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1. Having waited for Zophar, Job now resumed his defense:
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1. Moreover H3254 Job H347 continued H5375 his parable H4912 , and said H559 ,
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2. "God-Alive! He's denied me justice! God Almighty! He's ruined my 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. But for as long as I draw breath, and for as long as God breathes life into me,
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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 refuse to say one word that isn't true. I refuse to confess to any charge that's false.
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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. There is no way I'll ever agree to your accusations. I'll not deny my integrity even if it costs me my life.
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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'm holding fast to my integrity and not loosening my grip-- and, believe me, I'll never regret it.
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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. "Let my enemy be exposed as wicked! Let my adversary be proven guilty!
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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 life is cut short? when God puts an end to life?
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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. Do you think God will listen to their cry for help when disaster hits?
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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. What interest have they ever shown in the Almighty? Have they ever been known to pray before?
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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've given you a clear account of God in action, suppressed nothing regarding God Almighty.
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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. The evidence is right before you. You can all see it for yourselves, so why do you keep talking nonsense?
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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. "I'll quote your own words back to you: "'This is how God treats the wicked, this is what evil people can expect from God Almighty:
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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. Their children--all of them--will die violent deaths; they'll never have enough bread to put on the table.
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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. They'll be wiped out by the plague, and none of the widows will shed a tear when they're gone.
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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. Even if they make a lot of money and are resplendent in the latest fashions,
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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. It's the good who will end up wearing the clothes and the decent who will divide up the money.
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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. They build elaborate houses that won't survive a single winter.
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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 go to bed wealthy and wake up poor.
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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. Terrors pour in on them like flash floods-- a tornado snatches them away in the middle of the night,
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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. A cyclone sweeps them up--gone! Not a trace of them left, not even a footprint.
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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. Catastrophes relentlessly pursue them; they run this way and that, but there's no place to hide--
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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. Pummeled by the weather, blown to kingdom come by the storm.'
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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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