Job 31:28-34 Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version (ETR)

28. This is also a sin that must be punished. If I had worshiped them, I would have been unfaithful to God All-Powerful.

29. “I have never been happy when my enemies were destroyed. I have never laughed at my enemies when bad things happened to them.

30. I have never let my mouth sin by cursing my enemies and wishing for them to die.

31. The people in my house know that I have never let anyone go hungry.

32. I always invited strangers into my home so that they would not have to sleep in the streets.

33. I have not tried to hide my sins as some people do. I have never hidden my guilt.

34. I was never so afraid of what people might say or of making enemies that I kept my sins secret and avoided going out.

Job 31