Job 36
1 Eliu also proceeded, and said:
And Elihu proceeded and said,
2 Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee: for I have yet somewhat to speak in God’s behalf.
Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet words for God.
3 I will repeat my knowledge from the beginning, and I will prove my Maker just.
I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Creator.
4 For indeed my words are without a lie, and perfect knowledge shall be proved to thee.
For truly my words shall be no falsehood: one perfect in knowledge is with thee.
5 God doth not cast away the mighty, whereas he himself also is mighty.
Lo, God is mighty, but despiseth not [any]; mighty in strength of understanding:
6 But he saveth not the wicked, and he giveth judgment to the poor.
He saveth not the wicked alive; but he doeth justice to the afflicted.
7 He will not take away his eyes from the just, and he placeth kings on the throne for ever, and they are exalted.
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.
8 And if they shall be in chains, and be bound with the cords of poverty:
And if, bound in fetters, they be held in cords of affliction,
9 He shall shew them their works, and their wicked deeds, because they have been violent.
Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions, because they have increased.
10 He also shall open their ear, to correct them: and shall speak, that they may return from iniquity.
And he openeth their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
11 If they shall hear and observe, they shall accomplish their days in good, and their years in glory.
If they hearken and serve [him], they shall accomplish their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
12 But if they hear not, they shall pass by the sword, and shall be consumed in folly.
But if they hearken not, they shall pass away by the sword, and expire without knowledge.
13 Dissemblers and crafty men prove the wrath of God, neither shall they cry when they are bound.
But the godless in heart heap up anger; they cry not when he bindeth them:
14 Their soul shall die in a storm, and their life among the effeminate.
Their soul dieth in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
15 He shall deliver the poor out of his distress, and shall open his ear in affliction.
But he delivereth the afflicted in his affliction, and openeth their ear in [their] oppression.
16 Therefore he shall set thee at large out of the narrow mouth, and which hath no foundation under it: and the rest of thy table shall be full of fatness.
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.
17 Thy cause hath been judged as that of the wicked, cause and judgment thou shalt recover.
But thou art full of the judgments of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold [on thee].
18 Therefore let not anger overcome thee to oppress any man: neither let multitude of gifts turn thee aside.
Because there is wrath, [beware] lest it take thee away through chastisement: then a great ransom could not avail thee.
19 Lay down thy greatness without tribulation, and all the mighty of strength.
Will he esteem thy riches? Not gold, nor all the resources of strength!
20 Prolong not the night that people may come up for them.
Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off from their place.
21 Beware thou turn not aside to iniquity: for this thou hast begun to follow after misery.
Take heed, turn not to iniquity; for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
22 Behold, God is high in his strength, and none is like him among the lawgivers.
Lo, God is exalted in his power: who teacheth as he?
23 Who can search out his ways? or who can say to him: Thou has wrought iniquity?
Who hath appointed him his way? or who hath said, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness?
24 Remember that thou knowest not his work, concerning which men have sung.
Remember that thou magnify his work, which men celebrate.
25 All men see him, every one beholdeth afar off.
All men look at it; man beholdeth [it] afar off.
26 Behold, God is great, exceeding our knowledge: the number of his years is inestimable.
Lo, God is great, and we comprehend [him] not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
27 He lifteth up the drops of rain, and poureth out showers like floods:
For he draweth up the drops of water: they distil in rain from the vapour which he formeth,
28 Which flow from the clouds that cover all above.
Which the skies pour down [and] drop upon man abundantly.
29 If he will spread out clouds as his tent,
But can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, [or] the crashing of his pavilion?
30 And lighten with his light from above, he shall cover also the ends of the sea.
Lo, he spreadeth his light around him, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
31 For by these he judgeth people, and giveth food to many mortals.
For with them he judgeth the peoples; he giveth food in abundance.
32 In his hands he hideth the light, and commandeth it to come again.
[His] hands he covereth with lightning, and commandeth it where it is to strike.
33 He sheweth his friend concerning it, that it is his possession, and that he may come up to it.
His thundering declareth concerning him; the cattle even, concerning its coming.
