1Job went on with his speech, and said:
2"As surely as God lives, who has taken away my right, and as the Almighty lives, who has made my soul bitter,"
3"as long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,"
4"my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not tell lies."
5"Far be it from me to say that you are right. Until I die I will not let go of my integrity."
6"I hold tight to my righteousness, and I will not let it go. My heart will not accuse me as long as I live."
7"Let my enemy be like the wicked, and the one who rises up against me like the unrighteous."
8"For what hope has the hypocrite, though he has gained much, when God takes away his soul?"
9"Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him?"
10"Will he delight himself in the Almighty? Will he call on God at all times?"
11"I will teach you by the hand of God. I will not hide what is with the Almighty."
12"Look, you have all seen it yourselves. Why then are you altogether empty?"
13"This is the portion that a wicked man has from God, and the inheritance that oppressors receive from the Almighty."
14"If his children grow many, it is for the sword, and his offspring will not have enough bread."
15"Those of his people who are left will be buried by death, and his widows will not weep."
16"Though he piles up silver like dust, and gets clothes ready like heaps of clay,"
17"he may get them ready, but the just will wear them, and the innocent will divide the silver."
18"He builds his house like a moth, like a hut that a watchman makes."
19"The rich man lies down, but he will not be gathered. He opens his eyes, and he is gone."
20"Terrors take hold of him like floods of water. In the night a storm carries him off."
21"The east wind lifts him up, and he is gone. It sweeps him out of his place."
22"For God will hurl things at him and not spare him. He would gladly flee from his hand."
23"People will clap their hands at him, and will hiss him out of his place."