Job 36:1-9 ▼

1 Elihu continued and said,

2 “Bear with me a little longer, and I will show you, That there is yet more to say on God’s behalf.

3 “I will bring my knowledge from afar, And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

4 “For truly my words are not false; He who is perfect in knowledge is with you.

5 “Behold, God is mighty, and yet does not despise anyone [nor regard any as trivial]; He is mighty in the strength and power of understanding.

6 “He does not prolong the life of the wicked, But gives the afflicted their justice.

7 “He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous [those in right standing with Him]; But with kings upon the throne He has seated them forever, and they are exalted.

8 “And if they are bound in bonds [of adversity], And held by cords of affliction,

9 Then He declares to them [the true character of] their deeds And their transgressions, that they have acted arrogantly [with presumption and notions of self-sufficiency].