“But I tell you, you are not right in saying this, because God is greater than we are.
In all this Job did not sin or blame God.
and tell you the secrets of wisdom, because wisdom has two sides. Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.
“Can you understand the secrets of God? Can you search the limits of the Almighty?
His limits are longer than the earth and wider than the sea.
And these are only a small part of God’s works. We only hear a small whisper of him. Who could understand God’s thundering power?”
No, I too will speak and tell what I know.
He does not set a time for people to come before him for judging.
“Do you think this is fair? You say, ‘God will show that I am right,’
“I will answer you and your friends who are with you.
“God is powerful, but he does not hate people; he is powerful and sure of what he wants to do.
“Will the person who argues with the Almighty correct him? Let the person who accuses God answer him.”
God’s wisdom is deep, and his power is great; no one can fight him without getting hurt.
Surely there is not a good person on earth who always does good and never sins.
“Family of Israel, can’t I do the same thing with you?” says the Lord. “You are in my hands like the clay in the potter’s hands.
“But you say, ‘What the Lord does isn’t fair.’ Listen, people of Israel. I am fair. It is what you do that is not fair!