Job:35-38
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Elihu spake moreover ,
and said ,
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Thinkest thou this to be right ,
that thou saidst ,
My righteousness is more than God '
s ?
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For thou saidst ,
What advantage will it be unto thee ?
and ,
What profit shall I have ,
if I be cleansed from my sin ?
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I will answer thee ,
and thy companions with thee .
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Look unto the heavens ,
and see ;
and behold the clouds which are higher than thou .
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If thou sinnest ,
what doest thou against him ?
or if thy transgressions be multiplied ,
what doest thou unto him ?
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If thou be righteous ,
what givest thou him ?
or what receiveth he of thine hand ?
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Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art ;
and thy righteousness may profit the son of man .
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By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry :
they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty .
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But none saith ,
Where is God my maker ,
who giveth songs 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 heaven ?
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There they cry ,
but none giveth answer ,
because of the pride of evil men .
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Surely God will not hear vanity ,
neither will the Almighty regard it .
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Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him ,
yet judgment is before him ;
therefore trust thou in him .
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But now ,
because it is not so ,
he hath visited in his anger ;
yet he knoweth it not in great extremity :
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Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain ;
he multiplieth words without knowledge .
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Elihu also proceeded ,
and said ,
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Suffer me a little ,
and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God '
s behalf .
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I will fetch my knowledge from afar ,
and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker .
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For truly my words shall not be false :
he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee .
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Behold ,
God is mighty ,
and despiseth not any :
he is mighty in strength and wisdom .
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He preserveth not the life of the wicked :
but giveth right to the poor .
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He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous :
but with kings are they 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 be holden in cords of affliction ;
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Then he sheweth them their work ,
and their transgressions that they have exceeded .
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He openeth also their ear to discipline ,
and commandeth that they return from iniquity .
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If they obey and serve him ,
they shall spend their days in prosperity ,
and their years in pleasures .
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But if they obey not ,
they shall perish by the sword ,
and they shall die without knowledge .
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But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath :
they cry not when he bindeth them .
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They die in youth ,
and their life is among the unclean .
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He delivereth the poor in his affliction ,
and openeth their ears in oppression .
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Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place ,
where there is no straitness ;
and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness .
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But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked :
judgment and justice take hold on thee .
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Because there is wrath ,
beware lest he take thee away with his stroke :
then a great ransom cannot deliver thee .
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Will he esteem thy riches ?
no ,
not gold ,
nor all the forces of strength .
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Desire not the night ,
when people are cut off in their place .
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Take heed ,
regard not iniquity :
for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction .
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Behold ,
God exalteth by his power :
who teacheth like him ?
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Who hath enjoined him his way ?
or who can say ,
Thou hast wrought iniquity ?
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Remember that thou magnify his work ,
which men behold .
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Every man may see it ;
man may behold it afar off .
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Behold ,
God is great ,
and we know him not ,
neither can the number of his years be searched out .
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For he maketh small the drops of water :
they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof :
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Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly .
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Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds ,
or the noise of his tabernacle ?
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Behold ,
he spreadeth his light upon it ,
and covereth the bottom of the sea .
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For by them judgeth he the people ;
he giveth meat in abundance .
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With clouds he covereth the light ;
and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt .
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The noise thereof sheweth concerning it ,
the cattle also concerning the vapour .
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At this also my heart trembleth ,
and is moved out of his place .
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Hear attentively the noise of his voice ,
and the sound that goeth out of his mouth .
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He directeth it under the whole heaven ,
and his lightning unto the ends of the earth .
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After it a voice roareth :
he thundereth with the voice of his excellency ;
and he will not stay them when his voice is heard .
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God thundereth marvellously with his voice ;
great things doeth he ,
which we cannot comprehend .
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For he saith to the snow ,
Be thou on the earth ;
likewise to the small rain ,
and to the great rain of his strength .
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He sealeth up the hand of every man ;
that all men may know his work .
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Then the beasts go into dens ,
and remain in their places .
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Out of the south cometh the whirlwind :
and cold out of the north .
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By the breath of God frost is given :
and the breadth of the waters is straitened .
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Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud :
he scattereth his bright cloud :
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And it is turned round about by his counsels :
that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth .
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He causeth it to come ,
whether for correction ,
or for his land ,
or for mercy .
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Hearken unto this ,
O Job :
stand still ,
and consider the wondrous works of God .
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Dost thou know when God disposed them ,
and caused the light of his cloud to shine ?
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Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds ,
the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge ?
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How thy garments are warm ,
when he quieteth the earth by the south wind ?
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Hast thou with him spread out the sky ,
which is strong ,
and as a molten looking glass ?
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Teach us what we shall say unto him ;
for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness .
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Shall it be told him that I speak ?
if a man speak ,
surely he shall be swallowed up .
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And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds :
but the wind passeth ,
and cleanseth them .
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Fair weather cometh out of the north :
with God is terrible majesty .
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Touching the Almighty ,
we cannot find him out :
he is excellent in power ,
and in judgment ,
and in plenty of justice :
he will not afflict .
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Men do therefore fear him :
he respecteth not any that are wise of heart .
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Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind ,
and said ,
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Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge ?
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Gird up now thy loins like a man ;
for I will demand of thee ,
and answer thou me .
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Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth ?
declare ,
if thou hast understanding .
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Who hath laid the measures thereof ,
if thou knowest ?
or who hath stretched the line upon it ?
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Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened ?
or who laid the corner stone thereof ;
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When the morning stars sang together ,
and all the sons of God shouted for joy ?
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Or who shut up the sea with doors ,
when it brake forth ,
as if it had issued out of the womb ?
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When I made the cloud the garment thereof ,
and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it ,
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And brake up for it my decreed place ,
and set bars and doors ,
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And said ,
Hitherto shalt thou come ,
but no further :
and here shall thy proud waves be stayed ?
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Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days ;
and caused the dayspring to know his place ;
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That it might take hold of the ends of the earth ,
that the wicked might be shaken out of it ?
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It is turned as clay to the seal ;
and they stand as a garment .
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And from the wicked their light is withholden ,
and the high arm shall be broken .
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Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea ?
or hast thou walked in the search of the depth ?
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Have the gates of death been opened unto thee ?
or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death ?
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Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth ?
declare if thou knowest it all .
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Where is the way where light dwelleth ?
and as for darkness ,
where is the place thereof ,
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That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof ,
and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof ?
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Knowest thou it ,
because thou wast then born ?
or because the number of thy days is great ?
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Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow ?
or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail ,
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Which I have reserved against the time of trouble ,
against the day of battle and war ?
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By what way is the light parted ,
which scattereth the east wind upon the earth ?
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Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters ,
or a way for the lightning of thunder ;
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To cause it to rain on the earth ,
where no man is ;
on the wilderness ,
wherein there is no man ;
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To satisfy the desolate and waste ground ;
and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth ?
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Hath the rain a father ?
or who hath begotten the drops of dew ?
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Out of whose womb came the ice ?
and the hoary frost of heaven ,
who hath gendered it ?
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The waters are hid as with a stone ,
and the face of the deep is frozen .
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Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades ,
or loose the bands of Orion ?
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Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season ?
or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons ?
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Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven ?
canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth ?
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Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds ,
that abundance of waters may cover thee ?
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Canst thou send lightnings ,
that they may go ,
and say unto thee ,
Here we are ?
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Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts ?
or who hath given understanding to the heart ?
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Who can number the clouds in wisdom ?
or who can stay the bottles of heaven ,
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When the dust groweth into hardness ,
and the clods cleave fast together ?
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Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion ?
or fill the appetite of the young lions ,
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When they couch in their dens ,
and abide in the covert to lie in wait ?
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Who provideth for the raven his food ?
when his young ones cry unto God ,
they wander for lack of meat .
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Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth ?
or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve ?