Job 36
1 and to add: again Elihu and to say
Elihu [finished by] saying this:
2 to surround to/for me little and to explain you for still to/for god speech
“[Job, ] be patient with me a little longer, because I have something else to teach you. I have something else to say that God [wants you to know].
3 to lift: bear knowledge my to/for from distant (and to/for to work me *LAB(h)*) to give: give righteousness
I will tell you what I have learned from many sources, in order to show that God, my creator, is just/fair.
4 for truly not deception speech my unblemished knowledge with you
I am not saying anything to you that is false; I, who am standing in front of you, am someone who understands things (very well/perfectly) [HYP].
5 look! God mighty and not to reject mighty strength heart
“Hey, God is [very] powerful, and he does not despise anyone, and he understands everything.
6 not to live wicked and justice afflicted to give: give
He does not allow wicked people to remain alive, and he always acts justly toward those who are poor.
7 not to dimish from righteous eye his and with king to/for throne and to dwell them to/for perpetuity and to exult
He always watches over [MTY] those who are righteous; he allows them to sit on thrones [and rule] with kings, and they are honored forever.
8 and if to bind in/on/with fetter to capture [emph?] in/on/with cord affliction
But if people [who commit crimes] are caught, they [are thrown into prison and] are caused to suffer by being fastened with chains.
9 and to tell to/for them work their and transgression their for to prevail
When that happens, God shows them what they have done; he shows them the sins that they have committed, and he shows them that they have been proud/arrogant.
10 and to reveal: uncover ear their to/for discipline: instruction and to say for to return: return [emph?] from evil: wickedness
He causes them to listen [MTY] to what he is warning them, and he commands them to turn away from [doing what is] evil.
11 if to hear: hear and to serve: minister to end: finish day their in/on/with good and year their in/on/with pleasant
If they (listen to/heed) him and serve him, [after they get out of prison] they will prosper for all the years that they are alive and be peaceful/happy.
12 and if not to hear: hear in/on/with missile to pass and to die like/as without knowledge
But if they do not (listen/pay attention) to him, they will die violently, not knowing [why God is causing them to die].
13 and profane heart to set: make face: anger not to cry for to bind them
“Godless/Wicked people continue being angry, and they do not cry out for help, [even] when God is punishing them.
14 to die in/on/with youth soul their and living thing their in/on/with male cult prostitute
They die while they are still young, disgraced because of their very immoral behavior [EUP].
15 to rescue afflicted in/on/with affliction his and to reveal: uncover in/on/with oppression ear their
But God teaches people by causing them to suffer; by afflicting them, he causes them to listen to [MTY] what he is telling them.
16 and also to incite you from lip: opening enemy breadth not constraint underneath: stand her and quietness table your to fill ashes
“And Job, [I think that] God [wants to] bring you out of your troubles and allow you to live without distress; he wants your table to be full of very nice food.
17 and judgment wicked to fill judgment and justice to grasp
But now, you are being punished [MTY] as wicked people are punished; [God] [PRS] has been punishing you (justly/as you deserve).
18 for rage lest to incite you in/on/with mockery and many ransom not to stretch you
So be careful that you are not deceived by [desiring to acquire] money or that you are not ruined by [accepting] large bribes.
19 to arrange cry your not in/on/with distress and all power strength
[If you are deceived by those things, ] it certainly will not [RHQ] help you to cry out when you are distressed; all of your strength will not help you.
20 not to long for [the] night to/for to ascend: rise people underneath: stand them
Do not wish that it would be nighttime [in order that God will not see you and punish you], because night is the time when [even] people-groups are destroyed!
21 to keep: careful not to turn to(wards) evil: wickedness for upon this to choose from affliction
Be careful not to [begin doing] evil things, because [God] has caused you to suffer to prevent you from doing evil.
22 look! God to exalt in/on/with strength his who? like him rain/teacher
“Hey, God is extremely powerful; there is certainly [RHQ] no teacher who teaches like he does.
23 who? to reckon: overseer upon him way: conduct his and who? to say to work injustice
No one has [RHQ] told him what he should do, and no one has [RHQ] said to him, ‘You have done what is wrong!’
24 to remember for to grow great work his which to sing human
People have [always] sung to praise him, so you also should never forget to praise him for what he has done.
25 all man to see in/on/with him human to look from distant
Everyone has seen [what he has done], but [sometimes] we can see it only from far away.
26 look! God great and not to know number year his and not search
“Hey, God is very great, and we are not able to know how great he is, and we do not know how old he is.
27 for to dimish drop water to refine rain to/for mist his
He draws water up [from the earth and puts it in clouds] and causes it to become rain.
28 which to flow cloud to drip upon man many
The rain pours down from the sky/clouds; God causes abundant showers to fall on everyone.
29 also if: surely yes to understand spreading cloud shout booth his
No one can [RHQ] understand how the clouds move [across the sky] or how it thunders in the sky where God lives.
30 look! to spread upon him light his and root [the] sea to cover
He causes lightning to flash all around him, but he causes the bottom of the oceans to remain dark.
31 for in/on/with them to judge people to give: give food to/for to increase
By providing plenty of rain for us, he enables us to have abundant food.
32 upon palm to cover light and to command upon her in/on/with to fall on
[It is as though] he holds the lightning in his hands, and [then] he commands it to strike where he wants it to.
33 to tell upon him shouting his livestock also upon to ascend: rise
When we hear his thunder, we know that there will be a storm, and the cattle know it, too.”
