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Job 8:3

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

God is always fair. God All-Powerful does what is right.

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You must fear the Lord. Protect justice and do what is right because the Lord our God is fair. He does not treat some people as if they are more important than others, and he does not accept bribes to change his judgments.”

“The Lord is the Rock, and his work is perfect! Yes, all his ways are right! God is true and faithful. He is good and honest.

Surely you would not destroy the city. You would not destroy fifty good people to kill those who are evil. If that happened, those who are good would be the same as those who are evil—both would be punished. As the judge of the whole world, surely you would do the right thing!”

The Lord kept the terrible things ready for us—he made them happen to us. The Lord our God did this because he is fair in everything he does. But we still have not listened to him.

And I heard the altar say, “Yes, Lord God All-Powerful, your judgments are true and right.”

They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are the things you do, Lord God All-Powerful. Right and true are your ways, Ruler of the nations.

But you are so stubborn! You refuse to change. So you are making your own punishment greater and greater. You will be punished on the day when God will show his anger. On that day everyone will see how right God is to judge people.

You still say that I am not fair, but I am telling you the truth. Family of Israel, everyone will be judged for what they do!”

“But your people say, ‘That’s not fair! The Lord cannot be like that!’ “But they are the people who are not fair! They are the people who must change!

“You people might say, ‘The Lord isn’t fair!’ But listen, family of Israel. I am fair. You are the ones who are not fair!

You are the powerful King who loves justice. You have made things right. You have brought goodness and fairness to Jacob.

Your kingdom is built on truth and justice. Love and faithfulness are servants before your throne.

“Are you trying to show that I am unfair? Are you trying to look innocent by saying that I am guilty?

“You wanted to argue with God All-Powerful. You wanted to correct me and prove that I was wrong. So give me your answer!”

God will not listen to their worthless begging. God All-Powerful will not pay attention to them.

Job says, ‘I am innocent, and God is not being fair to me.

Let them see their own punishment. Let them feel the anger of God All-Powerful.

And they say, ‘Who is God All-Powerful? We don’t need to serve him! It will not help to pray to him!’

I shout, ‘He hurt me!’ but get no answer. No one hears my cry for fairness.

Do you enjoy hurting me? Do you enjoy ignoring me while smiling at what evil people say?

“Of course, I know that this is true. But how can a human being win an argument with God?

‘A person cannot be more right than God. People cannot be more pure than their Maker.

I will share my knowledge with everyone. I will prove that my Maker is right.

No one can tell him what to do. No one can say, ‘God, you have done wrong.’

We have seen that God All-Powerful really is all powerful! But he is just and never treats anyone unfairly.

I want you to know it was God who did this. He set this trap for me.




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