Job 36 Parallel Bible

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	STUDY Hebrew & Greek Study Bible	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	וַיֹּ֥סֶף אֱלִיה֗וּא וַיֹּאמַֽר׃	And Elihu continued, and said:	Elihu continued:
2	כַּתַּר־ לִ֣י זְ֭עֵיר וַאֲחַוֶּ֑ךָּ כִּ֤י ע֖וֹד לֶאֱל֣וֹהַּ מִלִּֽים׃	“Bear with me a little, and I will show you, for I have yet something to say on God’s behalf.	“Bear with me a little longer and I will show you that there is more to be said in God’s behalf.
3	אֶשָּׂ֣א דֵ֭עִי לְמֵרָח֑וֹק וּ֝לְפֹעֲלִ֗י אֶֽתֵּֽן־ צֶֽדֶק׃	I will get my knowledge from afar and ascribe righteousness to my Maker.	I get my knowledge from afar; I will ascribe justice to my Maker.
4	כִּֽי־ אָ֭מְנָם לֹא־ שֶׁ֣קֶר מִלָּ֑י תְּמִ֖ים דֵּע֣וֹת עִמָּֽךְ׃	For truly my words are not false; one who is perfect in knowledge is with you.	Be assured that my words are not false; one who has perfect knowledge is with you.
5	הֶן־ אֵ֣ל כַּ֭בִּיר וְלֹ֣א יִמְאָ֑ס כַּ֝בִּ֗יר כֹּ֣חַֽ לֵֽב׃	“Behold, God is mighty, and does not despise any; he is mighty in strength of understanding.	“God is mighty, but despises no one; he is mighty, and firm in his purpose.
6	לֹא־ יְחַיֶּ֥ה רָשָׁ֑ע וּמִשְׁפַּ֖ט עֲנִיִּ֣ים יִתֵּֽן׃	He does not keep the wicked alive, but gives the afflicted their right.	He does not keep the wicked alive but gives the afflicted their rights.
7	לֹֽא־ יִגְרַ֥ע מִצַּדִּ֗יק עֵ֫ינָ֥יו וְאֶת־ מְלָכִ֥ים לַכִּסֵּ֑א וַיֹּשִׁיבֵ֥ם לָ֝נֶ֗צַח וַיִּגְבָּֽהוּ׃	He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne he sets them forever, and they are exalted.	He does not take his eyes off the righteous; he enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
8	וְאִם־ אֲסוּרִ֥ים בַּזִּקִּ֑ים יִ֝לָּכְד֗וּן בְּחַבְלֵי־ עֹֽנִי׃	And if they are bound in chains and caught in the cords of affliction,	But if people are bound in chains, held fast by cords of affliction,
9	וַיַּגֵּ֣ד לָהֶ֣ם פָּעֳלָ֑ם וּ֝פִשְׁעֵיהֶ֗ם כִּ֣י יִתְגַּבָּֽרוּ׃	then he declares to them their work and their transgressions, that they are behaving arrogantly.	he tells them what they have done— that they have sinned arrogantly.
10	וַיִּ֣גֶל אָ֭זְנָם לַמּוּסָ֑ר וַ֝יֹּ֗אמֶר כִּֽי־ יְשֻׁב֥וּן מֵאָֽוֶן׃	He opens their ears to instruction and commands that they return from iniquity.	He makes them listen to correction and commands them to repent of their evil.
11	אִֽם־ יִשְׁמְע֗וּ וְֽיַ֫עֲבֹ֥דוּ יְכַלּ֣וּ יְמֵיהֶ֣ם בַּטּ֑וֹב וּ֝שְׁנֵיהֶ֗ם בַּנְּעִימִֽים׃	If they listen and serve him, they complete their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasantness.	If they obey and serve him, they will spend the rest of their days in prosperity and their years in contentment.
12	וְאִם־ לֹ֣א יִ֭שְׁמְעוּ בְּשֶׁ֣לַח יַעֲבֹ֑רוּ וְ֝יִגְוְע֗וּ כִּבְלִי־ דָֽעַת׃‪‬	But if they do not listen, they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.	But if they do not listen, they will perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
13	וְֽחַנְפֵי־ לֵ֭ב יָשִׂ֣ימוּ אָ֑ף לֹ֥א יְ֝שַׁוְּע֗וּ כִּ֣י אֲסָרָֽם׃	“The godless in heart cherish anger; they do not cry for help when he binds them.	“The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when he fetters them, they do not cry for help.
14	תָּמֹ֣ת בַּנֹּ֣עַר נַפְשָׁ֑ם וְ֝חַיָּתָ֗ם בַּקְּדֵשִֽׁים׃	They die in youth, and their life ends among the cult prostitutes.	They die in their youth, among male prostitutes of the shrines.
15	יְחַלֵּ֣ץ עָנִ֣י בְעָנְי֑וֹ וְיִ֖גֶל בַּלַּ֣חַץ אָזְנָֽם׃	He delivers the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ear by adversity.	But those who suffer he delivers in their suffering; he speaks to them in their affliction.
16	וְאַ֤ף הֲסִיתְךָ֨ ׀ מִפִּי־ צָ֗ר רַ֭חַב לֹא־ מוּצָ֣ק תַּחְתֶּ֑יהָ וְנַ֥חַת שֻׁ֝לְחָנְךָ֗ מָ֣לֵא דָֽשֶׁן׃	He also allured you out of distress into a broad place where there was no cramping, and what was set on your table was full of fatness.	“He is wooing you from the jaws of distress to a spacious place free from restriction, to the comfort of your table laden with choice food.
17	וְדִין־ רָשָׁ֥ע מָלֵ֑אתָ דִּ֖ין וּמִשְׁפָּ֣ט יִתְמֹֽכוּ׃	“But you are full of the judgment on the wicked; judgment and justice seize you.	But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have taken hold of you.
18	כִּֽי־ חֵ֭מָה פֶּן־ יְסִֽיתְךָ֣ בְסָ֑פֶק וְרָב־ כֹּ֝֗פֶר אַל־ יַטֶּֽךָּ׃	Beware lest wrath entice you into scoffing, and let not the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.	Be careful that no one entices you by riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside.
19	הֲיַעֲרֹ֣ךְ שׁ֭וּעֲךָ לֹ֣א בְצָ֑ר וְ֝כֹ֗ל מַאֲמַצֵּי־ כֹֽחַ׃	Will your cry for help avail to keep you from distress, or all the force of your strength?	Would your wealth or even all your mighty efforts sustain you so you would not be in distress?
20	אַל־ תִּשְׁאַ֥ף הַלָּ֑יְלָה לַעֲל֖וֹת עַמִּ֣ים תַּחְתָּֽם׃	Do not long for the night, when peoples vanish in their place.	Do not long for the night, to drag people away from their homes.
21	הִ֭שָּׁמֶר אַל־ תֵּ֣פֶן אֶל־ אָ֑וֶן כִּֽי־ עַל־ זֶ֝֗ה בָּחַ֥רְתָּ מֵעֹֽנִי׃	Take care; do not turn to iniquity, for this you have chosen rather than affliction.	Beware of turning to evil, which you seem to prefer to affliction.
22	הֶן־ אֵ֭ל יַשְׂגִּ֣יב בְּכֹח֑וֹ מִ֖י כָמֹ֣הוּ מוֹרֶֽה׃	Behold, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him?	“God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?
23	מִֽי־ פָקַ֣ד עָלָ֣יו דַּרְכּ֑וֹ וּמִֽי־ אָ֝מַ֗ר פָּעַ֥לְתָּ עַוְלָֽה׃	Who has prescribed for him his way, or who can say, ‘You have done wrong’?	Who has prescribed his ways for him, or said to him, ‘You have done wrong’?
24	זְ֭כֹר כִּֽי־ תַשְׂגִּ֣יא פָעֳל֑וֹ אֲשֶׁ֖ר שֹׁרְר֣וּ אֲנָשִֽׁים׃	“Remember to extol his work, of which men have sung.	Remember to extol his work, which people have praised in song.
25	כָּל־ אָדָ֥ם חָֽזוּ־ ב֑וֹ אֱ֝נ֗וֹשׁ יַבִּ֥יט מֵרָחֽוֹק׃	All mankind has looked on it; man beholds it from afar.	All humanity has seen it; mortals gaze on it from afar.
26	הֶן־ אֵ֣ל שַׂ֭גִּיא וְלֹ֣א נֵדָ֑ע מִסְפַּ֖ר שָׁנָ֣יו וְלֹא־ חֵֽקֶר׃	Behold, God is great, and we know him not; the number of his years is unsearchable.	How great is God—beyond our understanding! The number of his years is past finding out.
27	כִּ֭י יְגָרַ֣ע נִטְפֵי־ מָ֑יִם יָזֹ֖קּוּ מָטָ֣ר לְאֵדֽוֹ׃	For he draws up the drops of water; they distill his mist in rain,	“He draws up the drops of water, which distill as rain to the streams;
28	אֲשֶֽׁר־ יִזְּל֥וּ שְׁחָקִ֑ים יִ֝רְעֲפ֗וּ עֲלֵ֤י ׀ אָדָ֬ם רָֽב׃	which the skies pour down and drop on mankind abundantly.	the clouds pour down their moisture and abundant showers fall on mankind.
29	אַ֣ף אִם־ יָ֭בִין מִפְרְשֵׂי־ עָ֑ב תְּ֝שֻׁא֗וֹת סֻכָּתֽוֹ׃	Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion?	Who can understand how he spreads out the clouds, how he thunders from his pavilion?
30	הֵן־ פָּרַ֣שׂ עָלָ֣יו אוֹר֑וֹ וְשָׁרְשֵׁ֖י הַיָּ֣ם כִּסָּֽה׃	Behold, he scatters his lightning about him and covers the roots of the sea.	See how he scatters his lightning about him, bathing the depths of the sea.
31	כִּי־ בָ֭ם יָדִ֣ין עַמִּ֑ים יִֽתֶּן־ אֹ֥כֶל לְמַכְבִּֽיר׃	For by these he judges peoples; he gives food in abundance.	This is the way he governs the nations and provides food in abundance.
32	עַל־ כַּפַּ֥יִם כִּסָּה־ א֑וֹר וַיְצַ֖ו עָלֶ֣יהָ בְמַפְגִּֽיעַ׃	He covers his hands with the lightning and commands it to strike the mark.	He fills his hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.
33	יַגִּ֣יד עָלָ֣יו רֵע֑וֹ מִ֝קְנֶ֗ה אַ֣ף עַל־ עוֹלֶֽה׃	Its crashing declares his presence; the cattle also declare that he rises.	His thunder announces the coming storm; even the cattle make known its approach.
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