Job 36–37

Elihu also proceeded, and said,

²Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee

That I have yet to speak on God’s behalf.

³I will fetch my ^aknowledge from afar,

And will ascribe righteousness to ^bmy Maker.

⁴For truly my words shall not be false:

He that is ^cperfect in knowledge is with thee.

⁵Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not ^dany:

He is ^emighty in strength and wisdom.

⁶He preserveth not the life of the wicked:

But giveth right to the poor.

⁷He ^fwithdraweth not his eyes from the righteous:

But with kings are they ^gon the throne;

Yea, he doth ^hestablish them for ever, and they are exalted.

⁸And if they be ^ikbound in ^kfetters,

And be holden in cords of ⁱaffliction;

⁹Then he sheweth them their ^lwork,

And their transgressions that they ^mhave exceeded.

¹⁰ⁿHe openeth also their ear to discipline,

And commandeth that they return from iniquity.

^11oIf they obey and serve ^phim,

They shall ^qspend their days in prosperity,

And their years ^rin pleasures.

^12oBut if they obey not,

They shall perish by the sword,

And they shall die ^swithout knowledge.

¹³But the hypocrites in heart ^theap up wrath:

They cry not when he ^ubindeth them.

^14xThey die in youth,

And their life is among the unclean.

¹⁵He delivereth the poor in his affliction,

And ⁿopeneth their ears in oppression.

¹⁶Even so would he have ^yremoved thee out of the strait

Into ^zaa broad place, where there is no ^astraitness;

And ^bthat which should be set on ^cthy table should be full of ^dfatness.

¹⁷But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked:

Judgment and justice take hold on thee.

¹⁸Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his ^estroke:

Then a great ^fransom cannot deliver thee.

¹⁹Will he esteem thy ^griches? no, not gold,

Nor all ^hthe forces of strength.

²⁰ⁱDesire not ^kthe night,

When people are ^lcut off ^min their place.

²¹Take heed, ⁿregard not iniquity:

For this hast thou ^ochosen rather than affliction.

²²Behold, God exalteth by his power:

^pWho teacheth like him?

²³Who ^qhath enjoined him his way?

Or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?

²⁴Remember that thou magnify his work,

Which ^rmen ^sbehold.

²⁵Every man may see it;

Man may behold it afar off.

²⁶Behold, God is great, and we ^tknow him not,

^uNeither can the number of his years ^xbe searched out.

²⁷For he ^ymaketh small the drops of water:

They pour down rain according to ^zthe vapour thereof:

²⁸Which ^athe clouds do drop

And ^adistil upon man abundantly.

²⁹Also can any understand the ^bspreadings of the clouds,

Or the noise of his ^ctabernacle?

³⁰Behold, he spreadeth ^dhis light upon it,

And ^ecovereth the bottom of the sea.

³¹For by them ^eejudgeth he the people;

He ^fgiveth meat ^gin abundance.

³²With clouds he covereth ^dthe light;

And commandeth it not to shine by the cloud ^hthat cometh betwixt.

³³ⁱThe noise thereof sheweth concerning it,

The cattle also concerning the vapour.

XXXVII.At this also my heart trembleth,

And is moved out of his place.

²Hear attentively the noise of his voice,

And the sound that goeth out of his mouth.

³He directeth it under the whole heaven,

And his lightning unto the ends of the earth.

⁴After it a voice roareth:

He ^athundereth with the voice of his excellency;

And he will not stay them when his voice is heard.

⁵God thundereth ^bmarvellously with his voice;

^cGreat things doeth he, which ^dwe cannot comprehend.

⁶For he saith to ^ethe snow, Be thou on the earth;

Likewise to the small rain,

And to the great rain of his strength.

⁷He ^fsealeth up the hand of every man;

That all men may know his work.

⁸Then the beasts go into ^gdens,

And remain in their ^ghplaces.

⁹Out of the south cometh ⁱthe whirlwind:

And ^ecold out of the north.

¹⁰By the breath of God ^kfrost is given:

And ^lthe breadth of the waters is straitened.

¹¹Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud:

He scattereth his bright cloud:

¹²And it is turned round about by his ^mcounsels:

ⁿThat they may do whatsoever he commandeth them

Upon the face of ^othe world in the earth.

¹³He causeth it to come, whether ^pfor correction,

Or ^qfor his land, or ^rfor mercy.

¹⁴Hearken unto this, O Job:

Stand still, and ^sconsider the wondrous works of God.

¹⁵Dost thou know when God disposed them,

And caused ^tthe light of his cloud to shine?

¹⁶Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds,

The wondrous works of him which is ^uperfect in ^xknowledge?

¹⁷How thy garments are warm,

When he quieteth the earth by ^ythe south wind?

¹⁸Hast thou with him ^zspread out the sky,

Which is strong, and as a ^amolten looking glass?

¹⁹Teach us what we shall say unto him;

For we cannot order ^bour speech ^cby reason of ^ddarkness.

²⁰Shall it be told him that I speak?

If a man speak, surely he shall be ^eswallowed up.

²¹And now men see not the bright ^flight

Which is in the clouds:

But the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.

²²Fair weather cometh out of the north:

^gWith God is terrible majesty.

²³Touching the Almighty, ^hwe cannot find him out: he is ⁱexcellent in power,

And in ^kjudgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.

^24lMen do therefore ^mfear him:

He ⁿrespecteth not any that are ^owise of ^pheart.

XXXVIII.