Job 36
1 Elihu also proceeded and sayde,
And Elihu added and said: —
2 Suffer me a litle, and I will instruct thee: for I haue yet to speake on Gods behalfe.
Restrain thyself for me a little, and I will shew thee, that, yet—for GOD, there is justification,
3 I will fetche my knowledge afarre off, and will attribute righteousnes vnto my Maker.
I will bring my knowledge from afar, and, to my Maker, will I attribute righteousness.
4 For truely my wordes shall not be false, and he that is perfect in knowledge, speaketh with thee.
For, of a truth—not false, are my words, One of competent knowledge, is with thee.
5 Behold, the mighty God casteth away none that is mighty and valiant of courage.
Lo! GOD, is mighty, yet will he not despise, Mighty in vigour of mind;
6 He mainteineth not the wicked, but he giueth iudgement to the afflicted.
He will not keep alive one who is lawless, but, the right of oppressed ones, will he grant;
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 will not withdraw—from a righteous one—his eyes, —but, with kings on the throne, He hath seated men triumphantly, and they have been exalted.
8 And if they bee bound in fetters and tyed with the cordes of affliction,
But, if, bound in fetters, they have been captured with cords of affliction,
9 Then will he shewe them their worke and their sinnes, because they haue bene proude.
Then hath he declared to them their deed, and their transgressions—that they were wont to behave themselves proudly;
10 He openeth also their eare to discipline, and commandeth them that they returne from iniquity.
Thus hath he uncovered their ear to a warning, and said—that they should turn from iniquity.
11 If they obey and serue him, they shall end their dayes in prosperity, and their yeres in pleasures.
If they would hearken, and serve, they should complete their days, in prosperity, and their years, in pleasantness;
12 But if they wil not obey, they shall passe by the sworde, and perish without knowledge.
But, if they would not hearken, by a weapon, should they pass away, and breathe their last, no one knowing.
13 But the hypocrites of heart increase the wrath: for they call not when he bindeth them.
Yea, the impious in heart, should store up anger, They should not cry for help, when he bound them.
14 Their soule dyeth in youth, and their life among the whoremongers.
Their soul should die in youth, and their life, among the unclean.
15 He deliuereth the poore in his affliction, and openeth their eare in trouble.
He would deliver the humbled in his humiliation, and would uncover—in oppression—their ear.
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.
Yea he might even have allured thee—out of the mouth of straitness, [into] a wide space—no narrowness there, —and, the food set down on thy table, should have been full of fatness.
17 But thou art ful of the iudgement of the wicked, though iudgement and equitie maintaine all things.
But, with the plea of a lawless one, thou art full, Plea and sentence, will take fast hold.
18 For Gods wrath is, least hee should take that away in thine abundance: for no multitude of giftes can deliuer thee.
Because there is wrath, [beware] lest he take thee away with a stroke, Then let not, a great ransom, mislead thee.
19 Wil he regard thy riches? he regardeth not golde, nor all them that excel in strength.
Will he value thy riches? Nay not precious ore, nor all the forces of strength.
20 Be not carefull in the night, howe he destroyeth the people out of their place.
Do not pant for the night, when peoples disappear from their place.
21 Take thou heede: looke not to iniquitie: for thou hast chosen it rather then affliction.
Beware, do not turn unto iniquity, For, this, thou hast chosen rather than affliction.
22 Beholde, God exalteth by his power: what teacher is like him?
Lo, GOD, exalteth himself by his strength, Who like him doth teach?
23 Who hath appointed to him his way? or who can say, Thou hast done wickedly?
Who enjoined on him his way? and who ever said, Thou hast wrought perversity?
24 Remember that thou magnifie his worke, which men behold.
Remember, that thou extol his work, of which men have sung;
25 All men see it, and men beholde it afarre off.
Every son of earth, hath viewed it, Mortal man, looketh at it from afar.
26 Beholde, God is excellent, and we knowe him not, neither can the nomber of his yeres bee searched out.
Lo, GOD, is greater than we can know, The number of his years, even past finding out!
27 When he restraineth the droppes of water, the rayne powreth down by the vapour thereof,
For he draweth up drops of water, They trickle as rain through his mist;
28 Which raine the cloudes do droppe and let fall abundantly vpon man.
With which the clouds flow down, They drop on man in abundance.
29 Who can know the diuisions of ye clouds and the thunders of his tabernacle?
But surely none can understand the burstings of the cloud, the crashing of his pavilion!
30 Beholde, he spreadeth his light vpon it, and couereth the bottome of the sea.
Lo! he hath spread out over it, his lightning, The bed of the sea, hath he covered.
31 For thereby hee iudgeth the people, and giueth meate abundantly.
For, by those things, he executeth judgment on peoples, He giveth food in abundance:
32 He couereth the light with the clouds, and commandeth them to go against it.
Upon both hands, he putteth a covering of lightning, and layeth command upon it against an assailant:
33 His companion sheweth him thereof, and there is anger in rising vp.
His rolling thunder telleth concerning him, —The cattle, even, concerning him that is coming up.
