Job 36
1 Elihu also proceeded and sayde,
Elihu also proceeded, and said:
2 Suffer me a litle, and I will instruct thee: for I haue yet to speake on Gods behalfe.
Bear with me a little while, that I may show thee! For I have yet words in behalf of God.
3 I will fetche my knowledge afarre off, and will attribute righteousnes vnto my Maker.
I will bring my knowledge from afar, And assert the justice of my Maker.
4 For truely my wordes shall not be false, and he that is perfect in knowledge, speaketh with thee.
Truly my words shall not be false: A man of sound knowledge is before thee.
5 Behold, the mighty God casteth away none that is mighty and valiant of courage.
Behold, God is great, but despiseth not any; Great is he in strength of understanding.
6 He mainteineth not the wicked, but he giueth iudgement to the afflicted.
He suffereth not the wicked to prosper, But rendereth justice to the oppressed.
7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous, but they are with Kings in ye throne, where he placeth them for euer: thus they are exalted.
He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous; But establisheth them for ever with kings on the throne, That they may be exalted.
8 And if they bee bound in fetters and tyed with the cordes of affliction,
And if they be bound in fetters, And holden in the cords of affliction,
9 Then will he shewe them their worke and their sinnes, because they haue bene proude.
Then showeth he them their deeds, And how they have set him at defiance by their transgressions;
10 He openeth also their eare to discipline, and commandeth them that they returne from iniquity.
He also openeth their ears to admonition, And commandeth them to return from iniquity.
11 If they obey and serue him, they shall end their dayes in prosperity, and their yeres in pleasures.
If they obey and serve him, They spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures.
12 But if they wil not obey, they shall passe by the sworde, and perish without knowledge.
But if they obey not, they perish by the sword; They die in their own folly.
13 But the hypocrites of heart increase the wrath: for they call not when he bindeth them.
The corrupt in heart treasure up wrath; They cry not to God, when he bindeth them.
14 Their soule dyeth in youth, and their life among the whoremongers.
They die in their youth; They close their lives with the unclean.
15 He deliuereth the poore in his affliction, and openeth their eare in trouble.
But he delivereth the poor in their distress; He openeth their ears in affliction.
16 Euen so woulde he haue taken thee out of the streight place into a broade place and not shut vp beneath: and that which resteth vpon thy table, had bene full of fat.
He will bring thee also from the jaws of distress To a broad place, where is no straitness; And the provision of thy table shall be full of fatness.
17 But thou art ful of the iudgement of the wicked, though iudgement and equitie maintaine all things.
But if thou art full of the judgment of the wicked, Judgment and justice shall take hold of thee.
18 For Gods wrath is, least hee should take that away in thine abundance: for no multitude of giftes can deliuer thee.
For if wrath be with him, beware lest he take thee away by his stroke, So that a great ransom shall not save thee!
19 Wil he regard thy riches? he regardeth not golde, nor all them that excel in strength.
Will he esteem thy riches? No! neither thy gold, nor all the abundance of thy wealth.
20 Be not carefull in the night, howe he destroyeth the people out of their place.
Long not thou for that night To which nations are taken away from their place.
21 Take thou heede: looke not to iniquitie: for thou hast chosen it rather then affliction.
Take heed, turn not thine eyes to iniquity! For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
22 Beholde, God exalteth by his power: what teacher is like him?
Behold, God is exalted in his power: Who is a teacher like him?
23 Who hath appointed to him his way? or who can say, Thou hast done wickedly?
Who hath prescribed to him his way? Or who can say to him, “Thou hast done wrong”?
24 Remember that thou magnifie his worke, which men behold.
Forget not to magnify his work, Which men celebrate with songs.
25 All men see it, and men beholde it afarre off.
All mankind gaze upon it; Mortals behold it from afar.
26 Beholde, God is excellent, and we knowe him not, neither can the nomber of his yeres bee searched out.
Behold, God is great; we cannot know him, Nor search out the number of his years.
27 When he restraineth the droppes of water, the rayne powreth down by the vapour thereof,
Lo! he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil rain from his vapor;
28 Which raine the cloudes do droppe and let fall abundantly vpon man.
The clouds pour it down, And drop it upon man in abundance.
29 Who can know the diuisions of ye clouds and the thunders of his tabernacle?
Who can understand the spreading of his clouds, And the rattling of his pavilion?
30 Beholde, he spreadeth his light vpon it, and couereth the bottome of the sea.
Behold, he spreadeth around himself his light, And he clotheth himself with the depths of the sea.
31 For thereby hee iudgeth the people, and giueth meate abundantly.
By these he punisheth nations, And by these he giveth food in abundance.
32 He couereth the light with the clouds, and commandeth them to go against it.
His hands he covereth with lightning; He giveth it commandment against an enemy.
33 His companion sheweth him thereof, and there is anger in rising vp.
His thunder maketh him known; Yea, to the herds, as he ascendeth on high.
