Job 35:1–36:33
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Job 35:1–36:33 · Psalm 98 (MT: 99) · Proverbs 23:22–25 · 1 Corinthians 4:1–21
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Showing Job 35:1 through 36:33
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1And Elius resumed and said,
1Moreover Elihu answered,
2What is this that thou thinkest to be according to right? who art thou that thou hast said, I am righteous before the Lord?
2“Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s,’
4I will answer thee, and thy three friends.
4I will answer you, and your companions with you.
5Look up to the sky and see; and consider the clouds, how high [they are] above thee.
5Look to the skies, and see. See the skies, which are higher than you.
6If thou hast sinned, what wilt thou do ? and if too thou hast transgressed much, what canst thou perform?
6If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him? If your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?
7And suppose thou art righteous, what wilt thou give him? or what shall he receive of thy hand?
7If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand?
8Thy ungodliness [may affect] a man who is like to thee; or thy righteousness a son of man.
8Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are, and your righteousness may profit a son of man.
9They that are oppressed of a multitude will be ready to cry out; they will call for help because of the arm of many.
9“By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
10But none said, Where is God that made me, who appoints the night-watches;
10But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,
11who makes me to differ from the four-footed beasts of the earth, and from the birds of the sky?
11who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’
12There they shall cry, and none shall hearken, even because of the insolence of wicked men.
12There they cry, but no one answers, because of the pride of evil men.
13For the Lord desires not to look on error, for he is the Almighty One.
13Surely God will not hear an empty cry, neither will the Almighty regard it.
14He beholds them that perform lawless deeds, and he will save me: and do thou plead before him, if thou canst praise him, as it is [possible] even now.
14How much less when you say you don’t see him. The cause is before him, and you wait for him!
15For he is not [now] regarding his wrath, nor has he noticed severely any trespass.
15But now, because he has not visited in his anger, neither does he greatly regard arrogance,
16Yet Job vainly opens his mouth , in ignorance he multiplies words .
16therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, and he multiplies words without knowledge.”
1And Elius further continued, and said,
1Elihu also continued, and said,
2Wait for me yet a little while, that I may teach thee: for there is yet speech in me.
2“Bear with me a little, and I will show you; for I still have something to say on God’s behalf.
3Having fetched my knowledge from afar, and according to my works,
3I will get my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
4I will speak just things truly, and thou shalt not unjustly receive unjust words .
4For truly my words are not false. One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
5But know that the Lord will not cast off an innocent man: being mightyin strength of wisdom,
5“Behold, God is mighty, and doesn’t despise anyone. He is mighty in strength of understanding.
6he will not by any means save alive the ungodly: and he will grant the judgment of the poor.
6He doesn’t preserve the life of the wicked, but gives justice to the afflicted.
7He will not turn away his eyes from the righteous, but [they shall be] with kings on the throne: and he will establish them in triumph, and they shall be exalted.
7He doesn’t withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne, he sets them forever, and they are exalted.
8But they that are bound in fetters shall be holden in cords of poverty.
8If they are bound in fetters, and are taken in the cords of afflictions,
9And he shall recount to them their works, and their transgressions, for such will act with violence.
9then he shows them their work, and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.
10But he will hearken to the righteous: and he has said that they shall turn from unrighteousness.
10He also opens their ears to instruction, and commands that they return from iniquity.
11If they should hear and serve [him], they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in honour.
11If they listen and serve him, they will spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
12But he preserves not the ungodly; because they are not willing to know the Lord, and because when reproved they were disobedient.
12But if they don’t listen, they will perish by the sword; they will die without knowledge.
13And the hypocrites in heart will array wrath [against themselves]; they will not cry, because he has bound them.
13“But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don’t cry for help when he binds them.
14Therefore let their soul die in youth, and their life be wounded by messengers [of death].
14They die in youth. Their life perishes among the unclean.
15Because they afflicted the weak and helpless: and he will vindicate the judgment of the meek.
15He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear in oppression.
16And he has also enticed thee out of the mouth of the enemy:
16Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, into a wide place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.
17[there is] a deep gulf [and] a rushing stream beneath it, and thy table came down full of fatness. Judgment shall not fail from the righteous;
17“But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.
18but there shall be wrath upon the ungodly, by reason of the ungodliness of the bribes which they received for iniquities.
18Don’t let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.
19Let not [thy] mind willingly turn thee aside from the petition of the feeble that are in distress.
19Would your wealth sustain you in distress, or all the might of your strength?
20And draw not forth all the mighty [men] by night, so that the people should go up instead of them.
20Don’t desire the night, when people are cut off in their place.
21But take heed lest thou do that which is wrong: for of this thou hast made choice because of poverty.
21Take heed, don’t regard iniquity; for you have chosen this rather than affliction.
22Behold, the Mighty One shall prevail by his strength: for who is powerful as he is?
22Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?
23And who is he that examines his works? or who can say, He has wrought injustice?
23Who has prescribed his way for him? Or who can say, ‘You have committed unrighteousness’?
24Remember that his works are great [beyond] those which men have attempted.
24“Remember that you magnify his work, about which men have sung.
25Every man has seen in himself, how many mortals are wounded.
25All men have looked on it. Man sees it afar off.
26Behold, the Mighty One is great, and we shall not know [him]: the number of his years is even infinite.
26Behold, God is great, and we don’t know him. The number of his years is unsearchable.
27And the drops of rain are numbered by him, and shall be poured out in rain to form a cloud.
27For he draws up the drops of water, which distill in rain from his vapor,
28The ancient [heavens] shall flow, and the clouds overshadow innumerable mortals: he has fixed a time to cattle, and they know the order of rest. [Yet] by all these things thy understanding is not astonished, neither is thy mind disturbed in [thy] body.
28which the skies pour down and which drop on man abundantly.
29And though one should understand the outspreadings of the clouds, [or] the measure of his tabernacle;
29Indeed, can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds and the thunderings of his pavilion?
30behold he will stretch his bow against him, and he covers the bottom of the sea.
30Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea.
31For by them he will judge the nations: he will give food to him that has strength.
31For by these he judges the people. He gives food in abundance.
32He has hidden the light in [his] hands , and given charge concerning it to the interposing [cloud].
32He covers his hands with the lightning, and commands it to strike the mark.
33The Lord will declare concerning this [to] his friend: [but there is] a portion also for unrighteousness.
33Its noise tells about him, and the livestock also, concerning the storm that comes up.