The evil person should not fool himself\par when he trusts worthless things.\par Why? He will get nothing.\par
Job 34:33 - Easy To Read Version “Job, you want God to reward you.\par But you refuse to change.\par Job, it is your decision, not mine.\par Tell me what you think.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Should it be according to thy mind? He will recompense it, whether thou refuse, Or whether thou choose; and not I: Therefore speak what thou knowest. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Should [God's] recompense [for your sins] be as you will it, when you refuse to accept it? For you must do the choosing, and not I; therefore say what is your truthful conclusion. American Standard Version (1901) Shall his recompense be as thou wilt, that thou refusest it? For thou must choose, and not I: Therefore speak what thou knowest. Common English Bible Will he repay you because you reject sin, for you must choose, not I; declare what you know. Catholic Public Domain Version Does God require this of you because it is displeasing to you? For you were the first to speak, and not I. But if you know something better, speak. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Doth God require it of thee, because it hath displeased thee? For thou begannest to speak, and not I: but if thou know any thing better, speak. |
The evil person should not fool himself\par when he trusts worthless things.\par Why? He will get nothing.\par
Job, your anger is only hurting yourself.\par Should people leave the earth\par just for you?\par Do you think God will move mountains\par just to satisfy you?\par
But Job, if you want to disagree with me,\par then go ahead and talk.\par Tell me your argument,\par because I want to correct you.\par
Job, listen to me,\par and answer me if you can.\par Get your answers ready,\par so you can argue with me.\par
God will pay a person back\par for the things that person has done.\par God gives people what they deserve.\par
I (God) owe no person anything.\par Everything under heaven belongs to me. {\cf2\super [102]} \par
If God takes something away,\par no one can stop him.\par No one can say to him,\par ‘What are you doing?’\par
The Lord does anything he wants,\par in heaven and earth,\par in the seas and deep oceans.\par
You did these bad things,\par and I said nothing.\par So you thought\par that I was just like you.\par Well, I won’t be quiet any longer!\par I will make it very clear to you,\par and I will criticize you to your face!\par
“Look at these people! They are arguing with the One who made them. Look at them argue with me! They are like pieces of clay from a broken pot. A man uses soft, wet clay to make a pot. And the clay does not ask, ‘Man, what are you doing?’ Things that are made don’t have the power to question the one who makes them. \{People are like this clay.\}
“Those people will refuse to take the cup from your hand. They will refuse to drink it. But you will say to them, ‘The Lord All-Powerful says these things: You will indeed drink from this cup!
“Who has ever given God anything?\par God owes nothing to any person.”\par \i (Job 41:11)\i0 \par
\{Don’t ask that.\} You are only people. And people have no right to question God. A clay jar does not question the man that made it. The jar does not say, “Why did you make me like this?”
Moses thought that it was better to suffer for the Christ {\cf2\super [151]} than to have all the treasures of Egypt. Moses was waiting for the reward \{that God would give him\}.
The teaching (the law) that God spoke through angels was shown to be true. And every time the \{Jewish\} people did something against that teaching they were punished for what they did. They were punished when they did not obey that teaching.