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 meat.

4 Let us choose for us that which is right: let us know among ourselves what is good.

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

6 Notwithstanding my right I am accounted a liar; my wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.

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

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

9 For he hath said, it profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

10 Therefore 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.

11 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

12 Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.