But now, Job, you were judged guilty.\par So you were punished like an evil man.\par
But I could encourage you\par and give you hope\par with the things I say.\par
That is why traps are all around you,\par and sudden trouble makes you afraid.\par
That is why it is so dark you can’t see,\par and why a flood of water covers you.\par
No, it is because you have sinned much.\par Job, you never stop sinning!\par
I think Job should be punished even more!\par Why? Because Job answers us\par the way an evil person would answer.\par
“Is there any other person like Job?\par Job does not care if you insult him.\par
Job is friends with bad people.\par Job likes to be with evil people.\par
It is true that evil people will surely be punished. And good people will be made free.
Those people know God’s law. They know God’s law says that people who live like that should die. But they continue to do those wrong things. And they say that people who do those things are doing right.
Then I heard another voice from heaven say: