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20 Don’t wish for the night.
    That is when people are taken from their homes.
21 Be careful not to turn to evil,
    which you seem to want more than suffering.

22 “God does great things by his power.
    No other teacher is 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.