Job 34:1-12 ▼

1 Moreover Elihu answered and said,

2 Hear my words, ye wise [men]; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.

3 For the ear trieth words, as the palate tasteth food.

4 Let us choose for ourselves what is right; let us know among ourselves what is good!

5 For Job hath said, I am righteous, and God hath taken away my judgment:

6 Should I lie against my right? My wound is incurable without transgression.

7 What man is like Job? he drinketh up scorning like water,

8 And goeth in company with workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.

9 For he hath said, It profiteth not a man if he delight himself in God.

10 Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: Far be wickedness from God, and wrong from the Almighty!

11 For a man's work will he render to him, and cause every one to find according to [his] way.

12 Yea, surely, God acteth not wickedly, and the Almighty perverteth not judgment.