But now, Job, you were judged guilty.\par So you were punished like an evil man.\par
Proverbs 11:21 - Easy To Read Version It is true that evil people will surely be punished. And good people will be made free. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: But the seed of the righteous shall be delivered. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Assuredly [I pledge it] the wicked shall not go unpunished, but the multitude of the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall be delivered. American Standard Version (1901) Though hand join in hand, the evil man shall not be unpunished; But the seed of the righteous shall be delivered. Common English Bible The evil person will surely not go unpunished, but the children of the righteous will escape. Catholic Public Domain Version Hand in hand, the evil shall not be innocent. But the offspring of the just shall be saved. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Hand in hand the evil man shall not be innocent: but the seed of the just shall be saved. |
But now, Job, you were judged guilty.\par So you were punished like an evil man.\par
A good man gives freely to other people.\par And a good man’s children are a blessing.\par
“Don’t do something just because everyone else is doing it. If a group of people are doing wrong, don’t join them. You must not let those people persuade you to do wrong things—you must do what is right and fair.
“Be very careful if you say that a person is guilty of something. Don’t make false charges against a person. Never allow an innocent person to be killed as punishment for something he did not do. Any person who kills an innocent man is evil, and I will not pardon (forgive) that person.
The Lord hates people that love to do evil. But he is happy with people that try to do right.
If a woman is beautiful but foolish, it is the same as a beautiful gold ring in a pig’s nose.
Good people will be kept safe by the Lord. But evil people will have many troubles.
A good person will have wealth to give to his children and grandchildren. And in the end, good people will get all the things that evil people have.
The Lord hates every person who thinks that he is better than other people. The Lord will surely punish all those proud people.
I am not angry.\par But if there is war and someone builds\par a wall of thorn bushes, {\cf2\super [249]} \par then I will march to it and burn it.\par
I will give those people the desire to be truly one people. They will have one goal—they will truly want to worship me all their lives. They will truly want to do this, and so will their children.
Many of the women of Judah that lived in Egypt were making sacrifices to other gods. Their husbands knew it, but didn’t stop them. There was a large group of people of Judah meeting together. They were the people of Judah that were living in southern Egypt. The husbands of those women that were making sacrifices to other gods said to Jeremiah,
This promise is for you. It is also for your children and for the people that are far away. It is for every person that the Lord our God calls to himself.”