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Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
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Having waited for Zophar, Job now resumed his defense:
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And Job continued his discourse:
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Moreover Job continued his discourse, and said:
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Job continued speaking:
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As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
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"God--Alive! He's denied me justice! God Almighty! He's ruined my life!
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"As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made me taste bitterness of soul,
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"As God lives, who has taken away my justice, And the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,
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"I make this vow by the living God, who has taken away my rights, by the Almighty who has embittered my soul.
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All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
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But for as long as I draw breath, and for as long as God breathes life into me,
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as long as I have life within me, the breath of God in my nostrils,
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As long as my breath is in me, And the breath of God in my nostrils,
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As long as I live, while I have breath from God,
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My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
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I refuse to say one word that isn't true. I refuse to confess to any charge that's false.
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my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will utter no deceit.
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My lips will not speak wickedness, Nor my tongue utter deceit.
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my lips will speak no evil, and my tongue will speak no lies.
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God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
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There is no way I'll ever agree to your accusations. I'll not deny my integrity even if it costs me my life.
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I will never admit you are in the right; till I die, I will not deny my integrity.
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Far be it from me That I should say you are right; Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
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I will never concede that you are right; until I die, I will defend my innocence.
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My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
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I'm holding fast to my integrity and not loosening my grip--and, believe me, I'll never regret it.
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I will maintain my righteousness and never let go of it; my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live.
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My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go; My heart shall not reproach me as long as I live.
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I will maintain my innocence without wavering. My conscience is clear for as long as I live.
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Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
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"Let my enemy be exposed as wicked! Let my adversary be proven guilty!
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"May my enemies be like the wicked, my adversaries like the unjust!
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"May my enemy be like the wicked, And he who rises up against me like the unrighteous.
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"May my enemy be punished like the wicked, my adversary like evil men.
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For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
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What hope do people without God have when life is cut short? when God puts an end to life?
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For what hope has the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
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For what is the hope of the hypocrite, Though he may gain much, If God takes away his life?
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For what hope do the godless have when God cuts them off and takes away their life?
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Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
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Do you think God will listen to their cry for help when disaster hits?
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Does God listen to his cry when distress comes upon him?
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Will God hear his cry When trouble comes upon him?
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Will God listen to their cry when trouble comes upon them?
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Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
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What interest have they ever shown in the Almighty? Have they ever been known to pray before?
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Will he find delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?
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Will he delight himself in the Almighty? Will he always call on God?
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Can they take delight in the Almighty? Can they call to God at any time?
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I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
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"I've given you a clear account of God in action, suppressed nothing regarding God Almighty.
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"I will teach you about the power of God; the ways of the Almighty I will not conceal.
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"I will teach you about the hand of God; What is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
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"I will teach you about God's power. I will not conceal anything that concerns the Almighty.
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Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
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The evidence is right before you. You can all see it for yourselves, so why do you keep talking nonsense?
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You have all seen this yourselves. Why then this meaningless talk?
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Surely all of you have seen it; Why then do you behave with complete nonsense?
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But I don't need to, for you yourselves have seen all this; yet you are saying all these useless things to me.
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This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
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"I'll quote your own words back to you: This is how God treats the wicked, this is what evil people can expect from God Almighty:
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"Here is the fate God allots to the wicked, the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:
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"This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, received from the Almighty:
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"This is what the wicked will receive from God; this is their inheritance from the Almighty.
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If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
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Their children--all of them--will die violent deaths; they'll never have enough bread to put on the table.
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However many his children, their fate is the sword; his offspring will never have enough to eat.
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If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
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If they have a multitude of children, their children will die in war or starve to death.
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Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
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They'll be wiped out by the plague, and none of the widows will shed a tear when they're gone.
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The plague will bury those who survive him, and their widows will not weep for them.
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Those who survive him shall be buried in death, And their widows shall not weep,
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Those who survive will be brought down to the grave by a plague, with no one to mourn them, not even their wives.
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Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
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Even if they make a lot of money and are resplendent in the latest fashions,
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Though he heaps up silver like dust and clothes like piles of clay,
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Though he heaps up silver like dust, And piles up clothing like clay--
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"Evil people may have all the money in the world, and they may store away mounds of clothing.
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He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
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It's the good who will end up wearing the clothes and the decent who will divide up the money.
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what he lays up the righteous will wear, and the innocent will divide his silver.
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He may pile it up, but the just will wear it, And the innocent will divide the silver.
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But the righteous will wear that clothing, and the innocent will divide all that money.
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He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
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They build elaborate houses that won't survive a single winter.
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The house he builds is like a moth's cocoon, like a hut made by a watchman.
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He builds his house like a moth, Like a booth which a watchman makes.
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The houses built by the wicked are as fragile as a spiderweb, as flimsy as a shelter made of branches.
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The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
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They go to bed wealthy and wake up poor.
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He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
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The rich man will lie down, But not be gathered up; He opens his eyes, And he is no more.
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"The wicked go to bed rich but wake up to find that all their wealth is gone.
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Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
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Terrors pour in on them like flash floods--a tornado snatches them away in the middle of the night,
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Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest snatches him away in the night.
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Terrors overtake him like a flood; A tempest steals him away in the night.
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Terror overwhelms them, and they are blown away in the storms of the night.
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The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
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A cyclone sweeps them up--gone! Not a trace of them left, not even a footprint.
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The east wind carries him off, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.
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The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; It sweeps him out of his place.
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The east wind carries them away, and they are gone. It sweeps them away.
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For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
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Catastrophes relentlessly pursue them; they run this way and that, but there's no place to hide--
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It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.
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It hurls against him and does not spare; He flees desperately from its power.
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It whirls down on them without mercy. They struggle to flee from its power.
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Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
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Pummeled by the weather, blown to kingdom come by the storm.'
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It claps its hands in derision and hisses him out of his place.
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Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place.
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But everyone jeers at them and mocks them.
