Job 36
1 Elihu also proceeded, and said,
And Elius further continued, and said,
2 Suffer me a little, and I will show thee that [I have] yet to speak on God's behalf.
Wait for me yet a little while, that I may teach you: for there is yet speech in me.
3 I will bring my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
Having fetched my knowledge from afar, and according to my works,
4 For truly my words [shall] not [be] false: he that is perfect in knowledge [is] with thee.
I will speak just things truly, and you shall not unjustly receive unjust words.
5 Behold, God [is] mighty, and despiseth not [any]: [he is] mighty in strength [and] wisdom.
But know that the Lord will not cast off an innocent man: being mighty in strength of wisdom,
6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
he will not by any means save alive the ungodly: and he will grant the judgment of the poor.
7 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.
He will not turn away his eyes from the righteous, but [they shall be] with kings on the throne: and he will establish them in triumph, and they shall be exalted.
8 And if [they are] bound in fetters, [and] are held in cords of affliction;
But they that are bound in fetters shall be holden in cords of poverty.
9 Then he showeth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
And he shall recount to them their works, and their transgressions, for such will act with violence.
10 He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
But he will listen to the righteous: and he has said that they shall turn from unrighteousness.
11 If they obey and serve [him], they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
If they should hear and serve [him], they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in honor.
12 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
But he preserves not the ungodly; because they are not willing to know the Lord, and because when reproved they were disobedient.
13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
And the hypocrites in heart will array wrath [against themselves]; they will not cry, because he has bound them.
14 They die in youth, and their life [is] among the unclean.
Therefore let their soul die in youth, and their life be wounded by messengers [of death].
15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
Because they afflicted the weak and helpless: and he will vindicate the judgment of the meek.
16 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.
And he has also enticed you out of the mouth of the enemy:
17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold [on thee].
[there is] a deep gulf [and] a rushing stream beneath it, and your table came down full of fatness. Judgment shall not fail from the righteous;
18 Because [there is] wrath, [beware] lest he take thee away with [his] stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
but there shall be wrath upon the ungodly, by reason of the ungodliness of the bribes which they received for iniquities.
19 Will he esteem thy riches? [no], not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
Let not [your] mind willingly turn you aside from the petition of the feeble that are in distress.
20 Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
And draw not forth all the mighty [men] by night, so that the people should go up instead of them.
21 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
But take heed lest you do that which is wrong: for of this you has made choice because of poverty.
22 Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
Behold, the Mighty One shall prevail by his strength: for who is powerful as he is?
23 Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?
And who is he that examines his works? or who can say, he has wrought injustice?
24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.
Remember that his works are great [beyond] those which men have attempted.
25 Every man may see it; man may behold [it] afar off.
Every man has seen in himself, how many mortals are wounded.
26 Behold, God [is] great, and we know [him] not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
Behold, the Mighty One is great, and we shall not know [him]: the number of his years is even infinite.
27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapor of it.
And the drops of rain are numbered by him, and shall be poured out in rain to form a cloud.
28 Which the clouds do drop [and] distill upon man abundantly.
The ancient [heavens] shall flow, and the clouds overshadow innumerable mortals: he has fixed a time to cattle, and they know the order of rest. [Yet] by all these things your understanding is not astonished, neither is your mind disturbed in [your] body.
29 Also can [any] understand the spreadings of the clouds, [or] the noise of his tabernacle?
And though one should understand the outspreadings of the clouds, [or] the measure of his tabernacle;
30 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
behold he will stretch his bow against him, and he covers the bottom of the sea.
31 For by them he judgeth the people; he giveth food in abundance.
For by them he will judge the nations: he will give food to him that has strength.
32 With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it [not to shine] by [the] intervening [cloud].
He has hidden the light in [his] hands, and given charge concerning it to the interposing [cloud].
33 The noise of it showeth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapor.
The Lord will declare concerning this [to] his friend: [but there is] a portion also for unrighteousness.
