| 1 | Job again took up his parable, and said, |
| 2 | 'As God lives, who has taken away my right, The Almighty, who has made my soul bitter. |
| 3 | (For the length of my life is still in me, And the spirit of God is in my nostrils); |
| 4 | Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, Neither shall my tongue utter deceit. |
| 5 | Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me. |
| 6 | I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live. |
| 7 | 'Let my enemy be as the wicked, Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous. |
| 8 | For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, When God takes away his life? |
| 9 | Will God hear his cry, When trouble comes on him? |
| 10 | Will he delight himself in the Almighty, And call on God at all times? |
| 11 | I will teach you about the hand of God. That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal. |
| 12 | Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; Why then have you become altogether vain? |
| 13 | 'This is the portion of a wicked man with God, The heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty. |
| 14 | If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword. His offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. |
| 15 | Those who remain of him shall be buried in death. His widows shall make no lamentation. |
| 16 | Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare clothing as the clay; |
| 17 | He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, And the innocent shall divide the silver. |
| 18 | He builds his house as the moth, As a booth which the watchman makes. |
| 19 | He lies down rich, but he shall not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not. |
| 20 | Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest steals him away in the night. |
| 21 | The east wind carries him away, and he departs; It sweeps him out of his place. |
| 22 | For it hurls at him, and does not spare, As he flees away from his hand. |
| 23 | Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place. |