Job 36 — BBE
36Verse 1And Elihu went on to say,Verse 2Give me a little more time, and I will make it clear to you; for I have still something to say for God.Verse 3I will get my knowledge from far, and I will give righteousness to my Maker.Verse 4For truly my words are not false; one who has all knowledge is talking with you.Verse 5Truly, God gives up the hard-hearted, and will not give life to the sinner.Verse 6His eyes are ever on the upright, and he gives to the crushed their right;Verse 7Lifting them up to the seat of kings, and making them safe for ever.Verse 8And if they have been prisoned in chains, and taken in cords of trouble,Verse 9Then he makes clear to them what they have done, even their evil works in which they have taken pride.Verse 10Their ear is open to his teaching, and he gives them orders so that their hearts may be turned from evil.Verse 11If they give ear to his voice, and do his word, then he gives them long life, and years full of pleasure.Verse 12But if not, they come to their end, and give up their breath without knowledge.Verse 13Those who have no fear of God keep wrath stored up in their hearts; they give no cry for help when they are made prisoners.Verse 14They come to their end while they are still young, their life is short like that of those who are used for sex purposes in the worship of their gods.Verse 15He makes the wrong done to the poor the way of their salvation, opening their ears by their trouble.Verse 16...Verse 17...Verse 18...Verse 19...Verse 20...Verse 21Take care not to be turned to sin, for you have taken evil for your part in place of sorrow.Verse 22Truly God is lifted up in strength; who is a ruler like him?Verse 23Who ever gave orders to him, or said to him, You have done wrong?Verse 24See that you give praise to his work, about which men make songs.Verse 25All people are looking on it; man sees it from far.Verse 26Truly, God is great, greater than all our knowledge; the number of his years may not be searched out.Verse 27For he takes up the drops from the sea; he sends them through his mist as rain,Verse 28Flowing down from the sky, and dropping on the peoples.Verse 29And who has knowledge of how the clouds are stretched out, or of the thunders of his tent?Verse 30See, he is stretching out his mist, covering the tops of the mountains with it.Verse 31For by these he gives food to the peoples, and bread in full measure.Verse 32He takes the light in his hands, sending it against the mark.Verse 33The thunder makes clear his passion, and the storm gives news of his wrath.