Job 36
1 And Elihu addeth and saith: —
Eliu also 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: for I have yet somewhat to speak in God’s behalf.
3 I lift up my knowledge from afar, And to my Maker I ascribe righteousness.
I will repeat my knowledge from the beginning, and I will prove my Maker just.
4 For, truly, my words [are] not false, The perfect in knowledge [is] with thee.
For indeed my words are without a lie, and perfect knowledge shall be proved to thee.
5 Lo, God [is] mighty, and despiseth not, Mighty [in] power [and] heart.
God doth not cast away the mighty, whereas he himself also is mighty.
6 He reviveth not the wicked, And the judgment of the poor appointeth;
But he saveth not the wicked, and he giveth judgment to the poor.
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 will not take away his eyes from the just, and he placeth kings on the throne for ever, and they are exalted.
8 And if prisoners in fetters They are captured with cords of affliction,
And if they shall be in chains, and be bound with the cords of poverty:
9 Then He declareth to them their work, And their transgressions, Because they have become mighty,
He shall shew them their works, and their wicked deeds, because they have been violent.
10 And He uncovereth their ear for instruction, And saith that they turn back from iniquity.
He also shall open their ear, to correct them: and shall speak, that they may return from iniquity.
11 If they do hear and serve, They complete their days in good, And their years in pleasantness.
If they shall hear and observe, they shall accomplish their days in good, and their years in glory.
12 And if they do not hearken, By the dart they pass away, And expire without knowledge.
But if they hear not, they shall pass by the sword, and shall be consumed in folly.
13 And the profane in heart set the face, They cry not when He hath bound them.
Dissemblers and crafty men prove the wrath of God, neither shall they cry when they are bound.
14 Their soul dieth in youth, And their life among the defiled.
Their soul shall die in a storm, and their life among the effeminate.
15 He draweth out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovereth in oppression their ear.
He shall deliver the poor out of his distress, and shall open his ear in affliction.
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.
Therefore he shall set thee at large out of the narrow mouth, and which hath no foundation under it: and the rest of thy table shall be full of fatness.
17 And the judgment of the wicked thou hast fulfilled, Judgment and justice are upheld — because of fury,
Thy cause hath been judged as that of the wicked, cause and judgment thou shalt recover.
18 Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside.
Therefore let not anger overcome thee to oppress any man: neither let multitude of gifts turn thee aside.
19 Doth He value thy riches? He hath gold, and all the forces of power.
Lay down thy greatness without tribulation, and all the mighty of strength.
20 Desire not the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead.
Prolong not the night that people may come up for them.
21 Take heed — do not turn unto iniquity, For on this thou hast fixed Rather than [on] affliction.
Beware thou turn not aside to iniquity: for this thou hast begun to follow after misery.
22 Lo, God doth sit on high by His power, Who [is] like Him — a teacher?
Behold, God is high in his strength, and none is like him among the lawgivers.
23 Who hath appointed unto Him his way? And who said, 'Thou hast done iniquity?'
Who can search out his ways? or who can say to him: Thou has wrought iniquity?
24 Remember that thou magnify His work That men have beheld.
Remember that thou knowest not his work, concerning which men have sung.
25 All men have looked on it, Man looketh attentively from afar.
All men see him, every one beholdeth afar off.
26 Lo, God [is] high, And we know not the number of His years, Yea, there [is] no searching.
Behold, God is great, exceeding our knowledge: the number of his years is inestimable.
27 When He doth diminish droppings of the waters, They refine rain according to its vapour,
He lifteth up the drops of rain, and poureth out showers like floods:
28 Which clouds do drop, They distil on man abundantly.
Which flow from the clouds that cover all above.
29 Yea, doth [any] understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His tabernacle?
If he will spread out clouds as his tent,
30 Lo, He hath spread over it His light, And the roots of the sea He hath covered,
And lighten with his light from above, he shall cover also the ends of the sea.
31 For by them He doth judge peoples, He giveth food in abundance.
For by these he judgeth people, and giveth food to many mortals.
32 By two palms He hath covered the light, And layeth a charge over it in meeting,
In his hands he hideth the light, and commandeth it to come again.
33 He sheweth by it [to] his friend substance, Anger against perversity.
He sheweth his friend concerning it, that it is his possession, and that he may come up to it.
