Job 36:13-21

New Living Translation

¹³ For the godless are full of resentment.
    Even when he punishes them,
    they refuse to cry out to him for help.
¹⁴ They die when they are young,
    after wasting their lives in immoral living.
¹⁵ But by means of their suffering, he rescues those who suffer.
    For he gets their attention through adversity.

¹⁶ “God is leading you away from danger, Job,
    to a place free from distress.
    He is setting your table with the best food.
¹⁷ But you are obsessed with whether the godless will be judged.
    Don’t worry, judgment and justice will be upheld.
¹⁸ But watch out, or you may be seduced by wealth.^[a]
    Don’t let yourself be bribed into sin.
¹⁹ Could all your wealth^[b]
    or all your mighty efforts
    keep you from distress?
²⁰ Do not long for the cover of night,
    for that is when people will be destroyed.^[c]
21 Be on guard! Turn back from evil,
    for God sent this suffering
    to keep you from a life of evil.