Job:32-37

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* And these three men ceased from answering Job , because he [was ] righteous in his own eyes . * And burned the anger of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite , of the family of Ram . His wrath burned against Job , because he had justified himself rather than God . * Also his wrath was kindled against his three friends , because they had found no answer and had condemned Job . * And Elihu had waited beside Job with words , because they [were ] older than he in days . * When Elihu saw that there [was ] no answer in the mouth of these three men , then his wrath was kindled . * And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said , I [am ] young , and you [are ] very old ; therefore I was afraid , and dared not show you my opinion . * I said , Days should speak , and the multitude of years should teach wisdom . * But a spirit [is ] in man giving them perception , even the breath of the Almighty . * [It is ] not the great that are wise , nor the aged who understand judgment . * Therefore I say , Listen to me . I also will declare my opinion . * Behold , I waited for your words ; I listened to your reasons , while you searched out what to say . * Yes , I listened to you , and , behold , not one of you proved Job wrong [nor ] answered his words , * that you do not say , We have found out wisdom . God has pushed him down , not man . * And he has not directed his words against me ; and I will not answer him with your words . * They are broken ; they answer no more ; words have left them . * Shall I wait because you do not speak , because they stand still , answering no more ? * I also will answer my part ; I also will declare my wisdom . * For I am full of words ; the spirit within me presses on me . * Behold , my breast [is ] as wine which has no vent ; it bursts like new wineskins . * I will speak so that I may be refreshed ; I will open my lips and answer . * I will not now lift up the face of a man , nor eulogize [any ] man , * For I do not know how to eulogize ; else after a little my Maker would take me away . * However , Job , please hear my speeches , and listen to all my words . * Behold , now I have opened my mouth , my tongue has spoken in my mouth , * my words [shall be ] from my upright heart , and my lips will clearly speak knowledge . * The Spirit of God made me , and the breath of the Almighty gives me life . * If you can , answer me ; set yourself in order before me , stand up . * Behold , I [am ] toward God even as you [are ]; I also am formed out of the clay . * Behold , my terror shall not make you afraid , and my burden shall not be heavy on you . * Surely you have spoken in my ears , and I have heard the sound of [your ] words . * [You said ], I [am ] pure , without transgression ; I [am ] innocent , and no iniquity [is ] in me ; * behold , He finds reasons to be against me , He counts me for His enemy ; * He puts my feet in the stocks ; He marks all my paths . * Behold , [in ] this you are not right ; I will answer you , for God is greater than man . * Why do you fight against Him ? For He does not give account for [any ] of His matters . * For God speaks once , yea , twice , [but ] not one takes notice . * In a dream , a vision of the night , when deep sleep falls on men ; while [they ] slumber on the bed ; * then He opens the ear of men and seals their teaching , * so that He may turn man [from his ] act , that He might hide pride from man . * He keeps back his soul from the Pit , and his life from perishing by the sword . * He is also chastened with pain on his bed , and enduring strife [in ] his bones ; * so that his life is sick of bread , and his soul desirable food . * His flesh wastes away , not seen ; and his bones laid bare ; they were not seen . * Yea , his soul draws near to the Pit , and his life to the dealers of death . * If there is a messenger for him , a mediator , one among a thousand , to declare for man his uprightness , * then He is gracious to him and says , Deliver him from going down to the Pit ; for I have found a ransom . * His flesh shall be fresher than in vigor ; he shall return to the days of his youth ; * he shall pray to God , and He will be gracious to Him ; and he shall see His face with joy , for He will restore to man his righteousness . * He will observe to men , and say , I have sinned and perverted righteousness ; and it was not equally repaid to me , * He has redeemed my soul from passing over into the Pit , and my life shall see the light . * Lo , all these [things ] God does two or three times with a man , * to bring back his soul from the Pit , to be lighted with the light of the living . * Hear this , Job , listen to me ; be silent and I will speak . * If you have anything to say , answer me ; speak , for I desire to justify you . * If not , listen to me ; be silent , and I will teach you wisdom . * And Elihu answered and said , * Hear my words , wise men ; and give ear to me , you who have knowledge ; * For the ear tries words , [as ] the palate tastes food . * Let us choose for ourselves what is right ; let us know among ourselves what [is ] good . * For Job has said , I am righteous ; and God has taken away my right ; * should I lie against my right ? My wound cannot be cured ; [I am ] without rebellion . * What man [is ] like Job , [who ] drinks up scorning like water ; * who goes in company with the workers of iniquity , and walks with wicked men ? * For he has said , It profits a man nothing when he is accepted with God . * Therefore listen to me , O man of heart ; far be it from God to commit iniquity ; and from the Almighty , to do wrong . * For He repays man 's work , and causes him to find according to [his ] ways . * Yes , surely God will not do wickedly , neither will the Almighty pervert justice . * Who has given the earth as a deposit with Him ? Or who has set the whole world in order ? * If He sets His heart on man , [if ] He gathers to Himself his spirit and his breath , * all flesh shall perish together , and man shall turn again to dust . * If now [you have ] understanding , hear this ; listen to the sound of my words . * Shall one who hates right govern ? And will you condemn Him who is just and mighty ? * Who says to a king , O worthless one ; and to nobles , O evil one ? * [How much less to Him who ] does not lift up the face of rulers , nor regard the rich before the poor ? For all of them [are ] the work of His hands . * In a moment they die , and a people are shaken at midnight and pass away ; and the mighty shall be taken away without a hand . * For His eyes [are ] on the ways of man , and He sees all his steps . * There is no darkness , nor shadow of death to hide there the workers of iniquity . * For He does not still impose on man to go before God in judgment . * He shall break in pieces mighty men without number , and set others in their place . * Therefore He knows their works , and He overturns in the night , so that they are destroyed . * He strikes them for evil deeds in the place of the watchers , * because thus they turned from following Him , and they did not consider all His ways ; * [so as ] to cause the cry of the poor to come to Him , for He hears the cry of the afflicted . * And He gives quietness , who then can condemn ? And when He hides [His ] face , who can behold Him ? And [it may be ] against a nation and a man together ; * from the reigning of ungodly men , from [being ] snares for the people . * For has any said to God , I have taken away ; I will not pervert ? * Besides what I see , You teach me ; if I have done iniquity , I will do it no more . * Must He repay because you rejected [it ]? For you must choose , and not I ; therefore speak what you know . * Men of understanding will say to me , and a wise man who hears me [will say ], * Job has spoken without knowledge , and his words [were ] without wisdom . * Would that Job may be tried to the end because [his ] answers [are ] like men of iniquity . * For he adds rebellion to his sins ; he claps [his ] hands among us , and multiplies his words against God . * And Elihu answered and said , * Do you think this to [be ] right , you [that ] say , I am more just than God ? * For you say , What will it benefit you ? And , What good shall I have more than [if ] I had sinned ? * I will answer your words , and your friends with you . * Look to the heavens , and see ; and behold the clouds ; they are higher than you . * If you sin , what do you do against Him ? Or [if ] your transgressions are multiplied , what do you do to Him ? * If you are righteous , what do you give Him ? Or what does He receive from your hand ? * Your wickedness [may hurt ] a man like yourself ; and your righteousness [may profit ] the son of man . * From the host of tyrannies they cry out ; they cry out because of the arm of the multitude . * But none says , Where [is ] God my Maker , who gives songs in the night ; * who teaches us more than the animals of the earth , and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens ? * There they cry , but He gives no answer , because of the pride of evildoers . * Surely God will not hear vanity , neither will the Almighty look on it . * How [much less ] when you say you do not see Him ! Judgment [is ] before Him ; you are waiting for Him . * And now , because His anger has not visited , and He does not recognize stupidity , * even Job opens his mouth in vanity ; he multiplies words without knowledge . * Elihu went on and said , * Wait for me a little , and I will show you that [there are ] yet words for God . * I will bring my knowledge from afar , and I will credit righteousness to my Maker . * For truly my words [are ] not false ; He who is perfect in knowledge [is ] with you . * Behold , God [is ] mighty , and does not despise ; [He is ] mighty in strength of heart . * He will not keep alive one who is wicked , but gives right to the afflicted . * He withdraws not His eyes from the righteous , but [they are ] like kings on the throne ; yes , [He ] causes them to sit forever , and they are very high . * And if they [are ] bound in chains , and are held in cords of affliction , * then He shows them their work , and their sins , that they have behaved themselves proudly . * He also opens their ears to teaching , and commands that they return from iniquity . * If they obey and serve Him , they shall spend their days in blessedness , and their years in pleasures . * But if they do not obey , they shall perish by the sword , and they shall die without knowledge . * But the ungodly in heart heap up wrath ; they cry not when He binds them . * Their soul dies in youth , and their life [ends ] among the sodomites . * He delivers the poor in his affliction , and opens their ears by oppression . * And He also would have lured you from the mouth of distress [to ] a wide place not cramped ; and the setting of your table [would be ] full of fatness . * But you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked ; judgment and justice take hold ; * For [beware ] wrath , that He not lure you with [His ] scorn ; then a great ransom cannot turn you aside . * [If ] your cry for help is set in order , then [it will ] not [be ]. in distress , but with all the forces of strength . * Desire not the night , when people are cut off in their place . * Beware , do not turn to iniquity ; for this you have chosen rather than affliction . * Behold , God is exalted in His power ; who teaches like Him ? * Who has appointed Him His way ; or who can say , You have done wrong ? * Remember that you magnify His work of which men have sung ; * every man has seen it ; man may see [it ] afar off . * Behold , God [is ] great , and we do not know ; the number of His years cannot be searched out . * For He draws up the drops of water ; they distill rain into mist , * which the clouds pour down [and ] drop on man plentifully . * Also can [any ] understand the spreading of the clouds , or the crashing of His canopy ? * Behold , He spreads His light on it , and He covers the bottom of the sea . * For by them He judges the people ; He gives plenty of food . * He covers His hands with the lightning , and commands it to strike the mark ; * its thunder declares concerning Him , and the cattle , concerning what is coming . * My heart trembles at this also , and it leaps out of its place . * Listen carefully to the thunder of His voice , and the rumbling that comes out of His mouth . * He loosens it under the whole heavens , and His lightning to the ends of the earth . * After it a voice roars ; He thunders with the voice of His majesty , and He will not hold them when His voice is heard . * God thunders marvelously with His voice ; He does great things , and we do not understand . * For He says to the snow , Fall [on ] the earth ; also to the shower of rain , and to the shower of [heavy ] rains in its strength . * He seals up the hand of every man , so that all men may know His work . * Then the beast goes into its lair , and it remains in its dens . * Out of the storeroom comes the tempest ; and cold from scattering winds . * By the breath of God ice is given ; and the expanse of waters is frozen tight . * Also He loads the clouds with moisture ; He scatters the lightning cloud , * and it is turned around by His guidance , so that they may do whatever He commands them on the face of the world in the earth . * Whether as a whip , or for His land , or for mercy , He finds it . * Listen to this , Job ; stand still , and consider the wonderful works of God . * Do you know when God placed them , and caused the lightning of His cloud to shine ? * Do you know the balancing of the clouds , the wonderful works of Him who is perfect in knowledge ? * You whose clothes warm when He quiets the earth from the south wind ? * Have you beat out the expanse with Him , hard like a cast mirror ? * Teach us what we shall say to Him ; [for ] because of darkness we cannot arrange our case . * Shall it be told Him that I would speak ? If a man speaks , surely he shall be swallowed up . * And now men cannot look upon the light ; it [is ] in the clouds ; but the wind passes and clears them . * Golden [splendor ] comes out of the north ; God [is ] awesome in His majesty . * The Almighty , whom we cannot find out , [is ] exalted in power ; and to judgment and overflowing righteousness He does no violence . * Therefore , men fear Him ; He does not respect any [who are ] wise in heart . * And the LORD answered Job out of the tempest , and said ,

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