- 1. Moreover Elihu answered and said,
- 2. Hear my words, ye wise men; And give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
- 3. For the ear trieth words, As the palate tasteth food.
- 4. Let us choose for us that which is right: Let us know among ourselves what is good.
- 5. For Job hath said, I am righteous, And God hath taken away my right:
- 6. Notwithstanding my right I am [accounted] a liar; My wound is incurable, [though I am] without transgression.
- 7. What man is like Job, Who drinketh up scoffing like water,
- 8. Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, And walketh with wicked men?
- 9. For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing That he should delight himself with God.
- 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.
- 11. For the work of a man will he render unto him, And cause every man to find according to his ways.
- 12. Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, Neither will the Almighty pervert justice.
- 13. Who gave him a charge over the earth? Or who hath disposed the whole world?
- 14. If he set his heart upon himself, [If] he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
- 15. All flesh shall perish together, And man shall turn again unto dust.
- 16. If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: Hearken to the voice of my words.
- 17. Shall even one that hateth justice govern? And wilt thou condemn him that is righteous [and] mighty?-
- 18. [Him] that saith to a king, [Thou art] vile, [Or] to nobles, [Ye are] wicked;
- 19. That respecteth not the persons of princes, Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor; For they all are the work of his hands.
- 20. In a moment they die, even at midnight; The people are shaken and pass away, And the mighty are taken away without hand.
- 21. For his eyes are upon the ways of a man, And he seeth all his goings.
- 22. There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
- 23. For he needeth not further to consider a man, That he should go before God in judgment.
- 24. He breaketh in pieces mighty men [in ways] past finding out, And setteth others in their stead.
- 25. Therefore he taketh knowledge of their works; And he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
- 26. He striketh them as wicked men In the open sight of others;
- 27. Because they turned aside from following him, And would not have regard in any of his ways:
- 28. So that they caused the cry of the poor to come unto him, And he heard the cry of the afflicted.
- 29. When he giveth quietness, who then can condemn? And when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? Alike whether [it be done] unto a nation, or unto a man:
- 30. That the godless man reign not, That there be none to ensnare the people.
- 31. For hath any said unto God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more]:
- 32. That which I see not teach thou me: If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more?
- 33. Shall his recompense be as thou wilt, that thou refusest it? For thou must choose, and not I: Therefore speak what thou knowest.
- 34. Men of understanding will say unto me, Yea, every wise man that heareth me:
- 35. Job speaketh without knowledge, And his words are without wisdom.
- 36. Would that Job were tried unto the end, Because of his answering like wicked men.
- 37. For he addeth rebellion unto his sin; He clappeth his hands among us, And multiplieth his words against God.
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