New International Reader's Version

Job 4:2-13 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

2. "Job, suppose someone tries to talk to you. Will that make you uneasy? I can't keep from speaking up.

3. Look, you taught many people. You made weak hands strong.

4. Your words helped those who had fallen down. You made shaky knees strong.

5. Now trouble comes to you. And you are unhappy about it. It strikes you down. And you are afraid.

6. Shouldn't you worship God and trust in him? Shouldn't your honest life give you hope?

7. "Here's something to think about. Have blameless people ever been wiped out? Have honest people ever been completely destroyed?

8. Here's what I've observed. People gather a crop from what they plant. If they plant evil and trouble, that's what they will harvest.

9. The breath of God destroys them. The blast of his anger wipes them out.

10. Powerful lions might roar and growl. But their teeth are broken.

11. Lions die because they don't have any food. Then their cubs are scattered.

12. "A message came to me in secret. It was as quiet as a whisper.

13. I had a scary dream one night. I was sound asleep.