Job 36
1 And Elihu proceeded and said,
And Elihu addeth and saith: —
2 Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet words for God.
Honour me a little, and I shew thee, That yet for God [are] words.
3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Creator.
I lift up my knowledge from afar, And to my Maker I ascribe righteousness.
4 For truly my words shall be no falsehood: one perfect in knowledge is with thee.
For, truly, my words [are] not false, The perfect in knowledge [is] with thee.
5 Lo, God is mighty, but despiseth not [any]; mighty in strength of understanding:
Lo, God [is] mighty, and despiseth not, Mighty [in] power [and] heart.
6 He saveth not the wicked alive; but he doeth justice to the afflicted.
He reviveth not the wicked, And the judgment of the poor appointeth;
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 from the righteous His eyes, And [from] kings on the throne, And causeth them to sit for ever, and they are high,
8 And if, bound in fetters, they be held in cords of affliction,
And if prisoners in fetters They are captured with cords of affliction,
9 Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions, because they have increased.
Then He declareth to them their work, And their transgressions, Because they have become mighty,
10 And he openeth their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
And He uncovereth their ear for instruction, And saith that they turn back from iniquity.
11 If they hearken and serve [him], they shall accomplish their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
If they do hear and serve, They complete their days in good, And their years in pleasantness.
12 But if they hearken not, they shall pass away by the sword, and expire without knowledge.
And if they do not hearken, By the dart they pass away, And expire without knowledge.
13 But the godless in heart heap up anger; they cry not when he bindeth them:
And the profane in heart set the face, They cry not when He hath bound them.
14 Their soul dieth in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
Their soul dieth in youth, And their life among the defiled.
15 But he delivereth the afflicted in his affliction, and openeth their ear in [their] oppression.
He draweth out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovereth in oppression their 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 He moved thee from a strait place, [To] a broad place — no straitness under it, And the sitting beyond of thy table Hath been full of fatness.
17 But thou art full of the judgments of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold [on thee].
And the judgment of the wicked thou hast fulfilled, Judgment and justice are upheld — because of fury,
18 Because there is wrath, [beware] lest it take thee away through chastisement: then a great ransom could not avail thee.
Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside.
19 Will he esteem thy riches? Not gold, nor all the resources of strength!
Doth He value thy riches? He hath gold, and all the forces of power.
20 Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off from their place.
Desire not the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead.
21 Take heed, turn not to iniquity; for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
Take heed — do not turn unto iniquity, For on this thou hast fixed Rather than [on] affliction.
22 Lo, God is exalted in his power: who teacheth as he?
Lo, God doth sit on high by His power, Who [is] like Him — a teacher?
23 Who hath appointed him his way? or who hath said, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness?
Who hath appointed unto Him his way? And who said, 'Thou hast done iniquity?'
24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men celebrate.
Remember that thou magnify His work That men have beheld.
25 All men look at it; man beholdeth [it] afar off.
All men have looked on it, Man looketh attentively from afar.
26 Lo, God is great, and we comprehend [him] not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
Lo, God [is] high, And we know not the number of His years, Yea, there [is] no searching.
27 For he draweth up the drops of water: they distil in rain from the vapour which he formeth,
When He doth diminish droppings of the waters, They refine rain according to its vapour,
28 Which the skies pour down [and] drop upon man abundantly.
Which clouds do drop, They distil on man abundantly.
29 But can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, [or] the crashing of his pavilion?
Yea, doth [any] understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His tabernacle?
30 Lo, he spreadeth his light around him, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
Lo, He hath spread over it His light, And the roots of the sea He hath covered,
31 For with them he judgeth the peoples; he giveth food in abundance.
For by them He doth judge peoples, He giveth food in abundance.
32 [His] hands he covereth with lightning, and commandeth it where it is to strike.
By two palms He hath covered the light, And layeth a charge over it in meeting,
33 His thundering declareth concerning him; the cattle even, concerning its coming.
He sheweth by it [to] his friend substance, Anger against perversity.
