Job 34 — JPSTN
34Verse 1Moreover Elihu answered and said:Verse 2Hear my words, ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.Verse 3For the ear trieth words, as the palate tasteth food.Verse 4Let us choose for us that which is right; let us know among ourselves what is good.Verse 5For Job hath said: 'I am righteous, and God hath taken away my right;Verse 6Notwithstanding my right I am accounted a liar; my wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.'Verse 7What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?Verse 8Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.Verse 9For he hath said: 'It profiteth a man nothing that he should be in accord with God.'Verse 10Therefore 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.Verse 11For the work of a man will He requite unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.Verse 12Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice.Verse 13Who gave Him a charge over the earth? Or who hath disposed the whole world?Verse 14If He set His heart upon man, if He gather unto Himself his spirit and his breath;Verse 15All flesh shall perish together, and man shall return unto dust.Verse 16If now thou hast understanding, hear this; hearken to the voice of my words.Verse 17Shall even one that hateth right govern? And wilt thou condemn Him that is just and mighty —Verse 18Is it fit to say to a king: 'Thou art base'? Or to nobles: 'Ye are wicked'? —Verse 19That respecteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? For they all are the work of His hands.Verse 20In a moment they die, even at midnight; the people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are taken away without hand.Verse 21For His eyes are upon the ways of a man, and He seeth all his goings.Verse 22There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.Verse 23For He doth not appoint a time unto any man, when he should go before God in judgment.Verse 24He breaketh in pieces mighty men without inquisition, and setteth others in their stead.Verse 25Therefore He taketh knowledge of their works; and He overturneth them in the night, so that they are crushed.Verse 26He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;Verse 27Because they turned aside from following Him, and would not have regard to any of His ways;Verse 28So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto Him, and He heareth the cry of the afflicted.Verse 29When He giveth quietness, who then can condemn? And when He hideth His face, who then can behold Him? whether it be done unto a nation, or unto a man, alike;Verse 30That the godless man reign not, that there be none to ensnare the people.Verse 31For hath any said unto God: 'I have borne chastisement, though I offend not;Verse 32That which I see not teach Thou me; if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more'?Verse 33Shall His recompense be as thou wilt? For thou loathest it, so that thou must choose, and not I; therefore speak what thou knowest.Verse 34Men of understanding will say unto me, yea, every wise man that heareth me:Verse 35'Job speaketh without knowledge, and his words are without discernment.'Verse 36Would that Job were tried unto the end, because of his answering like wicked men.Verse 37For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.