Job 22:4-11

New International Reader's Version

⁴ “You say you have respect for him.
    Is that why he corrects you?
    Is that why he brings charges against you?
⁵ Haven’t you done many evil things?
    Don’t you sin again and again?
⁶ You took clothes away from your relatives
    just because they owed you some money.
    You left them naked for no reason at all.
⁷ You didn’t give any water to people who were tired.
    You held food back from those who were hungry.
⁸ You did it even though you were honored and powerful.
    You owned land and lived on it.
⁹ But you sent widows away without anything.
    You mistreated children whose fathers had died.
¹⁰ That’s why traps have been set all around you.
    That’s why sudden danger terrifies you.
¹¹ That’s why it’s so dark you can’t even see.
    That’s why a flood covers you up.