| New King James Version | New Living Translation |
| 1Moreover Job continued his discourse, and said: | 1Job continued speaking: |
| 2“As God lives, who has taken away my justice, And the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter, | 2“I vow by the living God, who has taken away my rights, by the Almighty who has embittered my soul— |
| 3As long as my breath is in me, And the breath of God in my nostrils, | 3As long as I live, while I have breath from God, |
| 4My lips will not speak wickedness, Nor my tongue utter deceit. | 4my lips will speak no evil, and my tongue will speak no lies. |
| 5Far be it from me That I should say you are right; Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me. | 5I will never concede that you are right; I will defend my integrity until I die. |
| 6My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go; My heart shall not reproach me as long as I live. | 6I will maintain my innocence without wavering. My conscience is clear for as long as I live. |
| 7“May my enemy be like the wicked, And he who rises up against me like the unrighteous. | 7“May my enemy be punished like the wicked, my adversary like those who do evil. |
| 8For what is the hope of the hypocrite, Though he may gain much, If God takes away his life? | 8For what hope do the godless have when God cuts them off and takes away their life? |
| 9Will God hear his cry When trouble comes upon him? | 9Will God listen to their cry when trouble comes upon them? |
| 10Will he delight himself in the Almighty? Will he always call on God? | 10Can they take delight in the Almighty? Can they call to God at any time? |
| 11“I will teach you about the hand of God; What is with the Almighty I will not conceal. | 11I will teach you about God’s power. I will not conceal anything concerning the Almighty. |
| 12Surely all of you have seen it; Why then do you behave with complete nonsense? | 12But you have seen all this, yet you say all these useless things to me. |
| 13“This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, received from the Almighty: | 13“This is what the wicked will receive from God; this is their inheritance from the Almighty. |
| 14If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. | 14They may have many children, but the children will die in war or starve to death. |
| 15Those who survive him shall be buried in death, And their widows shall not weep, | 15Those who survive will die of a plague, and not even their widows will mourn them. |
| 16Though he heaps up silver like dust, And piles up clothing like clay— | 16“Evil people may have piles of money and may store away mounds of clothing. |
| 17He may pile it up, but the just will wear it, And the innocent will divide the silver. | 17But the righteous will wear that clothing, and the innocent will divide that money. |
| 18He builds his house like a moth, Like a booth which a watchman makes. | 18The wicked build houses as fragile as a spider’s web, as flimsy as a shelter made of branches. |
| 19The rich man will lie down, But not be gathered up; He opens his eyes, And he is no more. | 19The wicked go to bed rich but wake to find that all their wealth is gone. |
| 20Terrors overtake him like a flood; A tempest steals him away in the night. | 20Terror overwhelms them like a flood, and they are blown away in the storms of the night. |
| 21The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; It sweeps him out of his place. | 21The east wind carries them away, and they are gone. It sweeps them away. |
| 22It hurls against him and does not spare; He flees desperately from its power. | 22It whirls down on them without mercy. They struggle to flee from its power. |
| 23Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place. | 23But everyone jeers at them and mocks them. |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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