◄ Job 34 ►
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1[an error occurred while processing this directive]1Then Elihu continued:
2[an error occurred while processing this directive]2“Hear my words, O wise men; give ear to me, O men of learning.
3[an error occurred while processing this directive]3For the ear tests words as the mouth tastes food.
4[an error occurred while processing this directive]4Let us choose for ourselves what is right; let us learn together what is good.
5[an error occurred while processing this directive]5For Job has declared, ‘I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice.
6[an error occurred while processing this directive]6Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
7[an error occurred while processing this directive]7What man is like Job, who drinks up derision like water?
8[an error occurred while processing this directive]8He keeps company with evildoers and walks with wicked men.
9[an error occurred while processing this directive]9For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight in God.’
10[an error occurred while processing this directive]10Therefore listen to me, O men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wrong, and from the Almighty to act unjustly.
11[an error occurred while processing this directive]11For according to a man’s deeds He repays him; according to a man’s ways He brings consequences.
12[an error occurred while processing this directive]12Indeed, it is true that God does not act wickedly, and the Almighty does not pervert justice.
13[an error occurred while processing this directive]13Who gave Him charge over the earth? Who appointed Him over the whole world?
14[an error occurred while processing this directive]14If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath,
15[an error occurred while processing this directive]15all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.
16[an error occurred while processing this directive]16If you have understanding, hear this; listen to my words.
17[an error occurred while processing this directive]17Could one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the just and mighty One,
18[an error occurred while processing this directive]18who says to kings, ‘You are worthless!’ and to nobles, ‘You are wicked,’
19[an error occurred while processing this directive]19who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.
20[an error occurred while processing this directive]20They die in an instant, in the middle of the night. The people convulse and pass away; the mighty are removed without human hand.
21[an error occurred while processing this directive]21For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees his every step.
22[an error occurred while processing this directive]22There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.
23[an error occurred while processing this directive]23For God need not examine a man further or have him approach for judgment.
24[an error occurred while processing this directive]24He shatters the mighty without inquiry and sets up others in their place.
25[an error occurred while processing this directive]25Therefore, He recognizes their deeds; He overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.
26[an error occurred while processing this directive]26He strikes them for their wickedness in full view,
27[an error occurred while processing this directive]27because they turned aside from Him and had no regard for any of His ways.
28[an error occurred while processing this directive]28They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.
29[an error occurred while processing this directive]29But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,
30[an error occurred while processing this directive]30that godless men should not rule or lay snares for the people.
31[an error occurred while processing this directive]31Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more.
32[an error occurred while processing this directive]32Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.’
33[an error occurred while processing this directive]33Should God repay you on your own terms when you have disavowed Him? You must choose, not I; so tell me what you know.
34[an error occurred while processing this directive]34Men of understanding will declare to me, and the wise men who hear me will say:
35[an error occurred while processing this directive]35‘Job speaks without knowledge; his words lack insight.’
36[an error occurred while processing this directive]36If only Job were tried to the utmost for answering like a wicked man.
37[an error occurred while processing this directive]37For he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us and multiplies his words against God.”
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Job 33
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