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20 Don’t wish for the night to come
    so you can drag people away from their homes.
21 Be careful not to do what is evil.
    You seem to like evil better than suffering!

22 “God is honored because he is so powerful.
    There is no teacher equal to him.

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20 Do not long for the night,(A)
    to drag people away from their homes.[a]
21 Beware of turning to evil,(B)
    which you seem to prefer to affliction.(C)

22 “God is exalted in his power.(D)
    Who is a teacher like him?(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 36:20 The meaning of the Hebrew for verses 18-20 is uncertain.