Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; for emptiness will be his recompense.
Job 34:33 - Revised Standard Version Will he then make requital 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 him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; for emptiness will be his recompense.
You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for 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 the work of a man he will requite him, and according to his ways he will make it befall him.
Men of understanding will say to me, and the wise man who hears me will say:
Who has given to me, that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine.
Behold, he snatches away; who can hinder him? Who will say to him, ‘What doest thou?’
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 like yourself. But now I rebuke you, and lay the charge before you.
If the righteous is requited on earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!
“Woe to him who strives with his Maker, an earthen vessel with the potter! Does the clay say to him 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 are you, a man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me thus?”
He considered abuse suffered for the Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he looked to the reward.
For if the message declared by angels was valid and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution,