< Job 34 >

1 And he answered Elihu and he said.
And Elihu answers and says:
2 Hear O wise [men] words my and O [those who] know give ear to me.
“Hear, O wise men, my words, And, O knowing ones, give ear to me.
3 For [the] ear words it tests and [the] palate it tastes to eat.
For the ear tries words, And the palate tastes to eat.
4 Justice let us choose for ourselves let us recognize between ourselves what? [is] good.
Let us choose judgment for ourselves, Let us know among ourselves what [is] good.
5 For he has said Job I am righteous and God he has taken away right my.
For Job has said, I have been righteous, And God has turned aside my right,
6 On right my will I lie? [is] incurable arrow my not transgression.
Against my right do I lie? My arrow [is] mortal—without transgression.
7 Who? [is] a man like Job he drinks mockery like water.
Who [is] a man like Job? He drinks scoffing like water,
8 And he travels for company with doers of evil and to walk with people of wickedness.
And he has traveled for company With workers of iniquity, So as to go with men of wickedness.
9 For he has said not it profits a man when is pleased he with God.
For he has said, It does not profit a man When he delights himself with God.
10 Therefore - O people of heart listen to me far be it to God from wickedness and [the] Almighty from unrighteousness.
Therefore, O men of heart, listen to me; Far be it from God to do wickedness, And [from] the Mighty to do perverseness,
11 For [the] work of a person he will repay to him and according to [the] way of a person he will make find him.
For He repays the work of man to him, And according to the path of each He causes him to find.
12 Also truly God not he acts wickedly and [the] Almighty not he perverts justice.
Indeed, truly, God does not do wickedly, And the Mighty does not pervert judgment.
13 Who? did he assign on him [the] earth towards and who? did he put [the] world all of it.
Who has inspected for Himself the earth? And who has placed all the habitable world?
14 If he will set to it heart his spirit his and breath his to himself he will gather.
If He sets His heart on him, [If] He gathers His Spirit and His breath to Himself,
15 It will expire all flesh together and humankind to dust it will return.
All flesh expires together, And man returns to dust.
16 And if understanding hear! this give ear! to [the] sound of words my.
And if [there is] understanding, hear this, Give ear to the voice of my words.
17 ¿ Also [one who] hates justice will he govern and or? [the] righteous [one] [the] mighty [one] will you condemn as guilty.
Indeed, does one hating justice govern? Or do you condemn the Most Just?
18 ¿ To say to a king worthless person wicked [one] to noble [people].
Who has said to a king, Worthless, To princes, Wicked?
19 Who not he lifts up - [the] faces of princes and not he regards a rich person before a poor [person] for [are the] work of hands his all of them.
That has not accepted the person of princes, Nor has known the rich before the poor, For all of them [are] a work of His hands.
20 A moment - they die and [the] middle of [the] night they are shaken a people so they may pass away and people may remove [the] mighty not by a hand.
[In] a moment they die, And at midnight people shake, And they pass away, And they remove the mighty without hand.
21 For eyes his [are] on [the] ways of everyone and all steps his he sees.
For His eyes [are] on the ways of each, And He sees all his steps.
22 There not [is] darkness and there not [is] deep darkness to hide themselves there [those who] do wickedness.
There is no darkness nor death-shade, For workers of iniquity to be hidden there;
23 For not on a person he will appoint again to go to God in judgment.
For He does not permit man anymore, To go to God in judgment,
24 He breaks mighty [ones] not inquiry and he appointed others in place of them.
He breaks the mighty—no searching! And He appoints others in their stead.
25 Therefore he is acquainted with deeds their and he overthrows [them] night so they may be crushed.
Therefore He knows their works, And He has overturned by night, And they are bruised.
26 In place of wicked [people] he slaps them in a place of [those who] see.
As wicked He has struck them, In the place of beholders.
27 That there-fore they turned aside from after him and all ways his not they considered.
Because that against right They have turned aside from after Him, And have considered none of His ways,
28 To cause to come to him [the] outcry of [the] poor and [the] outcry of afflicted [people] he heard.
To cause to come to Him The cry of the poor, And He hears the cry of the afflicted.
29 And he he will keep quiet - and who? will he condemn [him] as guilty and he may hide face and who? will he observe him and over a nation and over a person alike.
And He gives rest, and who makes wrong? And hides the face, and who beholds it? And in reference to a nation and to a man, [It is] the same.
30 From reigning a person godless from snares of a people.
From the reigning of a profane man, From the snares of a people;
31 For to God ¿ has anyone said I have borne not I will act corruptly.
For has any said to God: I have taken away, I do not do corruptly,
32 Apart from [that which] I see O you instruct me if unrighteousness I have done not I will repeat.
Besides [that which] I see, You show me, If I have done iniquity—I do not add?
33 ¿ From with you will he repay it if you have rejected for you you will choose and not I and what? do you know speak.
Does He repay by you, that you have refused—That you choose, and not I? And what you have known, speak.
34 People of heart they will say to me and a man wise [who] listens to me.
Let men of heart say to me, And a wise man is listening to me:
35 Job not with knowledge he speaks and words his not [are] with insight.
Job—he does not speak with knowledge, And his words [are] not with wisdom.
36 Would that! he will be tested Job until perpetuity on answers among people of wickedness.
My Father! Let Job be tried—to victory, Because of answers for men of iniquity,
37 For he adds to sin his transgression between us he claps and he multiplies words his to God.
For he adds to his sin, He vomits transgression among us, And multiplies his sayings to God.”

< Job 34 >