Job 36
1 Elihu also proceeded, and said,
And Elihu adds and says:
2 Suffer me a little, and I will show thee that [I have] yet to speak on God's behalf.
“Honor me a little, and I show you, That yet for God [are] words.
3 I will bring my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
I lift up my knowledge from afar, And I ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
4 For truly my words [shall] not [be] false: he that is perfect in knowledge [is] with thee.
For my words [are] truly not false, The perfect in knowledge [is] with you.
5 Behold, God [is] mighty, and despiseth not [any]: [he is] mighty in strength [and] wisdom.
Behold, God [is] mighty, and does not despise, Mighty [in] power [and] heart.
6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
He does not revive the wicked, And appoints 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 does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous, And [from] kings on the throne, And causes them to sit forever, and they are high,
8 And if [they are] bound in fetters, [and] are held in cords of affliction;
And if prisoners in chains They are captured with cords of affliction,
9 Then he showeth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
Then He declares to them their work, And their transgressions, Because they have become mighty,
10 He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
And He uncovers their ear for instruction, And commands that they turn back from iniquity.
11 If they obey and serve [him], they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
If they hear and serve, They complete their days in good, And their years in pleasantness.
12 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
And if they do not listen, They pass away by the dart, And expire without knowledge.
13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
And the profane in heart set the face, They do not cry when He has bound them.
14 They die in youth, and their life [is] among the unclean.
Their soul dies in youth, And their life among the defiled.
15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
He draws out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovers their ear in oppression.
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 also moved you from a narrow place [To] a broad place—no constriction under it, And the sitting beyond of your table has been full of fatness.
17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold [on thee].
And you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked, Judgment and justice are upheld because of fury,
18 Because [there is] wrath, [beware] lest he take thee away with [his] stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
Lest He move you with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement not turn you aside.
19 Will he esteem thy riches? [no], not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
Does He value your riches? He has gold, and all the forces of power.
20 Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
Do not desire the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead.
21 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
Take heed—do not turn to iniquity, For you have fixed on this Rather than [on] affliction.
22 Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
Behold, God sits on high by His power, Who [is] like Him—a teacher?
23 Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?
Who has appointed to Him His way? And who said, You have done iniquity?
24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.
Remember that you magnify His work That men have beheld.
25 Every man may see it; man may behold [it] afar off.
All men have looked on it, Man looks attentively from afar.
26 Behold, God [is] great, and we know [him] not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
Behold, God [is] high, And we do not know the number of His years, Indeed, there [is] no searching.
27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapor of it.
When He diminishes droppings of the waters, They refine rain according to its vapor,
28 Which the clouds do drop [and] distill upon man abundantly.
Which clouds drop, They distill on man abundantly.
29 Also can [any] understand the spreadings of the clouds, [or] the noise of his tabernacle?
Indeed, do [any] understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His dwelling place?
30 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
Behold, He has spread His light over it, And He has covered the roots of the sea,
31 For by them he judgeth the people; he giveth food in abundance.
For He judges peoples by them, He gives food in abundance.
32 With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it [not to shine] by [the] intervening [cloud].
By two palms He has covered the light, And lays a charge over it in meeting,
33 The noise of it showeth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapor.
His shout shows it, The livestock also, the rising [storm].”
