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1. Job continued his answer:
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1. Moreover H3254 Job H347 continued H5375 his parable H4912 , and said H559 ,
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2. "God All-Powerful has been unfair to me; he has made my life bitter. But I swear by his life,
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2. As God H410 liveth H2416 , who hath taken away H5493 my judgment H4941 ; and the Almighty H7706 , who hath vexed H4843 my soul H5315 ;
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3. as long as I have life in me, as long as breath from God is in my nostrils,
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3. All H3605 the while H5750 my breath H5397 is in me , and the spirit H7307 of God H433 is in my nostrils H639 ;
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4. I will not be a hypocrite. I will not lie.
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4. My lips H8193 shall not H518 speak H1696 wickedness H5766 , nor H518 my tongue H3956 utter H1897 deceit H7423 .
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5. You will never hear me say you men are right! Until the day I die I will not be untrue to myself.
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5. God forbid H2486 that H518 I should justify H6663 you: till H5704 I die H1478 I will not H3808 remove H5493 mine integrity H8538 from H4480 me.
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6. I will hold on to my innocence and never let go! My conscience will always be clear!
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6. My righteousness H6666 I hold fast H2388 , and will not H3808 let it go H7503 : my heart H3824 shall not H3808 reproach H2778 me so long as I live H4480 H3117 .
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7. May my enemies be punished like those who are evil. May those who stood against me end up like all who have done wrong.
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7. Let mine enemy H341 be H1961 as the wicked H7563 , and he that riseth up against H6965 me as the unrighteous H5767 .
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8. What hope do people without God have when it is time to die, when God takes their life away?
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8. For H3588 what H4100 is the hope H8615 of the hypocrite H2611 , though H3588 he hath gained H1214 , when H3588 God H433 taketh away H7953 his soul H5315 ?
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9. When they have troubles and cry out for help, God will not listen to them!
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9. Will God H410 hear H8085 his cry H6818 when H3588 trouble H6869 cometh H935 upon H5921 him?
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10. It will be too late for them to enjoy talking with God All-Powerful. They should have prayed to God all the time.
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10. Will he delight himself H6026 in H5921 the Almighty H7706 ? will he always H3605 H6256 call upon H7121 God H433 ?
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11. "I will teach you about God's power. I will not hide anything about God All-Powerful.
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11. I will teach H3384 you by the hand H3027 of God H410 : that which H834 is with H5973 the Almighty H7706 will I not H3808 conceal H3582 .
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12. But you have seen it all with your own eyes. So why do you say such useless things?
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12. Behold H2005 , all H3605 ye yourselves H859 have seen H2372 it ; why H4100 then are ye thus H2088 altogether H1892 vain H1891 ?
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13. "Here is what God has planned for those who are evil. This is what cruel people will get from God All-Powerful.
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13. This H2088 is the portion H2506 of a wicked H7563 man H120 with H5973 God H410 , and the heritage H5159 of oppressors H6184 , which they shall receive H3947 of the Almighty H4480 H7706 .
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14. They may have many children, but all of them will be killed in war. Or their children will not have enough to eat.
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14. If H518 his children H1121 be multiplied H7235 , it is for H3926 the sword H2719 : and his offspring H6631 shall not H3808 be satisfied H7646 with bread H3899 .
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15. All those who are left will die, and the widows will not even cry for them.
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15. Those that remain H8300 of him shall be buried H6912 in death H4194 : and his widows H490 shall not H3808 weep H1058 .
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16. Evil people collect silver as easily as dirt. They may have so many clothes that they are like piles of clay.
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16. Though H518 he heap up H6651 silver H3701 as the dust H6083 , and prepare H3559 raiment H4403 as the clay H2563 ;
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17. But their piles of clothes will be worn by those who have lived right. All that silver will be given to those who have done no wrong.
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17. He may prepare H3559 it , but the just H6662 shall put it on H3847 , and the innocent H5355 shall divide H2505 the silver H3701 .
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18. Evil people might build houses, but they will not last long. They will be like a spider's web or a guard's tent.
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18. He buildeth H1129 his house H1004 as a moth H6211 , and as a booth H5521 that the keeper H5341 maketh H6213 .
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19. They might be rich when they go to bed, but when they open their eyes, all their riches will be gone.
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19. The rich man H6223 shall lie down H7901 , but he shall not H3808 be gathered H622 : he openeth H6491 his eyes H5869 , and he is not H369 .
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20. Terrible fears will come over them like a flood, like a storm in the night that blows everything away.
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20. Terrors H1091 take hold H5381 on him as waters H4325 , a tempest H5492 stealeth him away H1589 in the night H3915 .
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21. The east wind will carry them away, and they will be gone. The storm will sweep them out of their homes.
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21. The east wind H6921 carrieth him away H5375 , and he departeth H1980 : and as a storm hurleth H8175 him out of his place H4480 H4725 .
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22. They may try to run away from the power of the storm, but it will come down on them without mercy.
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22. For God shall cast H7993 upon H5921 him , and not H3808 spare H2550 : he would fain flee H1272 H1272 out of his hand H4480 H3027 .
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23. It will sound like it is clapping its hands as they run away. It will whistle at them as they run from their homes."
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23. Men shall clap H5606 their hands H3709 at H5921 him , and shall hiss H8319 H5921 him out of his place H4480 H4725 .
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