Job 36
1 And Elihu added and said: —
And Elihu proceeded and said,
2 Restrain thyself for me a little, and I will shew thee, that, yet—for GOD, there is justification,
Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet words for God.
3 I will bring my knowledge from afar, and, to my Maker, will I attribute righteousness.
I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Creator.
4 For, of a truth—not false, are my words, One of competent knowledge, is with thee.
For truly my words shall be no falsehood: one perfect in knowledge is with thee.
5 Lo! GOD, is mighty, yet will he not despise, Mighty in vigour of mind;
Lo, God is mighty, but despiseth not [any]; mighty in strength of understanding:
6 He will not keep alive one who is lawless, but, the right of oppressed ones, will he grant;
He saveth not the wicked alive; but he doeth justice to the afflicted.
7 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.
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 But, if, bound in fetters, they have been captured with cords of affliction,
And if, bound in fetters, they be held in cords of affliction,
9 Then hath he declared to them their deed, and their transgressions—that they were wont to behave themselves proudly;
Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions, because they have increased.
10 Thus hath he uncovered their ear to a warning, and said—that they should turn from iniquity.
And he openeth their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
11 If they would hearken, and serve, they should complete their days, in prosperity, and their years, in pleasantness;
If they hearken and serve [him], they shall accomplish their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
12 But, if they would not hearken, by a weapon, should they pass away, and breathe their last, no one knowing.
But if they hearken not, they shall pass away by the sword, and expire without knowledge.
13 Yea, the impious in heart, should store up anger, They should not cry for help, when he bound them.
But the godless in heart heap up anger; they cry not when he bindeth them:
14 Their soul should die in youth, and their life, among the unclean.
Their soul dieth in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
15 He would deliver the humbled in his humiliation, and would uncover—in oppression—their ear.
But he delivereth the afflicted in his affliction, and openeth their ear in [their] oppression.
16 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.
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 But, with the plea of a lawless one, thou art full, Plea and sentence, will take fast hold.
But thou art full of the judgments of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold [on thee].
18 Because there is wrath, [beware] lest he take thee away with a stroke, Then let not, a great ransom, mislead thee.
Because there is wrath, [beware] lest it take thee away through chastisement: then a great ransom could not avail thee.
19 Will he value thy riches? Nay not precious ore, nor all the forces of strength.
Will he esteem thy riches? Not gold, nor all the resources of strength!
20 Do not pant for the night, when peoples disappear from their place.
Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off from their place.
21 Beware, do not turn unto iniquity, For, this, thou hast chosen rather than affliction.
Take heed, turn not to iniquity; for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
22 Lo, GOD, exalteth himself by his strength, Who like him doth teach?
Lo, God is exalted in his power: who teacheth as he?
23 Who enjoined on him his way? and who ever said, Thou hast wrought perversity?
Who hath appointed him his way? or who hath said, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness?
24 Remember, that thou extol his work, of which men have sung;
Remember that thou magnify his work, which men celebrate.
25 Every son of earth, hath viewed it, Mortal man, looketh at it from afar.
All men look at it; man beholdeth [it] afar off.
26 Lo, GOD, is greater than we can know, The number of his years, even past finding out!
Lo, God is great, and we comprehend [him] not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
27 For he draweth up drops of water, They trickle as rain through his mist;
For he draweth up the drops of water: they distil in rain from the vapour which he formeth,
28 With which the clouds flow down, They drop on man in abundance.
Which the skies pour down [and] drop upon man abundantly.
29 But surely none can understand the burstings of the cloud, the crashing of his pavilion!
But can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, [or] the crashing of his pavilion?
30 Lo! he hath spread out over it, his lightning, The bed of the sea, hath he covered.
Lo, he spreadeth his light around him, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
31 For, by those things, he executeth judgment on peoples, He giveth food in abundance:
For with them he judgeth the peoples; he giveth food in abundance.
32 Upon both hands, he putteth a covering of lightning, and layeth command upon it against an assailant:
[His] hands he covereth with lightning, and commandeth it where it is to strike.
33 His rolling thunder telleth concerning him, —The cattle, even, concerning him that is coming up.
His thundering declareth concerning him; the cattle even, concerning its coming.
