Job:34

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* Moreover Elihu answered and said , * Hear my words , you (note :){+}(:note ) 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 us that which is right : Let us know among ourselves what is good . * For Job has said , I am righteous , And God has taken away my right : * Against my right he has lied ; My wound is incurable , [though I am ] without transgression . * What [noble ] man is like Job , Who drinks up scoffing like water , * Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity , And walks with wicked men ? * For he has said , It profits a [noble ] man nothing That he should delight himself with God . * Therefore listen to me , you (note :){+}(:note ) men of understanding : Far be it from God , that he should do wickedness , And from the Almighty , that he should commit iniquity . * For the work of man he will render to him , And cause a man to find according to his ways . * Yes , certainly , God will not do wickedly , Neither will the Almighty pervert justice . * Who gave him a charge over the earth ? Or who has disposed the whole world ? * If he sets his heart on himself , [If ] he gathers to himself his spirit and his breath ; * All flesh will perish together , And man will turn again to dust . * If now [you have ] understanding , hear this : Listen to the voice of my words . * Will even one who hates justice govern ? And will you condemn him who is righteous [and ] mighty ?-- * [Him ] who says to a king , [You are ] vile , [Or ] to nobles , [You (note :){+}(:note ) are ] wicked ; * Who does not respect the persons of princes , Nor regards the rich more than the poor ; For all of them are the work of his hands . * In a moment they die , even at midnight ; The people are shaken and pass away , And the mighty are taken away without a [human ] hand . * For his eyes are on the ways of a man , And he sees all his goings . * There is no darkness , nor thick gloom , Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves . * For he does not need further to consider a man , That he should go before God in judgment . * He breaks in pieces mighty men [in ways ] past finding out , And sets others in their stead . * Therefore he takes knowledge of their works ; And he overturns them in the night , so that they are destroyed . * He strikes them as wicked men In the open sight of others ; * Because they turned aside from following him , And would not have regard in any of his ways : * So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him , And he heard the cry of the afflicted . * When he gives quietness , who then can condemn ? And when he hides his face , who then can see him ? Alike whether [it is done ] to a nation , or to man : * He makes king [the ] godless man From among the seducers of the people . * For has any said to God , I have borne [chastisement ], I will not offend [anymore ]: * That which I don 't see teach me : If I have done iniquity , I will do it no more ? * Will his recompense be as you will , that you refuse it ? For you must choose , and not I : Therefore speak what you know . * Men of understanding will say to me , And the wise [noble ] man will listen to me : * Job speaks without knowledge , And his words are without wisdom . * Oh that Job were tried to the end , Because of his answering like wicked men . * For he adds rebellion to his sin ; He claps his hands among us , And multiplies his words against God .

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