Job 36
1. Elihu also proceeded * , and said * ,
2. Suffer * me a little, and I will shew * thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf.
3. I will fetch * my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe * righteousness to my Maker * .
4. For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
5. Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth * not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.
6. He preserveth not the life * of the wicked: but giveth * right to the poor.
7. He withdraweth * not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish * them for ever, and they are exalted * .
8. And if they be bound * in fetters,and be holden * in cords of affliction;
9. Then he sheweth * them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded * .
10. He openeth * also their ear to discipline, and commandeth * that they return * from iniquity.
11. If they obey * and serve * him, they shall spend * their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
12. But if they obey * not, they shall perish * by the sword, and they shall die * without knowledge.
13. But the hypocrites in heart heap up * wrath: they cry * not when he bindeth * them.
14. They die * in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
15. He delivereth * the poor in his affliction, and openeth * their ears in oppression.
16. Even so would he have removed * thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full * of fatness.
17. But thou hast fulfilled * the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold * on thee.
18. Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away * with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver * thee.
19. Will he esteem * thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
20. Desire * not the night, when people are cut off * in their place.
21. Take heed * , regard * not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen * rather than affliction.
22. Behold, God exalteth * by his power: who teacheth * like him?
23. Who hath enjoined * him his way? or who can say * , Thou hast wrought * iniquity?
24. Remember * that thou magnify * his work, which men behold * .
25. Every man may see * it; man may behold * it afar off.
26. Behold, God is great, and we know * him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
27. For he maketh small * the drops of water: they pour down * rain according to the vapour thereof:
28. Which the clouds do drop * and distil * upon man abundantly.
29. Also can any understand * the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
30. Behold, he spreadeth * his light upon it, and covereth * the bottom of the sea.
31. For by them judgeth * he the people; he giveth * meat in abundance * .
32. With clouds he covereth * the light; and commandeth * it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt * .
33. The noise thereof sheweth * concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour * .
