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v1
Then ^[Hebrew “And”] Job again took up his discourse and said,
v2
“As God lives, ^[Literally “The life of God”] he has removed my justice, and Shaddai has made my inner self ^[Or “soul”] bitter.
v3
For as long as ^[Literally “all of still”] my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nose,
v4
my lips surely will not speak falseness, and my tongue surely will not utter deceit.
v5
Far be it from me that I would say that you ^[Plural] are right; ^[Literally “I would declare you as in the right”] until I pass away, I will not put away from me my blamelessness.
v6
I hold fast to my righteousness, and I will not let it go; my heart will not blame any of my days.
v7
“Let my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unrighteous,
v8
for what is the hope of the godless when he cuts them off, when God takes away his life?
v9
Will God hear his cry of distress when distress comes upon him?
v10
Or, in Shaddai will he find delight? Will he call upon God at all times?
v11
“I will teach you ^[Plural] about ^[Or “concerning”] God’s hand; I will not conceal that which is with Shaddai.
v12
Look, you all have seen, and why in the world ^[Literally “why this”] have you become altogether vain? ^[Literally “vain you have become vain”]
v13
“This is the portion of the wicked human being with God, and they receive from Shaddai the inheritance of the ruthless.
v14
If their children multiply, it is for the sword, and his offspring do not have enough to eat. ^[Literally “they are not satisfied with bread”]
v15
Their ^[Hebrew “His”] survivors are buried through ^[Or “because of”] the plague, and their ^[Hebrew “his”] widows do not weep.
v16
If he heaps up silver like the dust and fashions clothing like the clay,
v17
he makes it ready, and the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver.
v18
“He builds his house like the moth, and like a booth that a watchman has made.
v19
He goes to bed with wealth, but ^[Hebrew “and”] he will do so no more; ^[Literally “he will not do again”] he opens his eyes, and it is gone. ^[Literally “it is not”]
v20
Terrors overtake him like the water; a storm wind carries him off in the night.
v21
The east wind lifts him up, and he is gone, and it sweeps him away from his place.
v22
And it hurls at him, and it has no compassion; he will quickly flee from its power.
v23
It claps its hands over him, and it hisses at him from its place.