< Job 36 >

1 Elihu continued speaking.
and to add: again Elihu and to say
2 “Be patient with me just a little while longer and let me explain. I still have something to say on God's behalf.
to surround to/for me little and to explain you for still to/for god speech
3 I will share my extensive knowledge, and I will prove my Creator is in the right.
to lift: bear knowledge my to/for from distant (and to/for to work me *LAB(h)*) to give: give righteousness
4 I assure you that what I'm saying are not lies, for I am a man whose knowledge is of the highest order.
for truly not deception speech my unblemished knowledge with you
5 God is mighty, but doesn't despise anyone; he is powerful in strength and understanding.
look! God mighty and not to reject mighty strength heart
6 He does not keep the wicked alive, but gives justice to the oppressed.
not to live wicked and justice afflicted to give: give
7 He always pays attention those who do right, and places them on thrones with kings, honoring them eternally.
not to dimish from righteous eye his and with king to/for throne and to dwell them to/for perpetuity and to exult
8 If they are bound in chains, tied down by ropes of suffering,
and if to bind in/on/with fetter to capture [emph?] in/on/with cord affliction
9 then he explains to them what they've done—their arrogant sins.
and to tell to/for them work their and transgression their for to prevail
10 He makes them pay attention and orders them to stop sinning.
and to reveal: uncover ear their to/for discipline: instruction and to say for to return: return [emph?] from evil: wickedness
11 If they listen and do what God says they will live out their lives in happiness.
if to hear: hear and to serve: minister to end: finish day their in/on/with good and year their in/on/with pleasant
12 But if they do not listen they will die a violent death, ignorant of God.
and if not to hear: hear in/on/with missile to pass and to die like/as without knowledge
13 Those who reject God hold on to their bitterness. Even when he disciplines them they do not cry out to him for help.
and profane heart to set: make face: anger not to cry for to bind them
14 They die in their youth; their lives end among the male temple prostitutes.
to die in/on/with youth soul their and living thing their in/on/with male cult prostitute
15 Through suffering God saves those who suffer; he gets their attention through their troubles.
to rescue afflicted in/on/with affliction his and to reveal: uncover in/on/with oppression ear their
16 God is trying to rescue you from the jaws of trouble to a place of freedom and safety, filling your table full of the very best food.
and also to incite you from lip: opening enemy breadth not constraint underneath: stand her and quietness table your to fill ashes
17 But you are preoccupied with the fate of the wicked; judgment and justice fill your mind.
and judgment wicked to fill judgment and justice to grasp
18 But be careful that your anger doesn't seduce you into mockery; and don't let the size of the ‘bribe’ lead you into sin.
for rage lest to incite you in/on/with mockery and many ransom not to stretch you
19 Will your cry for help sustain you when troubles come?
to arrange cry your not in/on/with distress and all power strength
20 Do not long for the night when people are suddenly taken away.
not to long for [the] night to/for to ascend: rise people underneath: stand them
21 Watch out that you don't turn to evil! For it's because of this that you are being tested through suffering.
to keep: careful not to turn to(wards) evil: wickedness for upon this to choose from affliction
22 Look how much power God has! What teacher is like him?
look! God to exalt in/on/with strength his who? like him rain/teacher
23 Who has instructed him what to do? Who can say to him ‘You have done wrong’?
who? to reckon: overseer upon him way: conduct his and who? to say to work injustice
24 Instead you should praise him for what he has done, as people have done in song.
to remember for to grow great work his which to sing human
25 Everyone has seen God's creation, though only from a distance.
all man to see in/on/with him human to look from distant
26 See how great God is—more than we can understand! No one can count his years.
look! God great and not to know number year his and not search
27 He draws up the water and distils it into the dew and the rain.
for to dimish drop water to refine rain to/for mist his
28 The clouds pour down rain, falling plentifully on humankind.
which to flow cloud to drip upon man many
29 Can anyone understand how the clouds spread out, or how thunder roars from where he lives?
also if: surely yes to understand spreading cloud shout booth his
30 See how he scatters lightning around him, and covers the depths of the sea in darkness.
look! to spread upon him light his and root [the] sea to cover
31 By these actions he rules the people, he provides abundant food.
for in/on/with them to judge people to give: give food to/for to increase
32 He holds lightning in his hands and commands where it should strike.
upon palm to cover light and to command upon her in/on/with to fall on
33 Thunder declares his presence—even cattle know when a storm is coming.
to tell upon him shouting his livestock also upon to ascend: rise

< Job 36 >