| King James Bible | NET Bible |
| 1Furthermore Elihu answered and said, | 1Elihu answered: |
| 2Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. | 2"Listen to my words, you wise men; hear me, you learned men. |
| 3For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat. | 3For the ear assesses words as the mouth tastes food. |
| 4Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good. | 4Let us evaluate for ourselves what is right; let us come to know among ourselves what is good. |
| 5For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment. | 5For Job says, 'I am innocent, but God turns away my right. |
| 6Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression. | 6Concerning my right, should I lie? My wound is incurable, although I am without transgression.' |
| 7What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water? | 7What man is like Job, who drinks derision like water! |
| 8Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men. | 8He goes about in company with evildoers, he goes along with wicked men. |
| 9For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God. | 9For he says, 'It does not profit a man when he makes his delight with God.' |
| 10Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity. | 10"Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wickedness, from the Almighty to do evil. |
| 11For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways. | 11For he repays a person for his work, and according to the conduct of a person, he causes the consequences to find him. |
| 12Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment. | 12Indeed, in truth, God does not act wickedly, and the Almighty does not pervert justice. |
| 13Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world? | 13Who entrusted to him the earth? And who put him over the whole world? |
| 14If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; | 14If God were to set his heart on it, and gather in his spirit and his breath, |
| 15All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust. | 15all flesh would perish together and human beings would return to dust. |
| 16If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words. | 16"If you have understanding, listen to this, hear what I have to say. |
| 17Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just? | 17Do you really think that one who hates justice can govern? And will you declare guilty the supremely righteous One, |
| 18Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly? | 18who says to a king, 'Worthless man' and to nobles, 'Wicked men,' |
| 19How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands. | 19who shows no partiality to princes, and does not take note of the rich more than the poor, because all of them are the work of his hands? |
| 20In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand. | 20In a moment they die, in the middle of the night, people are shaken and they pass away. The mighty are removed effortlessly. |
| 21For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. | 21For his eyes are on the ways of an individual, he observes all a person's steps. |
| 22There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. | 22There is no darkness, and no deep darkness, where evildoers can hide themselves. |
| 23For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God. | 23For he does not still consider a person, that he should come before God in judgment. |
| 24He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead. | 24He shatters the great without inquiry, and sets up others in their place. |
| 25Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed. | 25Therefore, he knows their deeds, he overthrows them in the night and they are crushed. |
| 26He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others; | 26He strikes them for their wickedness, in a place where people can see, |
| 27Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways: | 27because they have turned away from following him, and have not understood any of his ways, |
| 28So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted. | 28so that they caused the cry of the poor to come before him, so that he hears the cry of the needy. |
| 29When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only: | 29But if God is quiet, who can condemn him? If he hides his face, then who can see him? Yet he is over the individual and the nation alike, |
| 30That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared. | 30so that the godless man should not rule, and not lay snares for the people. |
| 31Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more: | 31"Has anyone said to God, 'I have endured chastisement, but I will not act wrongly any more. |
| 32That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more. | 32Teach me what I cannot see. If I have done evil, I will do so no more.' |
| 33Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest. | 33Is it your opinion that God should recompense it, because you reject this? But you must choose, and not I, so tell us what you know. |
| 34Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me. | 34Men of understanding say to me--any wise man listening to me says-- |
| 35Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom. | 35that Job speaks without knowledge and his words are without understanding. |
| 36My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men. | 36But Job will be tested to the end, because his answers are like those of wicked men. |
| 37For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God. | 37For he adds transgression to his sin; in our midst he claps his hands, and multiplies his words against God." |
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