| 1 ¶ Moreover Job continued1 his parable, and said,
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| 2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed2 my soul;
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| 3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit3 of God is in my nostrils;
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| 4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
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| 5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
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| 6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long4 as I live.
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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 hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
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| 9 Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
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| 10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
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| 11 ¶ I will teach you by5 the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
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| 12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
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| 13 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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| 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 in death: and his widows shall not weep.
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| 16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment 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 a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
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| 19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
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| 20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
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| 21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
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| 22 For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he6 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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