Elihu Rebukes Job

1Wherefore heare my wordes O Iob, and hearken vnto all that I will say:

2Behold, I haue now opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my throte.

3My heart doth order my wordes aright, and my lippes talke of pure wysedome.

4The spirite of God hath made me, and the breath of the almightie hath geuen me my lyfe.

5If thou canst then geue me aunswere, prepare thy selfe and stande before me face to face.

6Beholde, before God I am euen as thou: for I am fashioned & made euen of the same molde.

7Beholde, my terrour shall not feare thee, neither shall my hande be heauy vpon thee.

8Now hast thou spoken in myne eares, & I haue heard the voyce of thy wordes:

9I am cleane without any fault, I am innocent, & there is no wickednesse in me.

10But lo, he hath piked a quarell against me, and taketh me for his enemie.

11He hath put my foote in the stockes, and looketh narowlye vnto all my pathes.

12Behold, in this hast thou not done right, I wil make aunswere vnto thee, that God is greater then man.

13And why doest thou then striue against him? for he shall not geue the accomptes of all his wordes.

14For God speaketh once or twise, and yet man vnderstandeth it not.

15In dreames and visions of the night, when slumbring commeth vpon men that they fall asleepe in their beddes,

16He roundeth them in the eares, and sealeth their correction:

17That he may withdrawe man from euyll enterprises, and deliuer hym from pride,

18And kepe his soule from the graue, and his life from the sworde.

19He chasteneth hym with sickenesse vpon his bedde, he layeth sore punishement vpon his bones:

20So that his lyfe may away with no bread, and his soule abhorreth to eate any dayntie meate:

21In so much that his body is cleane consumed away, and his bones appeare which before were not seene.

22His soule draweth vnto the graue, and his lyfe to death.

23Now yf there be a messenger, one among a thousande, sent for to speake vnto man, and to shew him the right way:

24Then the Lord is mercifull vnto him, and sayth, He shalbe deliuered, that he fall not downe to the graue: for I am sufficiently reconciled.

25Then shal his fleshe be as freshe as a childes, and shal returne as in the dayes of his youth.

26He shall pray vnto God, and he will be fauorable vnto him, and he shall see his face with ioy, for he will render vnto man his righteousnesse.

27A respect hath he vnto men, let man then say, I haue offended, I did vnrighteously, & it hath done me no good:

28Yea he hath deliuered my soule from destruction, and my lyfe shall see the light.

29Lo all these worketh God alway with man:

30That he bring backe his soule from the graue to the light, yea the light of the lyuing.

31Marke wel O Iob, and heare me: hold thee still, and I will speake.

32But if thou hast any thing to say, then aunswere me, and speake: for I desire to iustifie thee.

33If thou hast nothing, then heare me, and hold thy tongue, and I shall teache thee wysdome.