Job 36

36Elihu 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.

^14x†They 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.