New International Reader's Version

Job 36:8-15 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

8. But some people are held by chains. They are tied up with painful ropes.

9. God tells them what they've done. He tells them they've become proud and sinned against him.

10. He makes them listen when he corrects them. He commands them to turn away from the evil things they've done.

11. If they obey him and serve him, they'll enjoy a long and happy life. Things will go well with them.

12. But if they don't listen to him, they'll be killed with swords. They'll die because they didn't want to know anything about him.

13. "Those whose hearts are ungodly are always angry. Even when God puts them in chains, they don't cry out for help.

14. They die while they are still young. They die among the male prostitutes at the temples.

15. But God saves suffering people while they are suffering. He speaks to them while they are hurting.