Study Desk

If you have anything to say, answer me. Speak, for I want to make you right with God.

For Job has said, ‘I am right and good, but God has taken away my right.

For he has said, ‘A man gets nothing by trying to please God.'

"So listen to me, you men of understanding. Far be it from God to do what is sinful, and from the All-powerful to do wrong.

For sure God will not do wrong. The All-powerful will not turn what is right into sin.

For God does not need to set a time for man to go before Him and be judged.

God punishes them for their sin where everyone can see them.

So men without God should not rule and should not be a trap for the people.

"For has any one said to God, ‘I have suffered punishment, and will not cause any more trouble?

Will God ask what you want to do, when you will not do what He says? You must decide, and not I. So tell what you know.

To his sin he adds a strong will against God. Making fun he claps his hands among us, and speaks many words against God.'"

"Do you think this is right? Do you say, ‘I am more right than God'?

If you have sinned, what does that do to God? If you have done many wrongs, what does that do to Him?

But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs in the night,

For sure God will not listen to an empty cry. The All-powerful will not do anything about it.

And now, because God has not punished in His anger, and does not watch for sin,

"Wait for me a little longer, and I will show you that there is yet more to be said for God.

"See, God is powerful, but does not hate anyone. He is powerful in strength of understanding.

"But those who do not know God keep anger in their heart. They do not cry for help when He puts them in chains.

See, God is honored in His power. Who is a teacher like Him?