Daily Bible GNT September 17 Verses

Job 34 ^1-2You men are so wise, so clever;

listen now to what I am saying.

³You know good food when you taste it,

but not wise words when you hear them.

⁴It is up to us to decide the case.

⁵Job claims that he is innocent,

that God refuses to give him justice.

⁶He asks, "How could I lie and say I am wrong?

I am fatally wounded, but I am sinless."

⁷Have you ever seen anyone like this man Job?

He never shows respect for God.

⁸He likes the company of evil people

and goes around with sinners.

⁹He says that it never does any good

to try to follow God's will.

¹⁰Listen to me, you men who understand!

Will Almighty God do what is wrong?

¹¹He rewards people for what they do

and treats them as they deserve.

¹²Almighty God does not do evil;

he is never unjust to anyone.

¹³Did God get his power from someone else?

Did someone put him in charge of the world?

¹⁴If God took back the breath of life,

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then everyone living would die

and turn into dust again.

¹⁶Now listen to me, if you are wise.

¹⁷Are you condemning the righteous God?

Do you think that he hates justice?

¹⁸God condemns kings and rulers

when they are worthless or wicked.
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²⁰We may suddenly die at night.

God strikes us down and we perish;

he kills the mighty with no effort at all.

This reading is from The Holy Bible, Today's English Version, Second Edition copyright © American Bible Society, 1992;
Old Testament copyright © American Bible Society, 1976, 1992; New Testament © American Bible Society, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1992.

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