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| 1 And Job continued his parable and said, |
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| 2 As *God liveth, who hath taken away my right, and the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul, |
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| 3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of +God is in my nostrils, |
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| 4 My lips shall not speak unrighteousness, nor my tongue utter deceit! |
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| 5 Be it far from me that I should justify you; till I die I will not remove my blamelessness from me. |
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| 6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart reproacheth me not one of my days. |
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| 7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous. |
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| 8 For what is the hope of the ungodly, when God cutteth him off, when +God taketh away his soul? |
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| 9 Will *God hear his cry when distress cometh upon him? |
Will God hear – "God heareth not (the prayers of) sinners." (John 9:31) R2024:1
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| 10 Doth he delight himself in the Almighty? will he at all times call upon +God? |
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| 11 I will teach you concerning the hand of *God; what is with the Almighty will I not conceal. |
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| 12 Behold, ye yourselves have all seen it; and why are ye thus altogether vain? |
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| 13 This is the portion of the wicked man with *God, and the heritage of the violent, which they receive from the Almighty: -- |
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| 14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword, and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread; |
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| 15 Those that remain of him shall be buried by death, and his widows shall not weep. |
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| 16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay; |
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| 17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on; and the innocent shall divide the silver. |
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| 18 He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a booth that a keeper maketh. |
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| 19 He lieth down rich, but will do so no more; he openeth his eyes, and he is not. |
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| 20 Terrors overtake him like waters; a whirlwind stealeth him away in the night. |
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| 21 The east wind carrieth him away and he is gone; and as a storm it hurleth him out of his place. |
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| 22 And God shall cast upon him and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand. |
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| 23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place. |
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