New English Translation

Job 22:17-20 New English Translation (NET)

17. They were saying to God, ‘Turn away from us,’and ‘What can the Almighty do to us?’

18. But it was he who filled their houses with good things – yet the counsel of the wickedwas far from me.

19. The righteous see their destruction and rejoice;the innocent mock them scornfully, saying,

20. ‘Surely our enemies are destroyed,and fire consumes their wealth.’