Job 36
1 Elihu also proceeded, and said:
Elihu also proceeded, and said:
2 Bear with me a little while, that I may show thee! For I have yet words in behalf of God.
Suffer me a little, and I will tell thee; for there are yet words on God's behalf.
3 I will bring my knowledge from afar, And assert the justice of my Maker.
I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
4 Truly my words shall not be false: A man of sound knowledge is before thee.
For truly my words are not false; one that is upright in mind is with thee.
5 Behold, God is great, but despiseth not any; Great is he in strength of understanding.
Behold, God is mighty, yet He despiseth not any; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
6 He suffereth not the wicked to prosper, But rendereth justice to the oppressed.
He preserveth not the life of the wicked; but giveth to the poor their right.
7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous; But establisheth them for ever with kings on the throne, That they may be exalted.
He withdraweth not His eyes from the righteous; but with kings upon the throne He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted.
8 And if they be bound in fetters, And holden in the cords of affliction,
And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;
9 Then showeth he them their deeds, And how they have set him at defiance by their transgressions;
Then He declareth unto them their work, and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.
10 He also openeth their ears to admonition, And commandeth them to return from iniquity.
He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
11 If they obey and serve him, They spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures.
If they hearken and serve Him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
12 But if they obey not, they perish by the sword; They die in their own folly.
But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
13 The corrupt in heart treasure up wrath; They cry not to God, when he bindeth them.
But they that are godless in heart lay up anger; they cry not for help when He bindeth them.
14 They die in their youth; They close their lives with the unclean.
Their soul perisheth in youth, and their life as that of the depraved.
15 But he delivereth the poor in their distress; He openeth their ears in affliction.
He delivereth the afflicted by His affliction, and openeth their ear by tribulation.
16 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.
Yea, He hath allured thee out of distress into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which is set on thy table is full of fatness;
17 But if thou art full of the judgment of the wicked, Judgment and justice shall take hold of thee.
And thou art full of the judgment of the wicked; judgment and justice take hold on them.
18 For if wrath be with him, beware lest he take thee away by his stroke, So that a great ransom shall not save thee!
For beware of wrath, lest thou be led away by thy sufficiency; neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.
19 Will he esteem thy riches? No! neither thy gold, nor all the abundance of thy wealth.
Will thy riches avail, that are without stint, or all the forces of thy strength?
20 Long not thou for that night To which nations are taken away from their place.
Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off in their place.
21 Take heed, turn not thine eyes to iniquity! For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
Take heed, regard not iniquity; for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
22 Behold, God is exalted in his power: Who is a teacher like him?
Behold, God doeth loftily in His power; who is a teacher like Him?
23 Who hath prescribed to him his way? Or who can say to him, “Thou hast done wrong”?
Who hath enjoined Him His way? Or who hath said: 'Thou hast wrought unrighteousness'?
24 Forget not to magnify his work, Which men celebrate with songs.
Remember that thou magnify His work, whereof men have sung.
25 All mankind gaze upon it; Mortals behold it from afar.
All men have looked thereon; man beholdeth it afar off.
26 Behold, God is great; we cannot know him, Nor search out the number of his years.
Behold, God is great, beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.
27 Lo! he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil rain from his vapor;
For He draweth away the drops of water, which distil rain from His vapour;
28 The clouds pour it down, And drop it upon man in abundance.
Which the skies pour down and drop upon the multitudes of men.
29 Who can understand the spreading of his clouds, And the rattling of his pavilion?
Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, the crashings of His pavilion?
30 Behold, he spreadeth around himself his light, And he clotheth himself with the depths of the sea.
Behold, He spreadeth His light upon it; and He covereth the depths of the sea.
31 By these he punisheth nations, And by these he giveth food in abundance.
For by these He judgeth the peoples; He giveth food in abundance.
32 His hands he covereth with lightning; He giveth it commandment against an enemy.
He covereth His hands with the lightning, and giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.
33 His thunder maketh him known; Yea, to the herds, as he ascendeth on high.
The noise thereof telleth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the storm that cometh up.
