Job 36
1 Elihu also proceeded, and said,
Elihu also proceeded, and said:
2 Suffer me a little, and I will show thee that [I have] yet to speak on God's behalf.
Bear with me a little while, that I may show thee! For I have yet words in behalf of God.
3 I will bring my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
I will bring my knowledge from afar, And assert the justice of my Maker.
4 For truly my words [shall] not [be] false: he that is perfect in knowledge [is] with thee.
Truly my words shall not be false: A man of sound knowledge is before thee.
5 Behold, God [is] mighty, and despiseth not [any]: [he is] mighty in strength [and] wisdom.
Behold, God is great, but despiseth not any; Great is he in strength of understanding.
6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
He suffereth not the wicked to prosper, But rendereth justice to the oppressed.
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 withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous; But establisheth them for ever with kings on the throne, That they may be exalted.
8 And if [they are] bound in fetters, [and] are held in cords of affliction;
And if they be bound in fetters, And holden in the cords of affliction,
9 Then he showeth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
Then showeth he them their deeds, And how they have set him at defiance by their transgressions;
10 He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
He also openeth their ears to admonition, And commandeth them to return from iniquity.
11 If they obey and serve [him], they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
If they obey and serve him, They spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures.
12 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
But if they obey not, they perish by the sword; They die in their own folly.
13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
The corrupt in heart treasure up wrath; They cry not to God, when he bindeth them.
14 They die in youth, and their life [is] among the unclean.
They die in their youth; They close their lives with the unclean.
15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
But he delivereth the poor in their distress; He openeth their ears in affliction.
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.
He will bring thee also from the jaws of distress To a broad place, where is no straitness; And the provision of thy table shall be full of fatness.
17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold [on thee].
But if thou art full of the judgment of the wicked, Judgment and justice shall take hold of thee.
18 Because [there is] wrath, [beware] lest he take thee away with [his] stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
For if wrath be with him, beware lest he take thee away by his stroke, So that a great ransom shall not save thee!
19 Will he esteem thy riches? [no], not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
Will he esteem thy riches? No! neither thy gold, nor all the abundance of thy wealth.
20 Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
Long not thou for that night To which nations are taken away from their place.
21 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
Take heed, turn not thine eyes to iniquity! For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
22 Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
Behold, God is exalted in his power: Who is a teacher like him?
23 Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?
Who hath prescribed to him his way? Or who can say to him, “Thou hast done wrong”?
24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.
Forget not to magnify his work, Which men celebrate with songs.
25 Every man may see it; man may behold [it] afar off.
All mankind gaze upon it; Mortals behold it 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 great; we cannot know him, Nor search out the number of his years.
27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapor of it.
Lo! he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil rain from his vapor;
28 Which the clouds do drop [and] distill upon man abundantly.
The clouds pour it down, And drop it upon man in abundance.
29 Also can [any] understand the spreadings of the clouds, [or] the noise of his tabernacle?
Who can understand the spreading of his clouds, And the rattling of his pavilion?
30 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
Behold, he spreadeth around himself his light, And he clotheth himself with the depths of the sea.
31 For by them he judgeth the people; he giveth food in abundance.
By these he punisheth nations, And by these he giveth food in abundance.
32 With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it [not to shine] by [the] intervening [cloud].
His hands he covereth with lightning; He giveth it commandment against an enemy.
33 The noise of it showeth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapor.
His thunder maketh him known; Yea, to the herds, as he ascendeth on high.
