Job 36
1 And Elihu added and said: —
And Elihu addeth and saith: —
2 Restrain thyself for me a little, and I will shew thee, that, yet—for GOD, there is justification,
Honour me a little, and I shew thee, That yet for God [are] words.
3 I will bring my knowledge from afar, and, to my Maker, will I attribute righteousness.
I lift up my knowledge from afar, And to my Maker I ascribe righteousness.
4 For, of a truth—not false, are my words, One of competent knowledge, is with thee.
For, truly, my words [are] not false, The 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, and despiseth not, Mighty [in] power [and] heart.
6 He will not keep alive one who is lawless, but, the right of oppressed ones, will he grant;
He reviveth not the wicked, And the judgment of the poor appointeth;
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 from the righteous His eyes, And [from] kings on the throne, And causeth them to sit for ever, and they are high,
8 But, if, bound in fetters, they have been captured with cords of affliction,
And if prisoners in fetters They are captured with 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 declareth to them their work, And their transgressions, Because they have become mighty,
10 Thus hath he uncovered their ear to a warning, and said—that they should turn from iniquity.
And He uncovereth their ear for instruction, And saith that they turn back from iniquity.
11 If they would hearken, and serve, they should complete their days, in prosperity, and their years, in pleasantness;
If they do hear and serve, They complete their days in good, And their years in pleasantness.
12 But, if they would not hearken, by a weapon, should they pass away, and breathe their last, no one knowing.
And if they do not hearken, By the dart they pass away, And expire without knowledge.
13 Yea, the impious in heart, should store up anger, They should not cry for help, when he bound them.
And the profane in heart set the face, They cry not when He hath bound them.
14 Their soul should die in youth, and their life, among the unclean.
Their soul dieth in youth, And their life among the defiled.
15 He would deliver the humbled in his humiliation, and would uncover—in oppression—their ear.
He draweth out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovereth in oppression their ear.
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.
And also He moved thee from a strait place, [To] a broad place — no straitness under it, And the sitting beyond of thy table Hath been full of fatness.
17 But, with the plea of a lawless one, thou art full, Plea and sentence, will take fast hold.
And the judgment of the wicked thou hast fulfilled, Judgment and justice are upheld — because of fury,
18 Because there is wrath, [beware] lest he take thee away with a stroke, Then let not, a great ransom, mislead thee.
Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside.
19 Will he value thy riches? Nay not precious ore, nor all the forces of strength.
Doth He value thy riches? He hath gold, and all the forces of power.
20 Do not pant for the night, when peoples disappear from their place.
Desire not the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead.
21 Beware, do not turn unto iniquity, For, this, thou hast chosen rather than affliction.
Take heed — do not turn unto iniquity, For on this thou hast fixed Rather than [on] affliction.
22 Lo, GOD, exalteth himself by his strength, Who like him doth teach?
Lo, God doth sit on high by His power, Who [is] like Him — a teacher?
23 Who enjoined on him his way? and who ever said, Thou hast wrought perversity?
Who hath appointed unto Him his way? And who said, 'Thou hast done iniquity?'
24 Remember, that thou extol his work, of which men have sung;
Remember that thou magnify His work That men have beheld.
25 Every son of earth, hath viewed it, Mortal man, looketh at it from afar.
All men have looked on it, Man looketh attentively from afar.
26 Lo, GOD, is greater than we can know, The number of his years, even past finding out!
Lo, God [is] high, And we know not the number of His years, Yea, there [is] no searching.
27 For he draweth up drops of water, They trickle as rain through his mist;
When He doth diminish droppings of the waters, They refine rain according to its vapour,
28 With which the clouds flow down, They drop on man in abundance.
Which clouds do drop, They distil on man abundantly.
29 But surely none can understand the burstings of the cloud, the crashing of his pavilion!
Yea, doth [any] understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His tabernacle?
30 Lo! he hath spread out over it, his lightning, The bed of the sea, hath he covered.
Lo, He hath spread over it His light, And the roots of the sea He hath covered,
31 For, by those things, he executeth judgment on peoples, He giveth food in abundance:
For by them He doth judge peoples, He giveth food in abundance.
32 Upon both hands, he putteth a covering of lightning, and layeth command upon it against an assailant:
By two palms He hath covered the light, And layeth a charge over it in meeting,
33 His rolling thunder telleth concerning him, —The cattle, even, concerning him that is coming up.
He sheweth by it [to] his friend substance, Anger against perversity.
