Good News Translation GNT
World English Bible WEB
1 Call out, Job. See if anyone answers. Is there any angel to whom you can turn?
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"Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 To worry yourself to death with resentment would be a foolish, senseless thing to do.
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For resentment kills the foolish man, And jealousy kills the simple.
3 I have seen fools who looked secure, but I called down a sudden curse on their homes.
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I have seen the foolish taking root, But suddenly I cursed his habitation.
4 Their children can never find safety; no one stands up to defend them in court.
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His children are far from safety, They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,
5 Hungry people will eat the fool's crops - even the grain growing among thorns - and thirsty people will envy his wealth.
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Whose harvest the hungry eats up, And take it even out of the thorns; The snare gapes for their substance.
6 Evil does not grow in the soil, nor does trouble grow out of the ground.
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For affliction doesn't come forth from the dust, Neither does trouble spring out of the ground;
7 No indeed! We bring trouble on ourselves, as surely as sparks fly up from a fire.
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But man is born to trouble, As the sparks fly upward.
8 If I were you, I would turn to God and present my case to him.
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"But as for me, I would seek God, To God would I commit my cause;
9 We cannot understand the great things he does, and to his miracles there is no end.
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Who does great things that can't be fathomed, Marvelous things without number;
10 He sends rain on the land and he waters the fields.
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Who gives rain on the earth, And sends waters on the fields;
11 Yes, it is God who raises the humble and gives joy to all who mourn.
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So that he sets up on high those who are low, Those who mourn are exalted to safety.
12 He upsets the plans of cunning people, and traps the wise in their own schemes, so that nothing they do succeeds;
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He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands can't perform their enterprise.
14 even at noon they grope in darkness.
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They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night.
15 But God saves the poor from death; he saves the needy from oppression.
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But he saves from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
16 He gives hope to the poor and silences the wicked.
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So the poor has hope, And injustice shuts her mouth.
17 Happy is the person whom God corrects! Do not resent it when he rebukes you.
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"Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.
18 God bandages the wounds he makes; his hand hurts you, and his hand heals.
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For he wounds, and binds up; He injures, and his hands make whole.
19 Time after time he will save you from harm;
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He will deliver you in six troubles; Yes, in seven there shall no evil touch you.
20 when famine comes, he will keep you alive, and in war protect you from death.
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In famine he will redeem you from death; In war, from the power of the sword.
21 God will rescue you from slander; he will save you when destruction comes.
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You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, Neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes.
22 You will laugh at violence and hunger and not be afraid of wild animals.
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At destruction and famine you shall laugh, Neither shall you be afraid of the animals of the earth.
23 The fields you plow will be free of rocks; wild animals will never attack you.
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For you shall be in league with the stones of the field. The animals of the field shall be at peace with you.
24 Then you will live at peace in your tent; when you look at your sheep, you will find them safe.
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You shall know that your tent is in peace. You shall visit your fold, and shall miss nothing.
25 You will have as many children as there are blades of grass in a pasture.
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You shall know also that your seed shall be great, Your offspring as the grass of the earth.
26 Like wheat that ripens till harvest time, you will live to a ripe old age.
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You shall come to your grave in a full age, Like a shock of grain comes in its season.
27 Job, we have learned this by long study. It is true, so now accept it.
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Look this, we have searched it, so it is; Hear it, and know it for your good."
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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