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 show thee that [I have] yet to speak on God's behalf.
3 I will bring my knowledge from afar, And assert the justice of my Maker.
I will bring 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 [shall] not [be] false: he that is perfect in knowledge [is] with thee.
5 Behold, God is great, but despiseth not any; Great is he in strength of understanding.
Behold, God [is] mighty, and despiseth not [any]: [he is] mighty in strength [and] wisdom.
6 He suffereth not the wicked to prosper, But rendereth justice to the oppressed.
He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
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 [are they] on the throne; yes, he doth establish 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 are] bound in fetters, [and] are held in cords of affliction;
9 Then showeth he them their deeds, And how they have set him at defiance by their transgressions;
Then he showeth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
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 obey 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 obey 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 the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
14 They die in their youth; They close their lives with the unclean.
They die in youth, and their life [is] among the unclean.
15 But he delivereth the poor in their distress; He openeth their ears in affliction.
He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
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.
Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait [into] a broad place, where [there is] no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table [would be] full of fatness.
17 But if thou art full of the judgment of the wicked, Judgment and justice shall take hold of thee.
But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold [on thee].
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!
Because [there is] wrath, [beware] lest he take thee away with [his] stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
19 Will he esteem thy riches? No! neither thy gold, nor all the abundance of thy wealth.
Will he esteem thy riches? [no], not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
20 Long not thou for that night To which nations are taken away from their place.
Desire not the night, when people 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 exalteth by his power: who teacheth 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 can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?
24 Forget not to magnify his work, Which men celebrate with songs.
Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.
25 All mankind gaze upon it; Mortals behold it from afar.
Every man may see it; man may behold [it] afar off.
26 Behold, God is great; we cannot know him, Nor search out the number of his years.
Behold, God [is] great, and we know [him] not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
27 Lo! he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil rain from his vapor;
For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapor of it.
28 The clouds pour it down, And drop it upon man in abundance.
Which the clouds do drop [and] distill upon man abundantly.
29 Who can understand the spreading of his clouds, And the rattling of his pavilion?
Also can [any] understand the spreadings of the clouds, [or] the noise of his tabernacle?
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 covereth the bottom of the sea.
31 By these he punisheth nations, And by these he giveth food in abundance.
For by them he judgeth the people; he giveth food in abundance.
32 His hands he covereth with lightning; He giveth it commandment against an enemy.
With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it [not to shine] by [the] intervening [cloud].
33 His thunder maketh him known; Yea, to the herds, as he ascendeth on high.
The noise of it showeth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapor.
