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Job 36:21

21  Take care; sdo not turn to iniquity,

for this you have chosen rather than affliction.

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Job 36:21 — The New International Version (NIV)

21 Beware of turning to evil,

which you seem to prefer to affliction.

Job 36:21 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

21 Take heed, regard not iniquity:

For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

Job 36:21 — New Living Translation (NLT)

21 Be on guard! Turn back from evil,

for God sent this suffering

to keep you from a life of evil.

Job 36:21 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

21 Take heed, do not turn to iniquity,

For you have chosen this rather than affliction.

Job 36:21 — New Century Version (NCV)

21 Be careful not to turn to evil,

which you seem to want more than suffering.

Job 36:21 — American Standard Version (ASV)

21 Take heed, regard not iniquity:

For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

Job 36:21 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

21 Take heed, turn not to iniquity; for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

Job 36:21 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

21 Be careful! Don’t turn to evil, 

because you have chosen evil instead of suffering. 

Job 36:21 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

21 Be careful that you do not turn to iniquity,

for that is why you have been tested by affliction.

Job 36:21 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

21 Beware! Do not turn to iniquity;

because of that you have been tried by affliction.

Job 36:21 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

21 Take care, you must not turn to mischief,

for because of this you have been tried by misery.

Job 36:21 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

21 Be careful not to do what is evil.

You seem to like evil better than suffering!

Job 36:21 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

21 “Be careful, do not turn to evil,

For you have preferred this to affliction.


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