Job 36:5-15

Good News Translation

⁵ How strong God is! He despises no one;
    there is nothing he doesn't understand.
⁶ He does not let sinners live on,
    and he always treats the poor with justice.
⁷ He protects those who are righteous;
    he allows them to rule like kings
    and lets them be honored forever.
⁸ But if people are bound in chains,
    suffering for what they have done,
⁹     God shows them their sins and their pride.
¹⁰ He makes them listen to his warning
    to turn away from evil.
¹¹ If they obey God and serve him,
    they live out their lives in peace and prosperity.
¹² But if not, they will die in ignorance
    and cross the stream into the world of the dead.

¹³ Those who are godless keep on being angry,
    and even when punished, they don't pray for help.
¹⁴ They die while they are still young,
    worn out by a life of disgrace.
¹⁵ But God teaches people through suffering
    and uses distress to open their eyes.