Let them not trust in emptiness, deceiving themselves; for emptiness will be their recompense.
Job 34:33 - New Revised Standard Version Will he then pay back to suit you, because you reject it? For you must choose, and not I; therefore declare what you know. 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. |
Let them not trust in emptiness, deceiving themselves; for emptiness will be their recompense.
You who tear yourself in your anger— shall the earth be forsaken because of you, or the rock be removed out of its place?
If you have anything to say, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify you.
Answer me, if you can; set your words in order before me; take your stand.
For according to their deeds he will repay them, and according to their ways he will make it befall them.
Those who have sense will say to me, and the wise who hear me will say,
He snatches away; who can stop him? Who will say to him, ‘What are you doing?’
Whatever the Lord pleases he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps.
These things you have done and I have been silent; you thought that I was one just like yourself. But now I rebuke you, and lay the charge before you.
If the righteous are repaid on earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!
Woe to you who strive with your Maker, earthen vessels with the potter! Does the clay say to the one who fashions it, “What are you making”? or “Your work has no handles”?
And if they refuse to accept the cup from your hand to drink, then you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord of hosts: You must drink!
But who indeed are you, a human being, to argue with God? Will what is molded say to the one who molds it, “Why have you made me like this?”
He considered abuse suffered for the Christ to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to the reward.
For if the message declared through angels was valid, and every transgression or disobedience received a just penalty,