JOB 34:1-36:33
34:1 Furthermore Elihu answered and said,
34:2 Hear my words, O ye wise [men]; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
34:3 For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
34:4 Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what [is] good.
34:5 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
34:6 Should I lie against my right? my wound [is] incurable without transgression.
34:7 What man [is] like Job, [who] drinketh up scorning like water?
34:8 Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
34:9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
34:10 Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, [that he should do] wickedness; and [from] the Almighty, [that he should commit] iniquity.
34:11 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to [his] ways.
34:12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
34:13 Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?
34:14 If he set his heart upon man, [if] he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
34:15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
34:16 If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
34:17 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?
34:18 [Is it fit] to say to a king, [Thou art] wicked? [and] to princes, [Ye are] ungodly?
34:19 [How much less to him] that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all [are] the work of his hands.
34:20 In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
34:21 For his eyes [are] upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
34:22 [There is] no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
34:23 For he will not lay upon man more [than right]; that he should enter into judgment with God.
34:24 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
34:25 Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth [them] in the night, so that they are destroyed.
34:26 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
34:27 Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
34:28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
34:29 When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth [his] face, who then can behold him? whether [it be done] against a nation, or against a man only:
34:30 That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
34:31 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more]:
34:32 [That which] I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
34:33 [Should it be] according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.
34:34 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.
34:35 Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words [were] without wisdom.
34:36 My desire [is that] Job may be tried unto the end because of [his] answers for wicked men.
34:37 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth [his hands] among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
35:1 Elihu spake moreover, and said,
35:2 Thinkest thou this to be right, [that] thou saidst, My righteousness [is] more than God’s?
35:3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? [and], What profit shall I have, [if I be cleansed] from my sin?
35:4 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
35:5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds [which] are higher than thou.
35:6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or [if] thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
35:7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
35:8 Thy wickedness [may hurt] a man as thou [art]; and thy righteousness [may profit] the son of man.
35:9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make [the oppressed] to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
35:10 But none saith, Where [is] God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
35:11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
35:12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
35:13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
35:14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, [yet] judgment [is] before him; therefore trust thou in him.
35:15 But now, because [it is] not [so], he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth [it] not in great extremity:
35:16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
36:1 Elihu also proceeded, and said,
36:2 Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that [I have] yet to speak on God’s behalf.
36:3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
36:4 For truly my words [shall] not [be] false: he that is perfect in knowledge [is] with thee.
36:5 Behold, God [is] mighty, and despiseth not [any: he is] mighty in strength [and] wisdom.
36:6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
36:7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings [are they] on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.
36:8 And if [they be] bound in fetters, [and] be holden in cords of affliction;
36:9 Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
36:10 He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
36:11 If they obey and serve [him], they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
36:12 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
36:13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
36:14 They die in youth, and their life [is] among the unclean.
36:15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
36:16 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait [into] a broad place, where [there is] no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table [should be] full of fatness.
36:17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold [on thee].
36:18 Because [there is] wrath, [beware] lest he take thee away with [his] stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
36:19 Will he esteem thy riches? [no], not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
36:20 Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
36:21 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
36:22 Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
36:23 Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?
36:24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.
36:25 Every man may see it; man may behold [it] afar off.
36:26 Behold, God [is] great, and we know [him] not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
36:27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
36:28 Which the clouds do drop [and] distil upon man abundantly.
36:29 Also can [any] understand the spreadings of the clouds, [or] the noise of his tabernacle?
36:30 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
36:31 For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.
36:32 With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it [not to shine] by [the cloud] that cometh betwixt.
36:33 The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.