“ In spite of that, your people say,‘ What the Lord does isn’t fair.’ But it is what you do that is not fair.

“你本国的子民还说：‘主的道不公平。’其实他们的道不公平。

“你本国的百姓说：‘主的道不公平。’其实他们，他们的道才是不公平。

“你本国的百姓说：‘主的道不公平。’其实他们，他们的道才是不公平。

“你的同胞却说，主这样做不公平。其实是他们自己行事不公。

“你本国的人还说：‘主所行的不公平。’其实他们所行的才是不公平。

「你本國的子民還說：『主的道不公平。』其實他們的道不公平。

「你本國的百姓說：『主的道不公平。』其實他們，他們的道才是不公平。

「你本國的百姓說：『主的道不公平。』其實他們，他們的道才是不公平。

「你的同胞卻說，主這樣做不公平。其實是他們自己行事不公。

“你本國的人還說：‘主所行的不公平。’其實他們所行的才是不公平。

『你本國的子民還說：「主的行徑不公正」；其實是他們的行徑不公正呢。

惟爾民族曰、主道不公、實彼之道不公也、

爾民常言主耶和華所為、不秉大公、實眾所為偏頗。

爾民猶言、主之道不公平、惟彼之道不公平、

“ Yet your people say,‘ The way of the Lord is not just.’ But it is their way that is not just.

“ Yet your people say,‘ The way of the Lord is not just,’ when it is their own way that is not just.

“ Your people are saying,‘ The Lord isn’t doing what’s right,’ but it is they who are not doing what’s right.

“‘ But your people say,“ The Lord’s way isn’t fair,” even though it is their own way that isn’t fair.

“ Yet your fellow citizens say,‘ The way of the Lord is not right,’ when it is their own way that is not right.

“ Yet the children of your people say,‘ The way of the Lord is not fair.’ But it is their way which is not fair!

Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

“ But your people say,‘ The Lord’s way isn’t fair,’ even though it is their own way that isn’t fair.

Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

“ Yet your people say,‘ The behavior of the Lord is not right,’ when it is their behavior that is not right.

“‘ Yet the children of your people say,“ The way of the Lord is not fair;” but as for them, their way is not fair.

“ But you say,‘ What the Lord does isn’t fair.’ Listen to me, you Israelites. What I do is always fair. What you do is not.

But the Israelites still say,‘ What the Lord does isn’t fair.’ People of Israel, what I do is always fair. What you do is not.

In spite of that, you Israelites say,‘ What the Lord does isn’t fair.’ But I will judge each of you based on how you have lived.”

“ Would you dare to claim that I am not being fair? Would you judge me in order to make yourself seem right?

“ Job, do you think it’s fair for you to say,‘ I am the one who is right, not God’?

I was afraid of you. You are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in. You harvest what you did not plant.’“ His master replied,‘ I will judge you by your own words, you evil slave! So you knew that I am a hard man? You knew that I take out what I did not put in? You knew that I harvest what I did not plant?

“ Then the man who had received one bag of gold came.‘ Master,’ he said,‘ I knew that you are a hard man. You harvest where you have not planted. You gather crops where you have not scattered seed.So I was afraid. I went out and hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.’“ His master replied,‘ You evil, lazy slave! So you knew that I harvest where I have not planted? You knew that I gather crops where I have not scattered seed?