lesserot - Job:32-37

lesserot@Job:32:1 @ So had these three men abstained from answering Job; because he was righteous in his own eyes.

lesserot@Job:32:2 @ 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.

lesserot@Job:32:3 @ And against his three friends was his wrath kindled; because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

lesserot@Job:32:4 @ Now Elihu had held back toward Job words; because the others were older in days than he.

lesserot@Job:32:5 @ But when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then was his wrath kindled.

lesserot@Job:32:6 @ 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.

lesserot@Job:32:7 @ I had said, Days shall speak, and multitude of years shall make wisdom known.

lesserot@Job:32:8 @ But it is the spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty which giveth them understanding.

lesserot@Job:32:9 @ Not those rich in years must be always wise: neither do the aged constantly understand what is just.

lesserot@Job:32:10 @ Therefore do I say, Hearken to me: I also will show forth what I know myself.

lesserot@Job:32:11 @ Behold, I waited for your words: I gave an attentive ear to your reasonings, till you might have searched out the words.

lesserot@Job:32:12 @ And now I understand you fully, and, behold, there is none that convinceth Job, or, that answereth his speeches among you.

lesserot@Job:32:13 @ Say then not, We have found wisdom: God will thrust him down, not man.

lesserot@Job:32:14 @ But he hath not directed any words against me: and with your speeches will I not answer him.

lesserot@Job:32:15 @ They are dismayed, they answer no more: words have escaped away from them.

lesserot@Job:32:16 @ And should I wait, because they cannot speak, because they stand stilt and answer no more?

lesserot@Job:32:17 @ I also will surely answer my part, I myself also will show forth what I know;

lesserot@Job:32:18 @ For I am full of words, the spirit in my bosom urgeth me hard.

lesserot@Job:32:19 @ Behold, my bosom is like wine which hath not been opened: like new bottles it is ready to burst.

lesserot@Job:32:20 @ I will speak, that I may breathe freer: I will open my lips and answer.

lesserot@Job:32:21 @ On no account will I show undue favor to any man, and to no son of earth will I give flattering titles.

lesserot@Job:32:22 @ For I know not to give flattering titles; my Maker would speedily carry me away.

lesserot@Job:33:1 @ Therefore do thou but hear, O Job, my speeches, and give ear to all my words.

lesserot@Job:33:2 @ Behold now, I have opened my mouth, my tongue speaketh in my mouth.

lesserot@Job:33:3 @ Out of my straightforward heart my sayings, and my lips utter knowledge clearly.

lesserot@Job:33:4 @ The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty giveth me life.

lesserot@Job:33:5 @ If thou canst, answer me, array thyself before me, stand forward.

lesserot@Job:33:6 @ Behold, I am in the same relation as thyself toward God: I myself also am cut out of the clay.

lesserot@Job:33:7 @ Behold, dread of me cannot terrify thee, and my pressure will not be too heavy upon thee.

lesserot@Job:33:8 @ But thou hast said before my ears, and the sound of the words I still hear,

lesserot@Job:33:9 @ "I am pure without transgression, I am quite clean; and there is no iniquity in me:

lesserot@Job:33:10 @ Yet, behold, he findeth hateful backsliding on me, he regardeth me as an enemy unto him;

lesserot@Job:33:11 @ He putteth my feet in the stocks, he watcheth all my paths."

lesserot@Job:33:12 @ Behold, In this thou art not just: I will answer thee; for God is far greater than a mortal.

lesserot@Job:33:13 @ Why dost thou contend against him? for with all his words will he not give an answer.

lesserot@Job:33:14 @ For God speaketh once, yea twice: regardeth it not.

lesserot@Job:33:15 @ In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumbers upon the couch:

lesserot@Job:33:16 @ Then doth he lay open the ear of men, and sealeth it with their warning;

lesserot@Job:33:17 @ To remove the son of earth deed and he covereth up pride from man;

lesserot@Job:33:18 @ He withholdeth his soul from the pit, and his life from passing away by the sword.

lesserot@Job:33:19 @ And so is he admonished by pain upon his couch, and all his bones with violent.

lesserot@Job:33:20 @ So that his inclination abhorreth bread, and his soul, the most agreeable food.

lesserot@Job:33:21 @ His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen, and his bones that were not seen stick out.

lesserot@Job:33:22 @ Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit, and his life to those that slay.

lesserot@Job:33:23 @ If there be now about him one single angel, as defender, one out of a thousand, to tell for man his uprightness:

lesserot@Job:33:24 @ Then is he gracious unto him, and saith, Release him from going down to the pit, I have found an atonement.

lesserot@Job:33:25 @ His flesh becometh full again as in youth: he returneth to the days of his boyhood.

lesserot@Job:33:26 @ 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.

lesserot@Job:33:27 @ He then should assemble men around, and say, "I had sinned, and perverted what is right, yet have I not received a like return."

lesserot@Job:33:28 @ Thus he redeemeth his soul from passing into the pit, and his life will look joyously on the light.

lesserot@Job:33:29 @ Lo, all these things doth God two or three times with man;

lesserot@Job:33:30 @ To bring back his soul from the pit, that she may shine in the light of life.

lesserot@Job:33:31 @ Listen well, O Job, hearken unto me: keep silence, and I will truly speak.

lesserot@Job:33:32 @ If thou hast any words, answer me: speak, for I wish to justify thee.

lesserot@Job:33:33 @ If not, hearken thou unto me: keep silence, and I will teach thee wisdom.

lesserot@Job:34:1 @ And Elihu commenced, and said,

lesserot@Job:34:2 @ Hear, O ye wise men, my words; and ye that have knowledge, give ear unto me.

lesserot@Job:34:3 @ For the ear proveth words, as the palate tasteth the food.

lesserot@Job:34:4 @ Let us choose for ourselves what is just: let us acknowledge between ourselves what is good.

lesserot@Job:34:5 @ For Job hath said, "I am righteous; and God hath taken away justice from me.

lesserot@Job:34:6 @ Should I lie concerning the justice due me? incurable is the arrow I bear in me without any transgression."

lesserot@Job:34:7 @ What man is there like Job, who drinketh scorning like water,

lesserot@Job:34:8 @ And is on the road to keep company with the wrongdoers, and to walk with men of wickedness?

lesserot@Job:34:9 @ For he hath said, "It profiteth a man nothing when he acteth according to the pleasure of God."

lesserot@Job:34:10 @ Therefore ye men of sense hearken unto me: far is it from God to practise wickedness; and from the Almighty to do wrong!

lesserot@Job:34:11 @ 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.

lesserot@Job:34:12 @ Yea, surely God will not condemn unjustly, nor will the Almighty pervert justice.

lesserot@Job:34:13 @ Who hath given him a charge concerning the earth? or who hath intrusted the whole world?

lesserot@Job:34:14 @ If he were to set his heart upon man, he would gather unto himself his spirit and his breath:

lesserot@Job:34:15 @ All flesh would perish together, and the son of earth would return again unto dust.

lesserot@Job:34:16 @ If then thou wishest to understand, hear this: give ear to the sound of my words.

lesserot@Job:34:17 @ Is it possible that he who hateth justice should govern? or wilt thou condemn the righteous mighty One?

lesserot@Job:34:18 @ to say to a king, Thou art worthless? and to princes, Ye are wicked?

lesserot@Job:34:19 @ 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.

lesserot@Job:34:20 @ 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.

lesserot@Job:34:21 @ For big eyes are upon the ways of man, and all his steps doth he see.

lesserot@Job:34:22 @ There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the evildoers can hide themselves.

lesserot@Job:34:23 @ For he need not direct a long time upon man, that he should enter into judgment before God.

lesserot@Job:34:24 @ He breaketh down mighty men without searching, and placeth others in their stead.

lesserot@Job:34:25 @ For the reason that he knoweth their deeds: therefore he overturneth them in the night, and they are crushed.

lesserot@Job:34:26 @ Among wicked men doth he strike them, in the place where see them:

lesserot@Job:34:27 @ Because they have departed from following him, and have not considered all his ways.

lesserot@Job:34:28 @ Bringing before them the cry of the indigent, and the cry of the afflicted which he had to hear.

lesserot@Job:34:29 @ 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:

lesserot@Job:34:30 @ That no hypocritical man may reign, that such shall not be a mare to the people.

lesserot@Job:34:31 @ For truly it is only fitting to say unto God, "I bear, I will not do any wrong;

lesserot@Job:34:32 @ What I cannot see myself, do thou truly teach me; if I have done what is unjust, I will do so no more."

lesserot@Job:34:33 @ 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.

lesserot@Job:34:34 @ Men of sense will say unto me, and every wise man who heareth me,

lesserot@Job:34:35 @ That Job hath not spoken with knowledge, and that his words are without intelligence.

lesserot@Job:34:36 @ Oh that Job may therefore be probed continually, in order to give answers against sinful men.

lesserot@Job:34:37 @ For he addeth unto his sin transgression: among us he uttereth too many loud words, and multiplieth his speeches against God.

lesserot@Job:35:1 @ Then commenced Elihu, and said,

lesserot@Job:35:2 @ Dost thou deem this to be just, that thou hast said, "My righteousness is more than Gods?"

lesserot@Job:35:3 @ For thou sayest, "What benefit will it be unto thee? what more profit shall I have, than if I had sinned?"

lesserot@Job:35:4 @ I will truly reply unto thee with words, and unto thy friends with thee.

lesserot@Job:35:5 @ Look unto the heavens, and see; and gaze on the skies which are higher than thou.

lesserot@Job:35:6 @ If thou sin, what dost thou effect against him? and if thy transgressions be multiplied, what canst thou do unto him?

lesserot@Job:35:7 @ If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what doth he accept out of thy hand?

lesserot@Job:35:8 @ A man like thyself thy wickedness may reach, and a son of earth thy righteousness.

lesserot@Job:35:9 @ By reason of the multitude of oppressions cause men to cry: these complain aloud because of the arm of the mighty.

lesserot@Job:35:10 @ But saith not, Where is God my maker, who bestoweth joyful songs even in the night;

lesserot@Job:35:11 @ Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of the heavens?

lesserot@Job:35:12 @ There do they cry, but he answereth not: because of the pride of evil men.

lesserot@Job:35:13 @ Only what is false will God not hear, nor will the Almighty regard it.

lesserot@Job:35:14 @ Although thou sayest, thou canst not see him: yet the decision is before him; and do thou wait for him.

lesserot@Job:35:15 @ But now, because his anger hath punished nothing, shall he not greatly take cognizance of the multitude of sins?

lesserot@Job:35:16 @ But Job openeth wide his mouth for nought: without knowledge he heapeth up words.

lesserot@Job:36:1 @ Then continued Elihu, and said,

lesserot@Job:36:2 @ Wait for me a little, and I will instruct thee; for still some words on Gods behalf.

lesserot@Job:36:3 @ I will lift up my knowledge for him who is afar, and for my Maker will I obtain righteousness.

lesserot@Job:36:4 @ For truly no falsehood is my words: one that is upright in opinions with thee.

lesserot@Job:36:5 @ Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength of intellect.

lesserot@Job:36:6 @ He permitteth not the wicked to live; but he procureth justice for the afflicted.

lesserot@Job:36:7 @ 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.

lesserot@Job:36:8 @ And if they be bound in fetters, and if they be entangled in the cords of affliction:

lesserot@Job:36:9 @ Then doth he tell them of their work, and of their transgressions, when they had become strong.

lesserot@Job:36:10 @ And he openeth thus their ear to correction, and saith that they should return from wrongdoing.

lesserot@Job:36:11 @ If they hearken and serve, they will spend their days in happiness, and their years in pleasures.

lesserot@Job:36:12 @ But if they hearken not, they will pass away through the sword, and they will perish in want of knowledge.

lesserot@Job:36:13 @ But the hypocrites in heart persevere in wrath; they will not offer entreaty when he bindeth them:

lesserot@Job:36:14 @ Their soul will die in youth, and their life, among the incestuous.

lesserot@Job:36:15 @ He delivereth the afflicted through his affliction, and openeth through oppression his ear.

lesserot@Job:36:16 @ 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.

lesserot@Job:36:17 @ But if thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: judgment and decree will support each other.

lesserot@Job:36:18 @ 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.

lesserot@Job:36:19 @ Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold ore, nor all the highest forces of strength.

lesserot@Job:36:20 @ Desire then not eagerly the night, when nations pass away in their place.

lesserot@Job:36:21 @ Take heed, turn not thyself to wrongdoing, so that thou wouldst choose this because of affliction.

lesserot@Job:36:22 @ Behold, God is exalted by his power: who is an instructer like him?

lesserot@Job:36:23 @ Who hath given him a charge concerning his way? or who hath ever said, Thou hast acted unjustly?

lesserot@Job:36:24 @ Reflect, that thou shouldst magnify his work, which men have beheld.

lesserot@Job:36:25 @ All men have looked at it; the mortal gazeth at it from afar.

lesserot@Job:36:26 @ Behold, God is great, and we comprehend him not, the number of his years can truly not be searched out.

lesserot@Job:36:27 @ For he taketh away drops of water, which are purified into rain in his mist:

lesserot@Job:36:28 @ These drop down out of the skies; they distil upon the multitude of men.

lesserot@Job:36:29 @ But can understand the outspreadings of the clouds? the tumult of his tabernacle?

lesserot@Job:36:30 @ Behold, he spreadeth out over it his light, and covereth up the roots of the sea.

lesserot@Job:36:31 @ For by means of them he judgeth nations, he giveth food in superfluity.

lesserot@Job:36:32 @ hands he covereth with light; and he commandeth it to strike the one who striveth against him.

lesserot@Job:36:33 @ The noise of his storm telleth of it, yea, the cattle also, of the rising tempest.

lesserot@Job:37:1 @ At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved upward out of its place.

lesserot@Job:37:2 @ Hear, O hear, the rattling of his thunder, and the storms roar that goeth out of his mouth.

lesserot@Job:37:3 @ Under the whole heavens he letteth it loose, and his lightning over the ends of the earth.

lesserot@Job:37:4 @ Behind it roareth the thunder; he thundereth with his majestic voice; and he holdeth them not back when his voice is heard.

lesserot@Job:37:5 @ God thundereth with his marvelous voice: he doth great things, which we cannot comprehend.

lesserot@Job:37:6 @ For to the snow he saith, Be thou on the earth: likewise the pouring rain, and to the pouring rains of his strength.

lesserot@Job:37:7 @ He sealeth it on the hand of every man, that all men whom he hath made may know it.

lesserot@Job:37:8 @ Then retire the beasts into dens, and rest in their lairs.

lesserot@Job:37:9 @ Out of chamber cometh the whirlwind, and out of the north, the cold.

lesserot@Job:37:10 @ From the breathing of God ice is given, and the broad waters become solid.

lesserot@Job:37:11 @ Also with moisture he loadeth the cloud; he scattereth the cloud of his lightning;

lesserot@Job:37:12 @ And it is turned round about by his guidance, to execute what he commandeth it upon the face of the world, the earth.

lesserot@Job:37:13 @ Whether it be as a chastising rodif this be destined for his earthor for kindness, doth he cause it to come.

lesserot@Job:37:14 @ Give ear unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider well the wonders of God.

lesserot@Job:37:15 @ Dost thou know how God hath imposed on them, and he hath caused the light of his cloud to shine?

lesserot@Job:37:16 @ Dost thou know aught about the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?

lesserot@Job:37:17 @ who clothest thyself with warm garments, when He giveth the earth rest from the south wind?

lesserot@Job:37:18 @ Hast thou with him spread out the skies, which are strong even as a molten mirror?

lesserot@Job:37:19 @ Let us know what we shall say unto him: we cannot set aught in order because of darkness.

lesserot@Job:37:20 @ Can be related of him, when I speak? or if a man talk even till he be swallowed up?

lesserot@Job:37:21 @ Yet now men see not the light which is bright in the skies, when the wind hath passed along, and purified them.

lesserot@Job:37:22 @ The golden that cometh out of the north: around God is terrible majesty.

lesserot@Job:37:23 @ The Almighty, whom we cannot find out, excellent in power, and in justice, and abounding in righteousness, will not afflict:

lesserot@Job:37:24 @ Therefore do men fear him; he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.

lesserot@Job:38:1 @ Then did the Lord address Job out of the stormwind, and said,