Job 36:10 - Easy To Read Version God will force those people\par to listen to his warning.\par He will command them to stop sinning.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He openeth also their ear to discipline, And commandeth that they return from iniquity. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He also opens their ears to instruction and discipline, and commands that they return from iniquity. American Standard Version (1901) He openeth also their ear to instruction, And commandeth that they return from iniquity. Common English Bible He opens their ears with discipline and commands them to turn from wrong. Catholic Public Domain Version Likewise, he will open their ears to his correction, and he will speak to them, so that they may return from iniquity. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He also shall open their ear, to correct them: and shall speak, that they may return from iniquity. |
The Lord used every prophet and every seer [205] to warn Israel and Judah. The Lord said, “Turn away from the evil things you do! Obey my commands and laws. Follow all the Law that I gave to your ancestors. [206] I used my servants the prophets to give this law to you.”
But God will humble people\par from their troubles.\par God uses those troubles\par to make people wake up\par and listen to him.\par
Job, you have suffered a lot.\par But don’t choose evil.\par Be careful not to do wrong.\par
Lord, you made me understand this: {\cf2\super [250]} \par You don’t really want\par sacrifices {\cf2\super [251]} and grain offerings.\par You don’t really want\par burnt offerings and sin offerings.\par
“But even then,\par you didnt listen to me!\par You didn‘t learn anything!\par You refused to listen to anything\par I told you.\par I have known since the beginning\par that you would be against me.\par You have rebelled against me\par from the time you were born.\par
The Lord my Master helps me learn, and I have not turned against him. I will not stop following him.
Israel, you fell and sinned against God. So come back to the Lord your God.
But every person and every animal must be covered with a special cloth \{to show he is sad\}. People must cry loudly to God. Every person must change his life and stop doing bad things.
I tell you these things so you will learn a lesson. I want you to fear and respect me. If you do this, then your home won’t be destroyed. If you do this, then I won’t have to punish you the way I planned.” But those bad people only wanted to do more of the same bad things they had already done!
You must do the things that show that you have really changed your hearts and lives.
There was a woman named Lydia from the city of Thyatira. Her job was selling purple cloth. She worshiped the true God. Lydia listened to Paul. The Lord opened her heart. She believed the things Paul said.
In the past, people did not understand God, but God ignored this. But now, God tells every person in the world to change his heart and life.
So you must change your hearts and lives! Come back to God and he will forgive your sins.
Come near to God and God will come near to you. You are sinners. So clean sin out of your lives. {\cf2\super [23]} You are trying to follow God and the world at the same time. Make your thinking pure.