Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version

Job 31:15-31 Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version (ETR)

15. The one who made me in my mother’s womb also made them. God shaped us all inside our mothers.

16. “I have never refused to help the poor. I always gave widows what they needed.

17. I have never been selfish with my food. I shared what I had with orphans.

18. All my life I have been like a father to orphans and have taken care of widows.

19. Whenever I found people suffering because they didn’t have clothes or saw a poor man with no coat,

20. I always gave them something to wear. I used the wool from my own sheep to make them warm. And they thanked me with all their heart.

21. I never threatened an orphan, even when I knew I had support in court.

22. If I ever did that, may my arm be pulled from its socket and fall from my shoulder!

23. But I didn’t do any of these bad things. I fear God’s punishment too much. His majesty scares me.

24. “I have never trusted in riches. I never said even to pure gold, ‘You are my hope.’

25. I have been wealthy, but that didn’t make me proud. I earned a lot of money, but that is not what made me happy.

26. I have never worshiped the bright sun or the beautiful moon.

27. I was never foolish enough to worship the sun and the moon.

28. This is also a sin that must be punished. If I had worshiped them, I would have been unfaithful to God All-Powerful.

29. “I have never been happy when my enemies were destroyed. I have never laughed at my enemies when bad things happened to them.

30. I have never let my mouth sin by cursing my enemies and wishing for them to die.

31. The people in my house know that I have never let anyone go hungry.