“But your people say, ‘That’s not fair! \{The Lord\} my Master can’t be like that!’
“Job, it is not fair for you to say,\par ‘I am more right than God.’\par
“Job, do you think that I am not fair?\par You say that I am guilty of doing wrong\par so that you will appear innocent!\par
\{God said,\} “You people might say, ‘\{God\} my Master isn’t fair!’ But listen, family of Israel. I am fair. You are the ones who are not fair!
The people of Israel said, “That’s not fair! \{The Lord\} my Master isn’t fair!”
I won’t remember the bad things he did in the past. Why? Because now he lives right and is fair. So he will live!
If a good person stops doing good things and begins to sin, then he will die because of his sins.
“Son of man, {\cf2\super [265]} speak to your people. Say to them, ‘I might bring enemy soldiers to fight against this country. When that happens people choose a man to be the watchman.
But you people still say that I am not fair. But I am telling you the truth. Family of Israel, each person will be judged for the things he does!”