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Job’s Final Word to His Friends
And Job continued his discourse:
And Job continued his discourse:
Job Affirms His Righteousness
Then Job continued his discourse and said,
Then Job continued 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 embittered my soul,
And the Almighty, who has 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,
For as long as life is in me,
And the breath of God is in my nostrils,
And the breath 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 certainly will not speak unjustly,
Nor will my tongue mutter deceit.
Nor will my tongue mutter 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 that I should declare you 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 any of my days.
My heart does not reproach any 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
“May my enemy be as the wicked
And my opponent as the unjust.
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 he is cut off,
When God requires his life?
When God requires 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 on God at all times?
Will he call on 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 instruct you in the power 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;
Why then do you act foolishly?
Why then do you act foolishly?
“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 from God,
And the inheritance which tyrants receive from the Almighty.
And the inheritance which tyrants 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.
“Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword;
And his descendants will not be satisfied with bread.
And his descendants will 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.
“His survivors will be buried because of the plague,
And their widows will not be able to weep.
And their widows will not be able to weep.
Though he heaps up silver like dust
and clothes like piles of clay,
and clothes like piles of clay,
“Though he piles up silver like dust
And prepares garments as plentiful as the clay,
And prepares garments as plentiful 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 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 has built his house like the spider’s web,
Or as a hut which the watchman has made.
Or as a hut which the watchman has made.
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 lies down rich, but never again;
He opens his eyes, and it is no longer.
He opens his eyes, and it is no longer.
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;
A tempest steals him away in the night.
A tempest steals 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 carries him away, and he is gone,
For it whirls him away from his place.
For it whirls him away from his place.
It hurls itself against him without mercy
as he flees headlong from its power.
as he flees headlong from its power.
“For it will hurl at him without sparing;
He will surely try to flee from its power.
He will surely try to flee from its power.