Job 36
1 And Elius further continued, and said,
Elihu also proceeded, and said,
2 Wait for me yet a little while, that I may teach thee: for there is yet speech in me.
Suffer me a little, and I will show thee; For I have yet somewhat to say on God’s behalf.
3 Having fetched my knowledge from afar, and according to my works,
I will fetch my knowledge from afar, And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
4 I will speak just things truly, and thou shalt not unjustly receive unjust words.
For truly my words are not false: One that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
5 But know that the Lord will not cast off an innocent man: being mighty in strength of wisdom,
Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: He is mighty in strength of understanding.
6 he will not by any means save alive the ungodly: and he will grant the judgment of the poor.
He preserveth not the life of the wicked, But giveth to the afflicted [their] right.
7 He will not turn away his eyes from the righteous, but [they shall be] with kings on the throne: and he will establish them in triumph, and they shall be exalted.
He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: But with kings upon the throne He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted.
8 But they that are bound in fetters shall be holden in cords of poverty.
And if they be bound in fetters, And be taken in the cords of affliction;
9 And he shall recount to them their works, and their transgressions, for such will act with violence.
Then he showeth them their work, And their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.
10 But he will hearken to the righteous: and he has said that they shall turn from unrighteousness.
He openeth also their ear to instruction, And commandeth that they return from iniquity.
11 If they should hear and serve [him], they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in honour.
If they hearken and serve [him], They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures.
12 But he preserves not the ungodly; because they are not willing to know the Lord, and because when reproved they were disobedient.
But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.
13 And the hypocrites in heart will array wrath [against themselves]; they will not cry, because he has bound them.
But they that are godless in heart lay up anger: They cry not for help when he bindeth them.
14 Therefore let their soul die in youth, and their life be wounded by messengers [of death].
They die in youth, And their life [perisheth] among the unclean.
15 Because they afflicted the weak and helpless: and he will vindicate the judgment of the meek.
He delivereth the afflicted by their affliction, And openeth their ear in oppression.
16 And he has also enticed thee out of the mouth of the enemy:
Yea, he would have allured thee out of distress Into a broad place, where there is no straitness; And that which is set on thy table would be full of fatness.
17 [there is] a deep gulf [and] a rushing stream beneath it, and thy table came down full of fatness. Judgment shall not fail from the righteous;
But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold [on thee].
18 but there shall be wrath upon the ungodly, by reason of the ungodliness of the bribes which they received for iniquities.
For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.
19 Let not [thy] mind willingly turn thee aside from the petition of the feeble that are in distress.
Will thy cry avail, [that thou be] not in distress, Or all the forces of [thy] strength?
20 And draw not forth all the mighty [men] by night, so that the people should go up instead of them.
Desire not the night, When peoples are cut off in their place.
21 But take heed lest thou do that which is wrong: for of this thou has made choice because of poverty.
Take heed, regard not iniquity: For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
22 Behold, the Mighty One shall prevail by his strength: for who is powerful as he is?
Behold, God doeth loftily in his power: Who is a teacher like unto him?
23 And who is he that examines his works? or who can say, he has wrought injustice?
Who hath enjoined him his way? Or who can say, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness?
24 Remember that his works are great [beyond] those which men have attempted.
Remember that thou magnify his work, Whereof men have sung.
25 Every man has seen in himself, how many mortals are wounded.
All men have looked thereon; Man beholdeth it afar off.
26 Behold, the Mighty One is great, and we shall not know [him]: the number of his years is even infinite.
Behold, God is great, and we know him not; The number of his years is unsearchable.
27 And the drops of rain are numbered by him, and shall be poured out in rain to form a cloud.
For he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil in rain from his vapor,
28 The ancient [heavens] shall flow, and the clouds overshadow innumerable mortals: he has fixed a time to cattle, and they know the order of rest. [Yet] by all these things thy understanding is not astonished, neither is thy mind disturbed in [thy] body.
Which the skies pour down And drop upon man abundantly.
29 And though one should understand the outspreadings of the clouds, [or] the measure of his tabernacle;
Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The thunderings of his pavilion?
30 behold he will stretch his bow against him, and he covers the bottom of the sea.
Behold, he spreadeth his light around him; And he covereth the bottom of the sea.
31 For by them he will judge the nations: he will give food to him that has strength.
For by these he judgeth the peoples; He giveth food in abundance.
32 He has hidden the light in [his] hands, and given charge concerning it to the interposing [cloud].
He covereth his hands with the lightning, And giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.
33 The Lord will declare concerning this [to] his friend: [but there is] a portion also for unrighteousness.
The noise thereof telleth concerning him, The cattle also concerning [the storm] that cometh up.
