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Chapter 34 | |
1 | Furthermore Elihu answered and said,  | 
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Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.  | 
3 | For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.  | 
4 | Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.  | 
5 | For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.  | 
6 | Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.  | 
7 | What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?  | 
8 | Which 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 shall he 1render unto him, and cause every man to 
find according to his ways.
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12 | Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.  | 
13 | Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?  | 
14 | If he set his heart upon man, 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.  | 
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Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?  | 
18 | Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?  | 
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.  | 
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.  | 
21 | For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.  | 
22 | There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.  | 
23 | For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.  | 
24 | He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.  | 
25 | Therefore he knoweth 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 back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:  | 
28 | So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.  | 
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:  | 
30 | That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.  | 
31 | Surely it is meet to be 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 no more.  | 
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 | Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.  | 
35 | Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.  | 
36 | My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for 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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