34:1 | Furthermore Elihu answered and said, |
34:2 | Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. |
34:3 | For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat. |
34:4 | Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good. |
34:5 | For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment. |
34:6 | Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression. |
34:7 | What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water? |
34:8 | Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men. |
34:9 | For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God. |
34:10 | 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. |
34:11 | For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways. |
34:12 | Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment. |
34:13 | Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world? |
34:14 | If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; |
34:15 | All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust. |
34:16 | If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words. |
34:17 | Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just? |
34:18 | Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly? |
34:19 | How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands. |
34:20 | In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand. |
34:21 | For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. |
34:22 | There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. |
34:23 | For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God. |
34:24 | He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead. |
34:25 | Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed. |
34:26 | He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others; |
34:27 | Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways: |
34:28 | So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted. |
34:29 | When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only: |
34:30 | That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared. |
34:31 | Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more: |
34:32 | That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more. |
34:33 | Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest. |
34:34 | Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me. |
34:35 | Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom. |
34:36 | My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men. |
34:37 | For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God. |