nkjv - 34

nkjv@Job:34:1 @ Elihu further answered and said:

nkjv@Job:34:2 @ "Hear my words, you wise men; Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.

nkjv@Job:34:3 @ For the ear tests words As the palate tastes food.

nkjv@Job:34:4 @ Let us choose justice for ourselves; Let us know among ourselves what is good.

nkjv@Job:34:5 @ "For Job has said, "I am righteous, But God has taken away my justice;

nkjv@Job:34:6 @ Should I lie concerning my right? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.'

nkjv@Job:34:7 @ What man is like Job, Who drinks scorn like water,

nkjv@Job:34:8 @ Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, And walks with wicked men?

nkjv@Job:34:9 @ For he has said, "It profits a man nothing That he should delight in God.'

nkjv@Job:34:10 @ "Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: Far be it from God to do wickedness, And from the Almighty to commit iniquity.

nkjv@Job:34:11 @ For He repays man according to his work, And makes man to find a reward according to his way.

nkjv@Job:34:12 @ Surely God will never do wickedly, Nor will the Almighty pervert justice.

nkjv@Job:34:13 @ Who gave Him charge over the earth? Or who appointed Him over the whole world?

nkjv@Job:34:14 @ If He should set His heart on it, If He should gather to Himself His Spirit and His breath,

nkjv@Job:34:15 @ All flesh would perish together, And man would return to dust.

nkjv@Job:34:16 @ "If you have understanding, hear this; Listen to the sound of my words:

nkjv@Job:34:17 @ Should one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn Him who is most just?

nkjv@Job:34:18 @ Is it fitting to say to a king, "You are worthless,' And to nobles, "You are wicked'?

nkjv@Job:34:19 @ Yet He is not partial to princes, Nor does He regard the rich more than the poor; For they are all the work of His hands.

nkjv@Job:34:20 @ In a moment they die, in the middle of the night; The people are shaken and pass away; The mighty are taken away without a hand.

nkjv@Job:34:21 @ "For His eyes are on the ways of man, And He sees all his steps.

nkjv@Job:34:22 @ There is no darkness nor shadow of death Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

nkjv@Job:34:23 @ For He need not further consider a man, That he should go before God in judgment.

nkjv@Job:34:24 @ He breaks in pieces mighty men without inquiry, And sets others in their place.

nkjv@Job:34:25 @ Therefore He knows their works; He overthrows them in the night, And they are crushed.

nkjv@Job:34:26 @ He strikes them as wicked men In the open sight of others,

nkjv@Job:34:27 @ Because they turned back from Him, And would not consider any of His ways,

nkjv@Job:34:28 @ So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him; For He hears the cry of the afflicted.

nkjv@Job:34:29 @ When He gives quietness, who then can make trouble? And when He hides His face, who then can see Him, Whether it is against a nation or a man alone?--

nkjv@Job:34:30 @ That the hypocrite should not reign, Lest the people be ensnared.

nkjv@Job:34:31 @ "For has anyone said to God, "I have borne chastening; I will offend no more;

nkjv@Job:34:32 @ Teach me what I do not see; If I have done iniquity, I will do no more'?

nkjv@Job:34:33 @ Should He repay it according to your terms, Just because you disavow it? You must choose, and not I; Therefore speak what you know.

nkjv@Job:34:34 @ "Men of understanding say to me, Wise men who listen to me:

nkjv@Job:34:35 @ "Job speaks without knowledge, His words are without wisdom.'

nkjv@Job:34:36 @ Oh, that Job were tried to the utmost, Because his answers are like those of wicked men!

nkjv@Job:34:37 @ For he adds rebellion to his sin; He claps his hands among us, And multiplies his words against God."

Job 34