Job 34
1 Moreouer Elihu answered, and saide,
After proclaiming these things, Eliu now had this to say:
2 Heare my wordes, ye wise men, and hearken vnto me, ye that haue knowledge.
May the wise hear my words, and may the educated listen to me.
3 For the eare tryeth the words, as the mouth tasteth meate.
For the ear examines words, and the mouth discerns foods by the taste.
4 Let vs seeke iudgement among vs, and let vs knowe among our selues what is good.
Let us choose judgment for ourselves, and let us consider among ourselves what is best.
5 For Iob hath saide, I am righteous, and God hath taken away my iudgement.
For Job has said: “I am just, yet God has subverted my judgment.
6 Should I lye in my right? my wound of the arrowe is grieuous without my sinne.
For, within my judgment, there is a lie: my vehement barbs are without any sin.”
7 What man is like Iob, that drinketh scornfulnesse like water?
What man is there that is like Job, who drinks up derision as if it were water,
8 Which goeth in the companie of them that worke iniquitie, and walketh with wicked men?
who accompanies those who work iniquity, and who walks with impious men?
9 For he hath saide, It profiteth a man nothing that he should walke with God.
For he has said, “Man will not please God, even if he should travel with him.”
10 Therefore hearken vnto me, ye men of wisedome, God forbid that wickednesse should be in God, and iniquitie in the Almightie.
Therefore, prudent men, hear me: impiety is far from God, and iniquity is far from the Almighty.
11 For he will render vnto man according to his worke, and cause euery one to finde according to his way.
For he will restore to man his works, and according to the ways of each, he will repay them.
12 And certainely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almightie peruert iudgement.
For truly, God will not condemn in vain, nor will the Almighty repudiate judgment.
13 Whome hath he appointed ouer the earth beside him selfe? or who hath placed the whole worlde?
What other is established over the earth? Or whom has he placed over the world, which he made?
14 If he set his heart vpon man, and gather vnto him selfe his spirit and his breath,
But, if he directs his heart towards him, he will draw his spirit and breath to himself.
15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall returne vnto dust.
All flesh will fail together, and man will return to ashes.
16 And if thou hast vnderstanding, heare this and hearken to the voyce of my wordes.
Therefore, if you have understanding, hear what is said, and heed the sound of my eloquence.
17 Shal he that hateth iudgement, gouerne? and wilt thou iudge him wicked that is most iust?
Is he that does not love judgment able to be corrected? And how can you so greatly condemn him who is just?
18 Wilt thou say vnto a King, Thou art wicked? or to princes, Ye are vngodly?
He says to the king, “You are an apostate.” He calls commanders impious.
19 How much lesse to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, and regardeth not the rich, more then the poore? for they be all the worke of his handes.
He does not accept the reputation of leaders; nor does he recognize the tyrant as he contends against the poor. For all are the work of his hands.
20 They shall die suddenly, and the people shalbe troubled at midnight, and they shall passe foorth and take away the mightie without hand.
They will die suddenly, and the people will be troubled in the middle of the night, but they will pass through it, and the violent will be taken away without a hand.
21 For his eyes are vpon the wayes of man, and he seeth all his goings.
For his eyes are upon the ways of men, and he examines all of their steps.
22 There is no darkenesse nor shadowe of death, that the workers of iniquitie might be hid therein.
There is no darkness and no shadow of death, where those who work iniquity may be hidden.
23 For he will not lay on man so much, that he should enter into iudgement with God.
For it is no longer within the power of man to enter into judgment with God.
24 He shall breake the mightie without seeking, and shall set vp other in their stead.
He will break into many innumerable pieces, and he will cause others to stand up in their place.
25 Therefore shall he declare their works: he shall turne the night, and they shalbe destroyed.
For he knows their works, and, as a result, he will bring the night, and they will be crushed.
26 He striketh them as wicked men in the places of the seers,
Just as the impious do, he has struck them in a place where they can be seen.
27 Because they haue turned backe from him, and would not consider all his wayes:
They, as if with great diligence, have withdrawn from him, and they refused to understand all his ways,
28 So that they haue caused the voyce of the poore to come vnto him, and he hath heard the cry of the afflicted.
so that they caused the outcry of the needy to reach him, and he heard the voice of the poor.
29 And when he giueth quietnesse, who can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who can beholde him, whether it be vpon nations, or vpon a man onely?
For, when he grants peace, who is there that can condemn? When he hides his face, who is there that can contemplate him, either among the nations, or among all men?
30 Because the hypocrite doeth reigne, and because the people are snared.
He causes a hypocritical man to reign because of the sins of the people.
31 Surely it appertaineth vnto God to say, I haue pardoned, I will not destroy.
Therefore, since I have been speaking about God, I will not prevent you from doing the same.
32 But if I see not, teach thou me: if I haue done wickedly, I will doe no more.
If I have erred, you may teach me; if I have spoken unfairly, I will add no more.
33 Wil he performe the thing through thee? for thou hast reproued it, because that thou hast chosen, and not I. now speake what thou knowest.
Does God require this of you because it is displeasing to you? For you were the first to speak, and not I. But if you know something better, speak.
34 Let men of vnderstanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken vnto me.
Let men of understanding speak to me, and let a wise man listen to me.
35 Iob hath not spoken of knowledge, neyther were his wordes according to wisedome.
But Job has been speaking foolishly, and his words contain unsound teaching.
36 I desire that Iob may be tryed, vnto the ende touching the answeres for wicked men.
My father, let Job be tested even to the end; may you not retreat from a man of iniquity.
37 For he addeth rebellion vnto his sinne: he clappeth his handes among vs, and multiplieth his wordes against God.
For he adds blasphemy on top of his sins; nevertheless, let him be constrained to be among us, and then let him provoke God to judgment with his speeches.
