34:1 Elihu answered:
34:2 “Listen to my words, you wise men;
hear
34:3 For the ear assesses
as the mouth
34:4 Let us evaluate
let us come to know among ourselves what is good.
34:5 For Job says, ‘I am innocent,
but God turns away my right.
34:6 Concerning my right, should I lie?
My wound
although I am without transgression.’
34:7 What man is like Job,
who
34:8 He goes about
he goes along
34:9 For he says, ‘It does not profit a man
when he makes his delight with God.’
34:10 “Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding.
Far be it from
from the Almighty to do evil.
34:11 For he repays a person for his work,
and according to the conduct of a person,
he causes the consequences to find him.
34:12 Indeed, in truth, God does not act wickedly,
and the Almighty does not pervert justice.
34:13 Who entrusted
And who put him over
34:14 If God
and gather in his spirit and his breath,
34:15 all flesh would perish together
and human beings would return to dust.
34:16 “If you have
hear what I have to say.
34:17 Do you really think
that one who hates justice can govern?
And will you declare guilty
the supremely righteous
34:18 who says to a king,
and to nobles, ‘Wicked men,’
34:19 who shows no partiality to princes,
and does not take note of
because all of them are the work of his hands?
34:20 In a moment they die, in the middle of the night,
people
The mighty are removed effortlessly.
34:21 For his eyes are on the ways of an individual,
he observes all a person’s
34:22 There is no darkness, and no deep darkness,
where evildoers can hide themselves.
34:23 For he does not still consider a person,
that he should come before God in judgment.
34:24 He shatters the great without inquiry,
and sets up others in their place.
34:25 Therefore, he knows their deeds,
he overthrows them
and they are crushed.
34:26 He strikes them for their wickedness,
in a place where people can see,
34:27 because they have turned away from following him,
and have not understood
34:28 so that they caused
to come before him,
so that he hears
34:29 But if God
If he hides his face, then who can see him?
Yet
34:30 so that the godless man should not rule,
and not lay snares for the people.
34:31 “Has anyone said to God,
‘I have endured chastisement,
but I will not act wrongly any more.
34:32 Teach me what I cannot see.
If I have done evil, I will do so no more.’
34:33 Is it your opinion
because you reject this?
But you must choose, and not I,
so tell us what you know.
34:34 Men of understanding say to me –
any wise man listening to me says –
34:35 that
and his words are without understanding.
34:36 But
because his answers are like those of wicked men.
34:37 For he adds transgression
in our midst he claps his hands,
and multiplies his words against God.”
35:1 Then Elihu answered:
35:2 “Do you think this to be
when
35:3 But you say, ‘What will it profit you,’
and, ‘What do I gain by not sinning?’
35:4 I
and to your friends with you.
35:5 Gaze at the heavens and see;
consider the clouds, which are higher than you!
35:6 If you sin, how does it affect God?
If your transgressions are many,
what does it do to him?
35:7 If you are righteous, what do you give to God,
or what does he receive from your hand?
35:8 Your wickedness affects only
and your righteousness only other people.
35:9 “People
because of the excess of oppression;
they cry out for help
because of the power
35:10 But no one says, ‘Where is God, my Creator,
who gives songs in the night,
35:11 who teaches us
and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’
35:12 Then
because of the arrogance of the wicked.
35:13 Surely it is an empty cry
the Almighty does not take notice of it.
35:14 How much less, then,
when you say that you do not perceive him,
that the case is before him
and you are waiting for him!
35:15 And further,
that his anger does not punish,
and that he does not know transgression!
35:16 So Job opens his mouth to no purpose;
without knowledge he multiplies words.”
36:1 Elihu said further:
36:2 “Be patient
and I will instruct you,
for I still have words to speak on God’s behalf.
36:3 With my knowledge I will speak comprehensively,
and to my Creator I will ascribe righteousness.
36:4 For in truth, my words are not false;
it is one complete
who is with you.
36:5 Indeed, God is mighty; and he does not despise people,
he
36:6 He does not allow the wicked to live,
but he gives justice to the poor.
36:7 He does not take his eyes
but with kings on the throne
he seats the righteous
36:8 But if they are bound in chains,
and held captive by the cords of affliction,
36:9 then he reveals
and their transgressions,
that they were behaving proudly.
36:10 And he reveals
and says that they must turn
36:11 If they obey and serve him,
they live out their days in prosperity
and their years in pleasantness.
36:12 But if they refuse to listen,
they pass over the river of death,
and expire without knowledge.
36:13 The godless at heart
they do not cry out even when he binds them.
36:14 They die
and their life ends among the male cultic prostitutes.
36:15 He delivers the afflicted by
he reveals himself to them
36:16 And surely, he drew you
to a wide place, unrestricted,
and to the comfort
filled with rich food.
36:17 But now you are preoccupied with the judgment due the wicked,
judgment and justice take hold of you.
36:18 Be careful that
do not let a large bribe
36:19 Would your wealth
so that you would not be in distress,
even all your mighty efforts?
36:20 Do not long for the cover of night
to drag people away from their homes.
36:21 Take heed, do not turn to evil,
for because of this you have been tested
36:22 Indeed, God is exalted in his power;
who is a teacher
36:23 Who has prescribed his ways for him?
Or said to him, ‘You have done what is wicked’?
36:24 Remember to extol
which people have praised in song.
36:25 All humanity has seen it;
people gaze on it from afar.
36:26 “Yes, God is great – beyond our knowledge!
The number of his years is unsearchable.
36:27 He draws up drops of water;
they distill
36:28 which the clouds pour down
and shower on humankind abundantly.
36:29 Who can understand the spreading of the clouds,
the thunderings of his pavilion?
36:30 See how he scattered
he has covered the depths
36:31 It is by these that he judges
and supplies food in abundance.
36:32 With his hands
and directs it against its target.
36:33
the cattle also, concerning the storm’s approach.
37:1 At this also my heart pounds
and leaps from its place.
37:2 Listen carefully
to the rumbling
37:3 Under the whole heaven he lets it go,
even his lightning to the far corners
37:4 After that a voice roars;
he thunders with an exalted voice,
and he does not hold back his lightning bolts
when his voice is heard.
37:5 God thunders with his voice in marvelous ways;
he does great things beyond our understanding.
37:6 For to the snow he says, ‘Fall
and to the torrential rains,
37:7 He causes everyone to stop working,
so that all people
37:8 The wild animals go to their lairs,
and in their dens they remain.
37:9 A tempest blows out from its chamber,
icy cold from the driving winds.
37:10 The breath of God produces ice,
and the breadth of the waters freeze solid.
37:11 He loads the clouds with moisture;
he scatters his lightning through the clouds.
37:12 The clouds
wheeling about according to his plans,
to carry out
over the face of the whole inhabited world.
37:13 Whether it is for punishment
or whether it is for mercy,
he causes it to find its mark.
37:14 “Pay attention to this, Job!
Stand still and consider the wonders God works.
37:15 Do you know how God commands them,
how he makes lightning flash in his storm cloud?
37:16 Do you know about the balancing
that wondrous activity of him who is perfect in knowledge?
37:17 You, whose garments are hot
when the earth is still because of the south wind,
37:18 will you, with him, spread out
solid as a mirror of molten metal?
37:19 Tell us what we should
We cannot prepare a case
because of the darkness.
37:20 Should he be informed that I want
If a man speaks, surely he would be swallowed up!
37:21 But now, the sun
it is bright in the skies –
after a wind passed and swept the clouds away.
37:22 From the north he comes in golden splendor;
around God is awesome majesty.
37:23 As for the Almighty,
He is great in power,
but justice
37:24 Therefore people fear him,
for he does not regard all the wise in heart.”