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20 Don’t ·wish [pant; long] for the night
    when people are taken from their homes.
21 Be careful not to turn to evil,
    which you ·seem to want more [have chosen rather] than ·suffering [affliction].
22 “God is ·great [exulted] and powerful;
    ·no other teacher is [L who is a teacher…?] like him.

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20 Do not long for the night,(A)
    to drag people away from their homes.[a]
21 Beware of turning to evil,(B)
    which you seem to prefer to affliction.(C)

22 “God is exalted in his power.(D)
    Who is a teacher like him?(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 36:20 The meaning of the Hebrew for verses 18-20 is uncertain.