¹Then Job went further in expounding his argument and said,

²“As God lives,

Who has taken my justice away,

And the Almighty,

Who has embittered my feelings,

³As long as my breath is in me,

And the spirit of God is in my nostrils,

⁴My lips shall certainly not speak wickedness,

And my tongue shall certainly not utter deceit.

⁵Far be it from me to justify you.

I will not renounce my integrity

Before I expire.

⁶I have held on to my righteousness,

And I will not relent on it.

My heart shall not reproach me

In all my days.

⁷Let my enemy be declared wicked,

And my opponent unjust.

⁸For what is the hope of the profane

If he has made unjust gain,

If God is indifferent to his life?

⁹Will God hear his cry

When adversity comes upon him?

¹⁰Will he delight 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 that which is with the Almighty.

¹²Behold, all of you have seen it.

Why then do you act so very vainly?

¹³This is the portion of the wicked man with God,

And the inheritance which tyrants receive from the Almighty.

¹⁴If his sons become numerous,

They will be destined for the sword,

And his offspring will not be satisfied with bread.

¹⁵Those who survive him will be buried in death,

And his widowed daughters-in-law will not weep.

¹⁶If he heaps up silver like dust

And prepares luxury clothing like clay,

¹⁷He may prepare it,

But the righteous man will wear it,

And the innocent will divide the silver.

¹⁸He builds a house like the moth,

And as a booth which a guard makes.

¹⁹The rich man lies down

But is not reunited with his forefathers;

He opens his eyes,

And his wealth has gone.

²⁰Every terror will overtake him like water;

At night a whirlwind will steal him away.

²¹The east wind will bear him away,

And away he will go,

And a storm will sweep him from his place.

²²For he will cast terrors on him,

And he will not spare.

He will certainly want to flee from his hand.

²³He will clap his hands at him

And hiss him away from his place.