Job 36
1 And Elihu addeth and saith: —
And Elihu proceeded and said,
2 Honour me a little, and I shew thee, That yet for God [are] words.
Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet words for God.
3 I lift up my knowledge from afar, And to my Maker I ascribe righteousness.
I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Creator.
4 For, truly, my words [are] not false, The perfect in knowledge [is] with thee.
For truly my words shall be no falsehood: one perfect in knowledge is with thee.
5 Lo, God [is] mighty, and despiseth not, Mighty [in] power [and] heart.
Lo, God is mighty, but despiseth not [any]; mighty in strength of understanding:
6 He reviveth not the wicked, And the judgment of the poor appointeth;
He saveth not the wicked alive; but he doeth justice to the afflicted.
7 He withdraweth not from the righteous His eyes, And [from] kings on the throne, And causeth them to sit for ever, and they are high,
He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne doth he even set them for ever; and they are exalted.
8 And if prisoners in fetters They are captured with cords of affliction,
And if, bound in fetters, they be held in cords of affliction,
9 Then He declareth to them their work, And their transgressions, Because they have become mighty,
Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions, because they have increased.
10 And He uncovereth their ear for instruction, And saith that they turn back from iniquity.
And he openeth their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
11 If they do hear and serve, They complete their days in good, And their years in pleasantness.
If they hearken and serve [him], they shall accomplish their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
12 And if they do not hearken, By the dart they pass away, And expire without knowledge.
But if they hearken not, they shall pass away by the sword, and expire without knowledge.
13 And the profane in heart set the face, They cry not when He hath bound them.
But the godless in heart heap up anger; they cry not when he bindeth them:
14 Their soul dieth in youth, And their life among the defiled.
Their soul dieth in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
15 He draweth out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovereth in oppression their ear.
But he delivereth the afflicted in his affliction, and openeth their ear in [their] oppression.
16 And also He moved thee from a strait place, [To] a broad place — no straitness under it, And the sitting beyond of thy table Hath been full of fatness.
Even so would he have allured thee out of the jaws of distress into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and the supply of thy table [would be] full of fatness.
17 And the judgment of the wicked thou hast fulfilled, Judgment and justice are upheld — because of fury,
But thou art full of the judgments of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold [on thee].
18 Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside.
Because there is wrath, [beware] lest it take thee away through chastisement: then a great ransom could not avail thee.
19 Doth He value thy riches? He hath gold, and all the forces of power.
Will he esteem thy riches? Not gold, nor all the resources of strength!
20 Desire not the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead.
Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off from their place.
21 Take heed — do not turn unto iniquity, For on this thou hast fixed Rather than [on] affliction.
Take heed, turn not to iniquity; for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
22 Lo, God doth sit on high by His power, Who [is] like Him — a teacher?
Lo, God is exalted in his power: who teacheth as he?
23 Who hath appointed unto Him his way? And who said, 'Thou hast done iniquity?'
Who hath appointed him his way? or who hath said, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness?
24 Remember that thou magnify His work That men have beheld.
Remember that thou magnify his work, which men celebrate.
25 All men have looked on it, Man looketh attentively from afar.
All men look at it; man beholdeth [it] afar off.
26 Lo, God [is] high, And we know not the number of His years, Yea, there [is] no searching.
Lo, God is great, and we comprehend [him] not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
27 When He doth diminish droppings of the waters, They refine rain according to its vapour,
For he draweth up the drops of water: they distil in rain from the vapour which he formeth,
28 Which clouds do drop, They distil on man abundantly.
Which the skies pour down [and] drop upon man abundantly.
29 Yea, doth [any] understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His tabernacle?
But can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, [or] the crashing of his pavilion?
30 Lo, He hath spread over it His light, And the roots of the sea He hath covered,
Lo, he spreadeth his light around him, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
31 For by them He doth judge peoples, He giveth food in abundance.
For with them he judgeth the peoples; he giveth food in abundance.
32 By two palms He hath covered the light, And layeth a charge over it in meeting,
[His] hands he covereth with lightning, and commandeth it where it is to strike.
33 He sheweth by it [to] his friend substance, Anger against perversity.
His thundering declareth concerning him; the cattle even, concerning its coming.
