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 you that I have yet to speak 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 shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with you.
5 But know that the Lord will not cast off an innocent man: being mighty in strength of wisdom,
Behold, God is mighty, and despises not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.
6 he will not by any means save alive the ungodly: and he will grant the judgment of the poor.
He preserves not the life of the wicked: but gives right to the poor.
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 withdraws not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yes, he does establish 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 held in cords of affliction;
9 And he shall recount to them their works, and their transgressions, for such will act with violence.
Then he shows them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
10 But he will hearken to the righteous: and he has said that they shall turn from unrighteousness.
He opens also their ear to discipline, and commands 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 obey 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 obey 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 the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he binds 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 is among the unclean.
15 Because they afflicted the weak and helpless: and he will vindicate the judgment of the meek.
He delivers the poor in his affliction, and opens their ears in oppression.
16 And he has also enticed thee out of the mouth of the enemy:
Even so would he have removed you out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no narrow place; and that which should be set on your table should 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 you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on you.
18 but there shall be wrath upon the ungodly, by reason of the ungodliness of the bribes which they received for iniquities.
Because there is wrath, beware lest he take you away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver you.
19 Let not [thy] mind willingly turn thee aside from the petition of the feeble that are in distress.
Will he esteem your riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of 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 people 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 have you chosen rather than affliction.
22 Behold, the Mighty One shall prevail by his strength: for who is powerful as he is?
Behold, God exalts by his power: who teaches like him?
23 And who is he that examines his works? or who can say, he has wrought injustice?
Who has enjoined him his way? or who can say, You have worked iniquity?
24 Remember that his works are great [beyond] those which men have attempted.
Remember that you magnify his work, which men behold.
25 Every man has seen in himself, how many mortals are wounded.
Every man may see it; man may behold 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, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
27 And the drops of rain are numbered by him, and shall be poured out in rain to form a cloud.
For he makes small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapor thereof:
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 clouds do drop and distil on man abundantly.
29 And though one should understand the outspreadings of the clouds, [or] the measure of his tabernacle;
Also can any understand the spreading of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
30 behold he will stretch his bow against him, and he covers the bottom of the sea.
Behold, he spreads his light on it, and covers 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 them judges he the people; he gives meat in abundance.
32 He has hidden the light in [his] hands, and given charge concerning it to the interposing [cloud].
With clouds he covers the light; and commands it not to shine by the cloud that comes between.
33 The Lord will declare concerning this [to] his friend: [but there is] a portion also for unrighteousness.
The noise thereof shows concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapor.
