New International Reader's Version

Job 33:10-20 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

10. But God has found fault with me. He thinks I'm his enemy.

11. He puts my feet in chains. He watches every step I take.'

12. "But I'm telling you that you aren't right when you talk like that. After all, God is greater than a mere man.

13. Why do you claim that God never answers any of our questions?

14. He speaks in one way and then another. We might not even realize it.

15. He might speak in a dream or in a vision at night. That's when people are sound asleep in their beds.

16. He might speak in their ears. His warnings might terrify them.

17. He warns men in order to turn them away from sinning. He wants to keep them from being proud.

18. He wants to stop them from going down into the grave. He doesn't want them to be killed with swords.

19. Someone might be punished by suffering in bed. The pain in his bones might never go away.

20. He might feel so bad he can't eat anything. He might even hate the finest food.