| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New Living Translation |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Elihu continued speaking: |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2“Let me go on, and I will show you the truth. For I have not finished defending God! |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3I will present profound arguments for the righteousness of my Creator. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4I am telling you nothing but the truth, for I am a man of great knowledge. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5“God is mighty, but he does not despise anyone! He is mighty in both power and understanding. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6He does not let the wicked live but gives justice to the afflicted. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7He never takes his eyes off the innocent, but he sets them on thrones with kings and exalts them forever. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8If they are bound in chains and caught up in a web of trouble, |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9he shows them the reason. He shows them their sins of pride. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10He gets their attention and commands that they turn from evil. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11“If they listen and obey God, they will be blessed with prosperity throughout their lives. All their years will be pleasant. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12But if they refuse to listen to him, they will cross over the river of death, dying from lack of understanding. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13For the godless are full of resentment. Even when he punishes them, they refuse to cry out to him for help. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14They die when they are young, after wasting their lives in immoral living. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15But by means of their suffering, he rescues those who suffer. For he gets their attention through adversity. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16“God is leading you away from danger, Job, to a place free from distress. He is setting your table with the best food. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17But you are obsessed with whether the godless will be judged. Don’t worry, judgment and justice will be upheld. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18But watch out, or you may be seduced by wealth. Don’t let yourself be bribed into sin. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Could all your wealth or all your mighty efforts keep you from distress? |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Do not long for the cover of night, for that is when people will be destroyed. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21Be on guard! Turn back from evil, for God sent this suffering to keep you from a life of evil. Elihu Reminds Job of God’s Power |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22“Look, God is all-powerful. Who is a teacher like him? |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23No one can tell him what to do, or say to him, ‘You have done wrong.’ |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24Instead, glorify his mighty works, singing songs of praise. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25Everyone has seen these things, though only from a distance. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26“Look, God is greater than we can understand. His years cannot be counted. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27He draws up the water vapor and then distills it into rain. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28The rain pours down from the clouds, and everyone benefits. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29Who can understand the spreading of the clouds and the thunder that rolls forth from heaven? |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30See how he spreads the lightning around him and how it lights up the depths of the sea. |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31By these mighty acts he nourishes the people, giving them food in abundance. |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32He fills his hands with lightning bolts and hurls each at its target. |
| 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33The thunder announces his presence; the storm announces his indignant anger. |
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