New International Reader's Version

Job 22:12-19 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

12. "Isn't God in the highest parts of heaven? See how high the highest stars are!

13. But you still say, 'What does God know? Can he see through the darkest clouds to judge us?

14. He goes around in the highest heavens. Thick clouds keep him from seeing us.'

15. Will you stay on the old path that sinful people have walked on?

16. They were carried off even before they died. Their foundations were washed away by a flood.

17. They said to God, 'Leave us alone! What can you do to us, you Mighty One?'

18. But he was the one who filled their houses with good things. So I don't pay any attention to the advice they give.

19. "Those who do what is right are joyful when they see sinners destroyed. Those who haven't done anything wrong make fun of them.