Job 36
1 And Elihu adds and says:
And Elihu proceeded and said,
2 “Honor me a little, and I show you, That yet for God [are] words.
Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet words for God.
3 I lift up my knowledge from afar, And I ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Creator.
4 For my words [are] truly not false, The perfect in knowledge [is] with you.
For truly my words shall be no falsehood: one perfect in knowledge is with thee.
5 Behold, God [is] mighty, and does not despise, Mighty [in] power [and] heart.
Lo, God is mighty, but despiseth not [any]; mighty in strength of understanding:
6 He does not revive the wicked, And appoints the judgment of the poor;
He saveth not the wicked alive; but he doeth justice to the afflicted.
7 He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous, And [from] kings on the throne, And causes them to sit forever, and they are high,
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 prisoners in chains They are captured with cords of affliction,
And if, bound in fetters, they be held in cords of affliction,
9 Then He declares to them their work, And their transgressions, Because they have become mighty,
Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions, because they have increased.
10 And He uncovers their ear for instruction, And commands that they turn back from iniquity.
And he openeth their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
11 If they hear and serve, They complete their days in good, And their years in pleasantness.
If they hearken and serve [him], they shall accomplish their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
12 And if they do not listen, They pass away by the dart, And expire without knowledge.
But if they hearken not, they shall pass away by the sword, and expire without knowledge.
13 And the profane in heart set the face, They do not cry when He has bound them.
But the godless in heart heap up anger; they cry not when he bindeth them:
14 Their soul dies in youth, And their life among the defiled.
Their soul dieth in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
15 He draws out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovers their ear in oppression.
But he delivereth the afflicted in his affliction, and openeth their ear in [their] oppression.
16 And He also moved you from a narrow place [To] a broad place—no constriction under it, And the sitting beyond of your table has been 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 And you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked, Judgment and justice are upheld because of fury,
But thou art full of the judgments of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold [on thee].
18 Lest He move you with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement not turn you aside.
Because there is wrath, [beware] lest it take thee away through chastisement: then a great ransom could not avail thee.
19 Does He value your riches? He has gold, and all the forces of power.
Will he esteem thy riches? Not gold, nor all the resources of strength!
20 Do not desire the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead.
Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off from their place.
21 Take heed—do not turn to iniquity, For you have fixed on this Rather than [on] affliction.
Take heed, turn not to iniquity; for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
22 Behold, God sits on high by His power, Who [is] like Him—a teacher?
Lo, God is exalted in his power: who teacheth as he?
23 Who has appointed to Him His way? And who said, You have done iniquity?
Who hath appointed him his way? or who hath said, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness?
24 Remember that you magnify His work That men have beheld.
Remember that thou magnify his work, which men celebrate.
25 All men have looked on it, Man looks attentively from afar.
All men look at it; man beholdeth [it] afar off.
26 Behold, God [is] high, And we do not know the number of His years, Indeed, there [is] no searching.
Lo, God is great, and we comprehend [him] not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
27 When He diminishes droppings of the waters, They refine rain according to its vapor,
For he draweth up the drops of water: they distil in rain from the vapour which he formeth,
28 Which clouds drop, They distill on man abundantly.
Which the skies pour down [and] drop upon man abundantly.
29 Indeed, do [any] understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His dwelling place?
But can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, [or] the crashing of his pavilion?
30 Behold, He has spread His light over it, And He has covered the roots of the sea,
Lo, he spreadeth his light around him, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
31 For He judges peoples by them, He gives food in abundance.
For with them he judgeth the peoples; he giveth food in abundance.
32 By two palms He has covered the light, And lays a charge over it in meeting,
[His] hands he covereth with lightning, and commandeth it where it is to strike.
33 His shout shows it, The livestock also, the rising [storm].”
His thundering declareth concerning him; the cattle even, concerning its coming.
