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Then Job continued to lift up his discourse and said,
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"As God lives, who has removed my justice, And the Almighty, who has embittered my soul,
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For as long as breath is in me, And the spirit from God is in my nostrils,
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My lips certainly will not speak unrighteousness, Nor will my tongue utter deceit.
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"Far be it from me that I should declare you right; Till I breathe my last I will not remove my integrity from me.
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"I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go. My heart does not reproach any of my days.
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"May my enemy be as the wicked And the one who rises against me as the unjust.
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"For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, When God requires his soul?
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"Will God hear his cry When distress comes upon him?
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"Will he take delight in the Almighty? Will he call on God at all times?
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"I will instruct you in the power of God; What is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
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"Behold, all of you have seen it; Why then do you speak with utter vanity?
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"This is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the inheritance which the ruthless receive from the Almighty.
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"Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; And his offspring will not be satisfied with bread.
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"His survivors will be buried because of the plague, And their widows will not be able to weep.
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"Though he piles up silver like dust And prepares garments as plentiful as the clay,
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He may prepare it, but the righteous will wear it, And the innocent will divide the silver.
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"He has built his house like the moth, Or as a hut which the watchman has made.
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"He lies down rich, but never again; He opens his eyes, and it is no longer.
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"Terrors overtake him like many waters; A tempest steals him away in the night.
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"The east wind carries him away, and he goes, And it whirls him away from his place.
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"For it will hurl at him without sparing; He will surely try to flee from its power.
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"Men will clap their hands at him And will hiss him from his place.
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(RT65) 1965 revidētais teksts
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(LSB) Legacy Standard Bible
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(KJV) King James Version