Job 17:3-5

New International Reader's Version

³ “God, please pay the price to have me set free.
    Who else would put up money for me?
⁴ You have closed the minds of those who are trying to comfort me.
    They don’t understand that I haven’t done anything wrong.
    So don’t let them win the argument.
⁵ Suppose someone tells lies about their friends to get a reward.
    Then their own children will suffer for it.