him out of his place.
it sweeps 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.