Job-36

(New International Version)

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  • 1 Elihu continued:
  • 2 “Bear with me a little longer and I will show you that there is more to be said in God’s behalf.
  • 3 I get my knowledge from afar; I will ascribe justice to my Maker.
  • 4 Be assured that my words are not false; one who has perfect knowledge is with you.
  • 5 “God is mighty, but despises no one; he is mighty, and firm in his purpose.
  • 6 He does not keep the wicked alive but gives the afflicted their rights.
  • 7 He does not take his eyes off the righteous; he enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
  • 8 But if people are bound in chains, held fast by cords of affliction,
  • 9 he tells them what they have done— that they have sinned arrogantly.
  • 10 He makes them listen to correction and commands them to repent of their evil.
  • 11 If they obey and serve him, they will spend the rest of their days in prosperity and their years in contentment.
  • 12 But if they do not listen, they will perish by the sword 36:12 Or will cross the river and die without knowledge.
  • 13 “The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when he fetters them, they do not cry for help.
  • 14 They die in their youth, among male prostitutes of the shrines.
  • 15 But those who suffer he delivers in their suffering; he speaks to them in their affliction.
  • 16 “He is wooing you from the jaws of distress to a spacious place free from restriction, to the comfort of your table laden with choice food.
  • 17 But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have taken hold of you.
  • 18 Be careful that no one entices you by riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside.
  • 19 Would your wealth or even all your mighty efforts sustain you so you would not be in distress?
  • 20 Do not long for the night, to drag people away from their homes. 36:20 The meaning of the Hebrew for verses 18-20 is uncertain.
  • 21 Beware of turning to evil, which you seem to prefer to affliction.
  • 22 “God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?
  • 23 Who has prescribed his ways for him, or said to him, ‘You have done wrong’?
  • 24 Remember to extol his work, which people have praised in song.
  • 25 All humanity has seen it; mortals gaze on it from afar.
  • 26 How great is God—beyond our understanding! The number of his years is past finding out.
  • 27 “He draws up the drops of water, which distill as rain to the streams 36:27 Or distill from the mist as rain;
  • 28 the clouds pour down their moisture and abundant showers fall on mankind.
  • 29 Who can understand how he spreads out the clouds, how he thunders from his pavilion?
  • 30 See how he scatters his lightning about him, bathing the depths of the sea.
  • 31 This is the way he governs 36:31 Or nourishes the nations and provides food in abundance.
  • 32 He fills his hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.
  • 33 His thunder announces the coming storm; even the cattle make known its approach. 36:33 Or announces his coming— / the One zealous against evil
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