1 And Job continued his discourse:

2 “As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice,

the Almighty, who has made my life bitter,

3 as long as I have life within me,

the breath of God in my nostrils,

4 my lips will not say anything wicked,

and my tongue will not utter lies.

5 I will never admit you are in the right;

till I die, I will not deny my integrity.

6 I will maintain my innocence and never let go of it;

my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live.

7 “May my enemy be like the wicked,

my adversary like the unjust!

1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment;

And the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;

3 All the while my breath is in me,

And the spirit of God is in my nostrils;

4 My lips shall not speak wickedness,

Nor my tongue utter deceit.

5 God forbid that I should justify you:

Till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.

6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go:

My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked,

And he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

1 Job continued speaking:

2 “I vow by the living God, who has taken away my rights,

by the Almighty who has embittered my soul—

3 As long as I live,

while I have breath from God,

4 my lips will speak no evil,

and my tongue will speak no lies.

5 I will never concede that you are right;

I will defend my integrity until I die.

6 I will maintain my innocence without wavering.

My conscience is clear for as long as I live.

7 “May my enemy be punished like the wicked,

my adversary like those who do evil.

1 Moreover Job continued his discourse, and said:

2 “As God lives, who has taken away my justice,

And the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,

3 As long as my breath is in me,

And the breath of God in my nostrils,

4 My lips will not speak wickedness,

Nor my tongue utter deceit.

5 Far be it from me

That I should say you are right;

Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.

6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go;

My heart shall not reproach me as long as I live.

7 “May my enemy be like the wicked,

And he who rises up against me like the unrighteous.

1 And Job continued speaking:

2 “As surely as God lives, who has taken away my rights,

the Almighty, who has made me unhappy,

3 as long as I am alive

and God’s breath of life is in my nose,

4 my lips will not speak evil,

and my tongue will not tell a lie.

5 I will never agree you are right;

until I die, I will never stop saying I am innocent.

6 I will insist that I am right; I will not back down.

My conscience will never bother me.

7 “Let my enemies be like evil people,

my foes like those who are wrong.

1 And Job again took up his parable, and said,

2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my right,

And the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul:

3 (For my life is yet whole in me,

And the spirit of God is in my nostrils);

4 Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness,

Neither shall my tongue utter deceit.

5 Far be it from me that I should justify you:

Till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.

6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go:

My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked,

And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.

1 And Job continued his parable and said, 2 As •God liveth, who hath taken away my right, and the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul, 3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of †God is in my nostrils, 4 My lips shall not speak unrighteousness, nor my tongue utter deceit! 5 Be it far from me that I should justify you; till I die I will not remove my blamelessness from me. 6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart reproacheth me not one of my days.

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

1 Job continued his poems and said, 

2 “I swear an oath 

by God, the one who has taken away my rights, 

by the Almighty, who has made my life bitter: 

3 ‘As long as there is one breath ⸤left⸥ in me 

and God’s breath fills my nostrils, 

4 my lips will not say anything wrong, 

and my tongue will not mumble anything deceitful.’ 

5 It’s unthinkable for me to admit that you are right. 

Until I breathe my last breath, I will never give up my claim of integrity. 

6 I cling to my righteousness and won’t let go. 

My conscience won’t accuse me as long as I live. 

7 “Let my enemy be ⸤treated⸥ like wicked people. 

Let anyone who attacks me be ⸤treated⸥ like unrighteous people. 

1 Job continued his discourse, saying:

2 As God lives, who has deprived me of justice,

and the Almighty who has made me bitter,

3 as long as my breath is still in me

and the breath from God remains in my nostrils,

4 my lips will not speak unjustly,

and my tongue will not utter deceit.

5 I will never affirm that you are right.

I will maintain my integrity until I die.

6 I will cling to my righteousness and never let it go.

My conscience will not accuse me as long as I live!

7 May my enemy be like the wicked

and my opponent like the unjust.

1 Job again took up his discourse and said:

2 “As God lives, who has taken away my right,

and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,

3 as long as my breath is in me

and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,

4 my lips will not speak falsehood,

and my tongue will not utter deceit.

5 Far be it from me to say that you are right;

until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.

6 I hold fast my righteousness, and will not let it go;

my heart does not reproach me for any of my days.

7 “May my enemy be like the wicked,

and may my opponent be like the unrighteous.

1 Then Job again took up his discourse and said,

2 “As God lives, he has removed my justice,

and Shaddai has made my inner self bitter.

3 For as long as my breath is in me,

and the spirit of God is in my nose,

4 my lips surely will not speak falseness,

and my tongue surely will not utter deceit.

5 Far be it from me that I would say that you are right;

until I pass away, I will not put away from me my blamelessness.

6 I hold fast to my righteousness, and I will not let it go;

my heart will not blame any of my days.

7 “Let my enemy be like the wicked

and my opponent like the unrighteous,

1 Job continued to speak. He said,

2 “God hasn’t treated me fairly.

The Mighty One has made my spirit bitter.

You can be sure that God lives.

And here’s something else you can be sure of.

3 As long as I have life

and God gives me breath,

4 my mouth won’t say evil things.

My lips won’t tell lies.

5 I’ll never admit you people are right.

Until I die, I’ll say I’m telling the truth.

6 I’ll continue to say I’m right.

I’ll never let go of that.

I won’t blame myself as long as I live.

7 “May my enemies suffer like sinful people!

May my attackers be punished like those who aren’t fair!

1 Then Job continued his discourse and said,

2 “As God lives, who has taken away my right,

And the Almighty, who has embittered my soul,

3 For as long as life is in me,

And the breath of God is in my nostrils,

4 My lips certainly will not speak unjustly,

Nor will my tongue mutter deceit.

5 “Far be it from me that I should declare you right;

Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.

6 “I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go.

My heart does not reproach any of my days.

7 “May my enemy be as the wicked

And my opponent as the unjust.