Job 36 — ILT
36Verse 1Then continued Elihu, and said,Verse 2Wait for me a little, and I will instruct thee; for [I have] still some words on God's behalf.Verse 3I will lift up my knowledge for him who is afar, and for my Maker will I obtain righteousness.Verse 4For truly no falsehood is [in] my words: one that is upright in [his] opinions [dealeth now] with thee.Verse 5Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength of intellect.Verse 6He permitteth not the wicked to live; but he procureth justice for the afflicted.Verse 7He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous; but [he placeth them] with kings on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.Verse 8And if they be bound in fetters, and if they be entangled in the cords of affliction:Verse 9Then doth he tell them of their work, and of their transgressions, when they had become strong.Verse 10And he openeth thus their ear to correction, and saith that they should return from wrong-doing.Verse 11If they hearken and serve [him], they will spend their days in happiness, and their years in pleasures.Verse 12But if they hearken not, they will pass away through the sword, and they will perish in want of knowledge.Verse 13But the hypocrites in heart persevere in wrath; they will not offer entreaty when he bindeth them:Verse 14Their soul will die in youth, and their life, among the incestuous.Verse 15He delivereth the afflicted through his affliction, and openeth through oppression his ear.Verse 16And also thee hath he incited away from the jaws of distress into a wide space, on the site of which there is no straitness; and what is set on thy table is full of fatness.Verse 17But if thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: [divine] judgment and decree will support each other.Verse 18For there would be fury, If aught were to incite thee to utter an abundance [of rebellious words]; and the greatness of the infliction must not mislead thee.Verse 19Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold ore, nor all the highest forces of strength.Verse 20Desire then not eagerly the night, when nations pass away in their place.Verse 21Take heed, turn not thyself to wrong-doing, so that thou wouldst choose this because of [thy] affliction.Verse 22Behold, God is exalted by his power: who is an instructer like him?Verse 23Who hath given him a charge concerning his way? or who hath ever said, Thou hast acted unjustly?Verse 24Reflect, that thou shouldst magnify his work, which [other] men have beheld.Verse 25All men have looked at it [with astonishment]; the mortal gazeth at it from afar.Verse 26Behold, God is great, and we comprehend him not, the number of his years can truly not be searched out.Verse 27For he taketh away drops of water, which are purified into rain in his mist:Verse 28These drop down out of the skies; they distil upon the multitude of men.Verse 29But [what man] can understand the outspreadings of the clouds? the tumult of his tabernacle?Verse 30Behold, he spreadeth out over it his light, and covereth up the roots of the sea.Verse 31For by means of them he judgeth nations, he giveth food in superfluity.Verse 32[His] hands he covereth with light; and he commandeth it to strike the one who striveth against him.Verse 33The noise of his storm telleth of it, yea, the cattle also, of the rising tempest.