Job 36:21
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Be careful not to turn to iniquity, for this you have preferred to affliction.
In context
19 Can your wealth or all your mighty effort keep you from distress?
20 Do not long for the night, when people vanish from their homes.
21 Be careful not to turn to iniquity, for this you have preferred to affliction.
22 Behold, God is exalted in His power. Who is a teacher like Him?
23 Who has appointed His way for Him, or told Him, ‘You have done wrong’?
Job 36:21 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Be careful not to turn to iniquity, for this you have preferred to affliction.
- KJV King James Version
- Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
- WEB World English Bible
- Take heed, don’t regard iniquity; for you have chosen this rather than affliction.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Take heed, regard not iniquity: For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Take heed — do not turn unto iniquity, For on this thou hast fixed Rather than [on] affliction.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Take heed, turn not to iniquity; for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.