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| 1 And Job again took up his measure, and said:– |
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| 2 As GOD liveth who hath taken away my right, even the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul; |
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| 3 All the while my inspiration is in me, and the spirit of GOD is in my nostrils, |
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| 4 Verily my lips shall not speak perversity, nor shall, my tongue, utter deceit. |
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| 5 Far be it from me! that I should justify, you,–Even until I breathe my last, will I not let go mine integrity from me: |
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| 6 On my righteousness, have I taken fast hold, and will not give it up, My heart shall not reproach any of my days. |
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| 7 Let mine enemy be a veritably lawless one! And, he that lifteth himself up against me, one veritably perverse! |
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| 8 For what shall be the hope of the impious, though he graspeth with greed, when GOD shall draw forth his soul? |
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| 9 His outcry, will GOD hear, when there cometh upon him distress? |
Will God hear – "God heareth not (the prayers of) sinners." (John 9:31) R2024:1
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| 10 Verily, in the Almighty, he will not find delight, nor call on GOD continually! |
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| 11 I would teach you, by the hand of GOD, That which is with the Almighty, will I not conceal. |
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| 12 Lo! ye, have, all of you, seen, Wherefore, then, is it, that ye are utterly without purpose? |
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| 13 This, is the portion of a lawless man with GOD, That, the heritage of tyrants–from the Almighty, he shall receive. |
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| 14 If his children be multiplied, for them, [there is] the sword, and, his offspring, shall not be filled with bread; |
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| 15 His survivors, by pestilence, shall come to the grave, and, his widows, shall not weep; |
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| 16 Though he heap up silver like, dust, and, like a pile, he prepare clothing, |
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| 17 He may prepare, but, the righteous, shall put on, and, the silver, shall the innocent apportion.
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| 18 He hath built, like a moth, his house,–like a hut, which a watcher hath made. |
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| 19 The rich man, shall lie down, and not do it again, his eyes, hath he opened, and then is not. |
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| 20 There shall reach him–like waters–terrors, By night, a storm-wind hath stolen him away; |
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| 21 An east wind shall lift him up, and he shall depart, and it shall sweep him away out of his place; |
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| 22 And He will cast upon him and not spare, Out of his hand, shall he, swiftly flee; |
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| 23 He shall clap over him his hands, and shall hiss him forth out of his place. |
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