Job 36
1 And Elihu proceeded and said,
Then continued Elihu, and said,
2 Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet words for God.
Wait for me a little, and I will instruct thee; for [I have] still some words on God's behalf.
3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Creator.
I will lift up my knowledge for him who is afar, and for my Maker will I obtain righteousness.
4 For truly my words shall be no falsehood: one perfect in knowledge is with thee.
For truly no falsehood is [in] my words: one that is upright in [his] opinions [dealeth now] with thee.
5 Lo, God is mighty, but despiseth not [any]; mighty in strength of understanding:
Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength of intellect.
6 He saveth not the wicked alive; but he doeth justice to the afflicted.
He permitteth not the wicked to live; but he procureth justice for the afflicted.
7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne doth he even set them for ever; and they are exalted.
He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous; but [he placeth them] with kings on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.
8 And if, bound in fetters, they be held in cords of affliction,
And if they be bound in fetters, and if they be entangled in the cords of affliction:
9 Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions, because they have increased.
Then doth he tell them of their work, and of their transgressions, when they had become strong.
10 And he openeth their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
And he openeth thus their ear to correction, and saith that they should return from wrong-doing.
11 If they hearken and serve [him], they shall accomplish their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
If they hearken and serve [him], they will spend their days in happiness, and their years in pleasures.
12 But if they hearken not, they shall pass away by the sword, and expire without knowledge.
But if they hearken not, they will pass away through the sword, and they will perish in want of knowledge.
13 But the godless in heart heap up anger; they cry not when he bindeth them:
But the hypocrites in heart persevere in wrath; they will not offer entreaty when he bindeth them:
14 Their soul dieth in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
Their soul will die in youth, and their life, among the incestuous.
15 But he delivereth the afflicted in his affliction, and openeth their ear in [their] oppression.
He delivereth the afflicted through his affliction, and openeth through oppression his ear.
16 Even so would he have allured thee out of the jaws of distress into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and the supply of thy table [would be] full of fatness.
And also thee hath he incited away from the jaws of distress into a wide space, on the site of which there is no straitness; and what is set on thy table is full of fatness.
17 But thou art full of the judgments of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold [on thee].
But if thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: [divine] judgment and decree will support each other.
18 Because there is wrath, [beware] lest it take thee away through chastisement: then a great ransom could not avail thee.
For there would be fury, If aught were to incite thee to utter an abundance [of rebellious words]; and the greatness of the infliction must not mislead thee.
19 Will he esteem thy riches? Not gold, nor all the resources of strength!
Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold ore, nor all the highest forces of strength.
20 Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off from their place.
Desire then not eagerly the night, when nations pass away in their place.
21 Take heed, turn not to iniquity; for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
Take heed, turn not thyself to wrong-doing, so that thou wouldst choose this because of [thy] affliction.
22 Lo, God is exalted in his power: who teacheth as he?
Behold, God is exalted by his power: who is an instructer like him?
23 Who hath appointed him his way? or who hath said, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness?
Who hath given him a charge concerning his way? or who hath ever said, Thou hast acted unjustly?
24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men celebrate.
Reflect, that thou shouldst magnify his work, which [other] men have beheld.
25 All men look at it; man beholdeth [it] afar off.
All men have looked at it [with astonishment]; the mortal gazeth at it from afar.
26 Lo, God is great, and we comprehend [him] not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
Behold, God is great, and we comprehend him not, the number of his years can truly not be searched out.
27 For he draweth up the drops of water: they distil in rain from the vapour which he formeth,
For he taketh away drops of water, which are purified into rain in his mist:
28 Which the skies pour down [and] drop upon man abundantly.
These drop down out of the skies; they distil upon the multitude of men.
29 But can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, [or] the crashing of his pavilion?
But [what man] can understand the outspreadings of the clouds? the tumult of his tabernacle?
30 Lo, he spreadeth his light around him, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
Behold, he spreadeth out over it his light, and covereth up the roots of the sea.
31 For with them he judgeth the peoples; he giveth food in abundance.
For by means of them he judgeth nations, he giveth food in superfluity.
32 [His] hands he covereth with lightning, and commandeth it where it is to strike.
[His] hands he covereth with light; and he commandeth it to strike the one who striveth against him.
33 His thundering declareth concerning him; the cattle even, concerning its coming.
The noise of his storm telleth of it, yea, the cattle also, of the rising tempest.
