Job:32-37
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So had these three men abstained from answering Job ;
because he was righteous in his own eyes .
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Thereupon was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite ,
of the family of Ram :
against Job was his wrath kindled ,
because he had declared himself more righteous than God .
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And against his three friends was his wrath kindled ;
because they had found no answer ,
and yet had condemned Job .
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Now Elihu had held back toward Job words ;
because the others were older in days than he .
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But when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men ,
then was his wrath kindled .
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And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite commenced ,
and said ,
Young am I in days ,
and ye are very old :
therefore I hesitated and feared to show you what I know .
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I had said ,
Days shall speak ,
and multitude of years shall make wisdom known .
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But it is the spirit in man ,
and the breath of the Almighty which giveth them understanding .
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Not those rich in years must be always wise :
neither do the aged constantly understand what is just .
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Therefore do I say ,
Hearken to me :
I also will show forth what I know myself .
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Behold ,
I waited for your words :
I gave an attentive ear to your reasonings ,
till you might have searched out the words .
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And now I understand you fully ,
and ,
behold ,
there is none that convinceth Job ,
or ,
that answereth his speeches among you .
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Say then not ,
We have found wisdom :
God will thrust him down ,
not man .
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But he hath not directed any words against me :
and with your speeches will I not answer him .
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They are dismayed ,
they answer no more :
words have escaped away from them .
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And should I wait ,
because they cannot speak ,
because they stand stilt and answer no more ?
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I also will surely answer my part ,
I myself also will show forth what I know ;
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For I am full of words ,
the spirit in my bosom urgeth me hard .
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Behold ,
my bosom is like wine which hath not been opened :
like new bottles it is ready to burst .
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I will speak ,
that I may breathe freer :
I will open my lips and answer .
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On no account will I show undue favor to any man ,
and to no son of earth will I give flattering titles .
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For I know not to give flattering titles ;
my Maker would speedily carry me away .
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Therefore do thou but hear ,
O Job ,
my speeches ,
and give ear to all my words .
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Behold now ,
I have opened my mouth ,
my tongue speaketh in my mouth .
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Out of my straightforward heart my sayings ,
and my lips utter knowledge clearly .
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The spirit of God hath made me ,
and the breath of the Almighty giveth me life .
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If thou canst ,
answer me ,
array thyself before me ,
stand forward .
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Behold ,
I am in the same relation as thyself toward God :
I myself also am cut out of the clay .
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Behold ,
dread of me cannot terrify thee ,
and my pressure will not be too heavy upon thee .
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But thou hast said before my ears ,
and the sound of the words I still hear ,
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I am pure without transgression ,
I am quite clean ;
and there is no iniquity in me :
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Yet ,
behold ,
he findeth hateful backsliding on me ,
he regardeth me as an enemy unto him ;
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He putteth my feet in the stocks ,
he watcheth all my paths ."
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Behold ,
In this thou art not just :
I will answer thee ;
for God is far greater than a mortal .
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Why dost thou contend against him ?
for with all his words will he not give an answer .
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For God speaketh once ,
yea twice :
regardeth it not .
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In a dream ,
in a vision of the night ,
when deep sleep falleth upon men ,
in slumbers upon the couch :
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Then doth he lay open the ear of men ,
and sealeth it with their warning ;
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To remove the son of earth deed and he covereth up pride from man ;
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He withholdeth his soul from the pit ,
and his life from passing away by the sword .
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And so is he admonished by pain upon his couch ,
and all his bones with violent .
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So that his inclination abhorreth bread ,
and his soul ,
the most agreeable food .
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His flesh is consumed away ,
that it cannot be seen ,
and his bones that were not seen stick out .
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Yea ,
his soul draweth near unto the pit ,
and his life to those that slay .
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If there be now about him one single angel ,
as defender ,
one out of a thousand ,
to tell for man his uprightness :
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Then is he gracious unto him ,
and saith ,
Release him from going down to the pit ,
I have found an atonement .
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His flesh becometh full again as in youth :
he returneth to the days of his boyhood .
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He will offer his entreaty unto God ,
and he will receive him in favor ,
that he may see his face with joy :
so doth He recompense unto the mortal his righteousness .
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He then should assemble men around ,
and say , "
I had sinned ,
and perverted what is right ,
yet have I not received a like return ."
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Thus he redeemeth his soul from passing into the pit ,
and his life will look joyously on the light .
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Lo ,
all these things doth God two or three times with man ;
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To bring back his soul from the pit ,
that she may shine in the light of life .
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Listen well ,
O Job ,
hearken unto me :
keep silence ,
and I will truly speak .
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If thou hast any words ,
answer me :
speak ,
for I wish to justify thee .
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If not ,
hearken thou unto me :
keep silence ,
and I will teach thee wisdom .
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And Elihu commenced ,
and said ,
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Hear ,
O ye wise men ,
my words ;
and ye that have knowledge ,
give ear unto me .
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For the ear proveth words ,
as the palate tasteth the food .
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Let us choose for ourselves what is just :
let us acknowledge between ourselves what is good .
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For Job hath said , "
I am righteous ;
and God hath taken away justice from me .
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Should I lie concerning the justice due me ?
incurable is the arrow I bear in me without any transgression ."
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What man is there like Job ,
who drinketh scorning like water ,
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And is on the road to keep company with the wrong
doers ,
and to walk with men of wickedness ?
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For he hath said , "
It profiteth a man nothing when he acteth according to the pleasure of God ."
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Therefore ye men of sense hearken unto me :
far is it from God to practise wickedness ;
and from the Almighty to do wrong !
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For the work of a son of earth doth he recompense unto him ,
and according to the path of man doth he permit things to occur to him .
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Yea ,
surely God will not condemn unjustly ,
nor will the Almighty pervert justice .
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Who hath given him a charge concerning the earth ?
or who hath intrusted the whole world ?
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If he were to set his heart upon man ,
he would gather unto himself his spirit and his breath :
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All flesh would perish together ,
and the son of earth would return again unto dust .
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If then thou wishest to understand ,
hear this :
give ear to the sound of my words .
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Is it possible that he who hateth justice should govern ?
or wilt thou condemn the righteous mighty One ?
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to say to a king ,
Thou art worthless ?
and to princes ,
Ye are wicked ?
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Whereas he is one that showeth no favor to chieftains ,
and distinguisheth not the rich before the indigent ;
for all of them are the work of his hands .
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In a moment will they die ,
and in the midst of the night ;
people are moved ,
and pass away :
and the mighty will be removed without a human hand .
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For big eyes are upon the ways of man ,
and all his steps doth he see .
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There is no darkness ,
nor shadow of death ,
where the evil
doers can hide themselves .
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For he need not direct a long time upon man ,
that he should enter into judgment before God .
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He breaketh down mighty men without searching ,
and placeth others in their stead .
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For the reason that he knoweth their deeds :
therefore he overturneth them in the night ,
and they are crushed .
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Among wicked men doth he strike them ,
in the place where see them :
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Because they have departed from following him ,
and have not considered all his ways .
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Bringing before them the cry of the indigent ,
and the cry of the afflicted which he had to hear .
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When he now granteth rest ,
who will condemn !
and when he hideth his face ,
who can behold him ?
whether it be against a nation ,
or against one man ,
it is the same :
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That no hypocritical man may reign ,
that such shall not be a mare to the people .
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For truly it is only fitting to say unto God , "
I bear ,
I will not do any wrong ;
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What I cannot see myself ,
do thou truly teach me ;
if I have done what is unjust ,
I will do so no more ."
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Should he then according to thy view send a recompense ,
because thou hast rejected him ? "
Because thou must choose ,
and not I ?"
and what thou knowest ,
do speak .
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Men of sense will say unto me ,
and every wise man who heareth me ,
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That Job hath not spoken with knowledge ,
and that his words are without intelligence .
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Oh that Job may therefore be probed continually ,
in order to give answers against sinful men .
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For he addeth unto his sin transgression :
among us he uttereth too many loud words ,
and multiplieth his speeches against God .
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Then commenced Elihu ,
and said ,
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Dost thou deem this to be just ,
that thou hast said , "
My righteousness is more than God
s ?"
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For thou sayest , "
What benefit will it be unto thee ?
what more profit shall I have ,
than if I had sinned ?"
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I will truly reply unto thee with words ,
and unto thy friends with thee .
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Look unto the heavens ,
and see ;
and gaze on the skies which are higher than thou .
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If thou sin ,
what dost thou effect against him ?
and if thy transgressions be multiplied ,
what canst thou do unto him ?
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If thou be righteous ,
what givest thou him ?
or what doth he accept out of thy hand ?
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A man like thyself thy wickedness may reach ,
and a son of earth thy righteousness .
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By reason of the multitude of oppressions cause men to cry :
these complain aloud because of the arm of the mighty .
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But saith not ,
Where is God my maker ,
who bestoweth joyful songs even in the night ;
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Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth ,
and maketh us wiser than the fowls of the heavens ?
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There do they cry ,
but he answereth not :
because of the pride of evil men .
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Only what is false will God not hear ,
nor will the Almighty regard it .
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Although thou sayest ,
thou canst not see him :
yet the decision is before him ;
and do thou wait for him .
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But now ,
because his anger hath punished nothing ,
shall he not greatly take cognizance of the multitude of sins ?
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But Job openeth wide his mouth for nought :
without knowledge he heapeth up words .
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Then continued Elihu ,
and said ,
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Wait for me a little ,
and I will instruct thee ;
for still some words on God
s behalf .
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I will lift up my knowledge for him who is afar ,
and for my Maker will I obtain righteousness .
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For truly no falsehood is my words :
one that is upright in opinions with thee .
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Behold ,
God is mighty ,
and despiseth not any :
he is mighty in strength of intellect .
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He permitteth not the wicked to live ;
but he procureth justice for the afflicted .
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He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous ;
but with kings on the throne ;
yea ,
he doth establish them for ever ,
and they are exalted .
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And if they be bound in fetters ,
and if they be entangled in the cords of affliction :
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Then doth he tell them of their work ,
and of their transgressions ,
when they had become strong .
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And he openeth thus their ear to correction ,
and saith that they should return from wrong
doing .
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If they hearken and serve ,
they will spend their days in happiness ,
and their years in pleasures .
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But if they hearken not ,
they will pass away through the sword ,
and they will perish in want of knowledge .
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But the hypocrites in heart persevere in wrath ;
they will not offer entreaty when he bindeth them :
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Their soul will die in youth ,
and their life ,
among the incestuous .
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He delivereth the afflicted through his affliction ,
and openeth through oppression his ear .
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And also thee hath he incited away from the jaws of distress into a wide space ,
on the site of which there is no straitness ;
and what is set on thy table is full of fatness .
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But if thou art full of the judgment of the wicked :
judgment and decree will support each other .
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For there would be fury ,
If aught were to incite thee to utter an abundance ;
and the greatness of the infliction must not mislead thee .
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Will he esteem thy riches ?
no ,
not gold ore ,
nor all the highest forces of strength .
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Desire then not eagerly the night ,
when nations pass away in their place .
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Take heed ,
turn not thyself to wrong
doing ,
so that thou wouldst choose this because of affliction .
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Behold ,
God is exalted by his power :
who is an instructer like him ?
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Who hath given him a charge concerning his way ?
or who hath ever said ,
Thou hast acted unjustly ?
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Reflect ,
that thou shouldst magnify his work ,
which men have beheld .
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All men have looked at it ;
the mortal gazeth at it from afar .
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Behold ,
God is great ,
and we comprehend him not ,
the number of his years can truly not be searched out .
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For he taketh away drops of water ,
which are purified into rain in his mist :
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These drop down out of the skies ;
they distil upon the multitude of men .
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But can understand the outspreadings of the clouds ?
the tumult of his tabernacle ?
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Behold ,
he spreadeth out over it his light ,
and covereth up the roots of the sea .
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For by means of them he judgeth nations ,
he giveth food in superfluity .
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hands he covereth with light ;
and he commandeth it to strike the one who striveth against him .
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The noise of his storm telleth of it ,
yea ,
the cattle also ,
of the rising tempest .
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At this also my heart trembleth ,
and is moved upward out of its place .
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Hear ,
O hear ,
the rattling of his thunder ,
and the storm
s roar that goeth out of his mouth .
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Under the whole heavens he letteth it loose ,
and his lightning over the ends of the earth .
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Behind it roareth the thunder ;
he thundereth with his majestic voice ;
and he holdeth them not back when his voice is heard .
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God thundereth with his marvelous voice :
he doth great things ,
which we cannot comprehend .
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For to the snow he saith ,
Be thou on the earth :
likewise the pouring rain ,
and to the pouring rains of his strength .
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He sealeth it on the hand of every man ,
that all men whom he hath made may know it .
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Then retire the beasts into dens ,
and rest in their lairs .
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Out of chamber cometh the whirlwind ,
and out of the north ,
the cold .
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From the breathing of God ice is given ,
and the broad waters become solid .
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Also with moisture he loadeth the cloud ;
he scattereth the cloud of his lightning ;
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And it is turned round about by his guidance ,
to execute what he commandeth it upon the face of the world ,
the earth .
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Whether it be as a chastising rod
if this be destined for his earth
or for kindness ,
doth he cause it to come .
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Give ear unto this ,
O Job :
stand still ,
and consider well the wonders of God .
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Dost thou know how God hath imposed on them ,
and he hath caused the light of his cloud to shine ?
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Dost thou know aught about the balancings of the clouds ,
the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge ?
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who clothest thyself with warm garments ,
when He giveth the earth rest from the south wind ?
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Hast thou with him spread out the skies ,
which are strong even as a molten mirror ?
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Let us know what we shall say unto him :
we cannot set aught in order because of darkness .
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Can be related of him ,
when I speak ?
or if a man talk even till he be swallowed up ?
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Yet now men see not the light which is bright in the skies ,
when the wind hath passed along ,
and purified them .
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The golden that cometh out of the north :
around God is terrible majesty .
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The Almighty ,
whom we cannot find out ,
excellent in power ,
and in justice ,
and abounding in righteousness ,
will not afflict :
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Therefore do men fear him ;
he respecteth not any that are wise of heart .
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Then did the Lord address Job out of the storm
wind ,
and said ,
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