Job 36
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1Elihu continued speaking:1Elihu said further:
2“Let me go on, and I will show you the truth. For I have not finished defending God!2"Be patient with me a little longer and I will instruct you, for I still have words to speak on God's behalf.
3I will present profound arguments for the righteousness of my Creator.3With my knowledge I will speak comprehensively, and to my Creator I will ascribe righteousness.
4I am telling you nothing but the truth, for I am a man of great knowledge.4For in truth, my words are not false; it is one complete in knowledge who is with you.
5“God is mighty, but he does not despise anyone! He is mighty in both power and understanding.5Indeed, God is mighty; and he does not despise people, he is mighty, and firm in his intent.
6He does not let the wicked live but gives justice to the afflicted.6He does not allow the wicked to live, but he gives justice to the poor.
7He never takes his eyes off the innocent, but he sets them on thrones with kings and exalts them forever.7He does not take his eyes off the righteous; but with kings on the throne he seats the righteous and exalts them forever.
8If they are bound in chains and caught up in a web of trouble,8But if they are bound in chains, and held captive by the cords of affliction,
9he shows them the reason. He shows them their sins of pride.9then he reveals to them what they have done, and their transgressions, that they were behaving proudly.
10He gets their attention and commands that they turn from evil.10And he reveals this for correction, and says that they must turn from evil.
11“If they listen and obey God, they will be blessed with prosperity throughout their lives. All their years will be pleasant.11If they obey and serve him, they live out their days in prosperity and their years in pleasantness.
12But if they refuse to listen to him, they will cross over the river of death, dying from lack of understanding.12But if they refuse to listen, they pass over the river of death, and expire without knowledge.
13For the godless are full of resentment. Even when he punishes them, they refuse to cry out to him for help.13The godless at heart nourish anger, they do not cry out even when he binds them.
14They die when they are young, after wasting their lives in immoral living.14They die in their youth, and their life ends among the male cultic prostitutes.
15But by means of their suffering, he rescues those who suffer. For he gets their attention through adversity.15He delivers the afflicted by their afflictions, he reveals himself to them by their suffering.
16“God is leading you away from danger, Job, to a place free from distress. He is setting your table with the best food.16And surely, he drew you from the mouth of distress, to a wide place, unrestricted, and to the comfort of your table filled with rich food.
17But you are obsessed with whether the godless will be judged. Don’t worry, judgment and justice will be upheld.17But now you are preoccupied with the judgment due the wicked, judgment and justice take hold of you.
18But watch out, or you may be seduced by wealth. Don’t let yourself be bribed into sin.18Be careful that no one entices you with riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside.
19Could all your wealth or all your mighty efforts keep you from distress?19Would your wealth sustain you, so that you would not be in distress, even all your mighty efforts?
20Do not long for the cover of night, for that is when people will be destroyed.20Do not long for the cover of night to drag people away from their homes.
21Be on guard! Turn back from evil, for God sent this suffering to keep you from a life of evil. Elihu Reminds Job of God’s Power21Take heed, do not turn to evil, for because of this you have been tested by affliction.
22“Look, God is all-powerful. Who is a teacher like him?22Indeed, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him?
23No one can tell him what to do, or say to him, ‘You have done wrong.’23Who has prescribed his ways for him? Or said to him, 'You have done what is wicked'?
24Instead, glorify his mighty works, singing songs of praise.24Remember to extol his work, which people have praised in song.
25Everyone has seen these things, though only from a distance.25All humanity has seen it; people gaze on it from afar.
26“Look, God is greater than we can understand. His years cannot be counted.26"Yes, God is great--beyond our knowledge! The number of his years is unsearchable.
27He draws up the water vapor and then distills it into rain.27He draws up drops of water; they distill the rain into its mist,
28The rain pours down from the clouds, and everyone benefits.28which the clouds pour down and shower on humankind abundantly.
29Who can understand the spreading of the clouds and the thunder that rolls forth from heaven?29Who can understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion?
30See how he spreads the lightning around him and how it lights up the depths of the sea.30See how he scattered his lightning about him; he has covered the depths of the sea.
31By these mighty acts he nourishes the people, giving them food in abundance.31It is by these that he judges the nations and supplies food in abundance.
32He fills his hands with lightning bolts and hurls each at its target.32With his hands he covers the lightning, and directs it against its target.
33The thunder announces his presence; the storm announces his indignant anger.33His thunder announces the coming storm, the cattle also, concerning the storm's approach.
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