Job 36
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Job 36
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| And Elihu went on to say, | Elihu also proceeded, and said, |
| Give me a little more time, and I will make it clear to you; for I have still something to say for God. | Suffer me a little, and I will show thee; For I have yet somewhat to say on God's behalf. |
| I will get my knowledge from far, and I will give righteousness to my Maker. | I will fetch my knowledge from afar, And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. |
| For truly my words are not false; one who has all knowledge is talking with you. | For truly my words are not false: One that is perfect in knowledge is with thee. |
| Truly, God gives up the hard-hearted, and will not give life to the sinner. | Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: He is mighty in strength of understanding. |
| His eyes are ever on the upright, and he gives to the crushed their right; | He preserveth not the life of the wicked, But giveth to the afflicted [their] right. |
| Lifting them up to the seat of kings, and making them safe for ever. | He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: But with kings upon the throne He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted. |
| And if they have been prisoned in chains, and taken in cords of trouble, | And if they be bound in fetters, And be taken in the cords of afflictions; |
| Then he makes clear to them what they have done, even their evil works in which they have taken pride. | Then he showeth them their work, And their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly. |
| Their ear is open to his teaching, and he gives them orders so that their hearts may be turned from evil. | He openeth also their ear to instruction, And commandeth that they return from iniquity. |
| If they give ear to his voice, and do his word, then he gives them long life, and years full of pleasure. | If they hearken and serve [him], They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures. |
| But if not, they come to their end, and give up their breath without knowledge. | But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge. |
| Those who have no fear of God keep wrath stored up in their hearts; they give no cry for help when they are made prisoners. | But they that are godless in heart lay up anger: They cry not for help when he bindeth them. |
| They 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. | They die in youth, And their life [perisheth] among the unclean. |
| He makes the wrong done to the poor the way of their salvation, opening their ears by their trouble. | He delivereth the afflicted by their affliction, And openeth their ear in oppression. |
| ... | Yea, he would have allured thee out of distress Into a broad place, where there is no straitness; And that which is set on thy table would be full of fatness. |
| ... | But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold [on thee]. |
| ... | For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside. |
| ... | Will thy cry avail, [that thou be] not in distress, Or all the forces of [thy] strength? |
| ... | Desire not the night, When peoples are cut off in their place. |
| Take care not to be turned to sin, for you have taken evil for your part in place of sorrow. | Take heed, regard not iniquity: For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction. |
| Truly God is lifted up in strength; who is a ruler like him? | Behold, God doeth loftily in his power: Who is a teacher like unto him? |
| Who ever gave orders to him, or said to him, You have done wrong? | Who hath enjoined him his way? Or who can say, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness? |
| See that you give praise to his work, about which men make songs. | Remember that thou magnify his work, Whereof men have sung. |
| All people are looking on it; man sees it from far. | All men have looked thereon; Man beholdeth it afar off. |
| Truly, God is great, greater than all our knowledge; the number of his years may not be searched out. | Behold, God is great, and we know him not; The number of his years is unsearchable. |
| For he takes up the drops from the sea; he sends them through his mist as rain, | For he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil in rain from his vapor, |
| Flowing down from the sky, and dropping on the peoples. | Which the skies pour down And drop upon man abundantly. |
| And who has knowledge of how the clouds are stretched out, or of the thunders of his tent? | Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The thunderings of his pavilion? |
| See, he is stretching out his mist, covering the tops of the mountains with it. | Behold, he spreadeth his light around him; And he covereth the bottom of the sea. |
| For by these he gives food to the peoples, and bread in full measure. | For by these he judgeth the peoples; He giveth food in abundance. |
| He takes the light in his hands, sending it against the mark. | He covereth his hands with the lightning, And giveth it a charge that it strike the mark. |
| The thunder makes clear his passion, and the storm gives news of his wrath. | The noise thereof telleth concerning him, The cattle also concerning [the storm] that cometh up. |
