Job Affirms his Integrity

1Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

2[As] God liveth, [who] hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, [who] hath vexed my soul;

3All the while my breath [is] in me, and the spirit eloahh {el-o'-ah) -- God, god">of God [is] in my nostrils;

4My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

5God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.

6My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach [me] so long as I live.

The State of the Godless

7Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

8For what [is] the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, eloahh {el-o'-ah) -- God, god">when God taketh away his soul?

9Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?

10Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call eloahh {el-o'-ah) -- God, god">upon God?

11I will teach you by the hand of God: [that] which [is] with the Almighty will I not conceal.

12Behold, all ye yourselves have seen [it]; why then are ye thus altogether vain?

13This [is] the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, [which] they shall receive of the Almighty.

14If his children be multiplied, [it is] for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

15Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.

16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;

17He may prepare [it], but the just shall put [it] on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

18He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth [that] the keeper maketh.

19The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he [is] not.

20Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

21The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.

22For [God] shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

23[Men] shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.