noyes Job:34-36
noyes@Job:34:1 @ And Elihu proceeded, and said:
noyes@Job:34:2 @ Hear my words, ye wise men! Give ear to me, ye that have knowledge!
noyes@Job:34:3 @ For the ear trieth words, As the mouth tasteth meat.
noyes@Job:34:4 @ Let us examine for ourselves what is right; Let us know among ourselves what is true.
noyes@Job:34:5 @ Job hath said, "I am righteous, And God refuseth me justice.
noyes@Job:34:6 @ Though I am innocent, I am made a liar; My wound is incurable, though I am free from transgression."
noyes@Job:34:7 @ Where is the man like Job, Who drinketh impiety like water;
noyes@Job:34:8 @ Who goeth in company with evildoers, And walketh with wicked men?
noyes@Job:34:9 @ For he hath said, "A man hath no advantage, When he delighteth himself in God."
noyes@Job:34:10 @ Wherefore hearken to me, ye men of understanding! Far be iniquity from God; Yea, far be injustice from the Almighty!
noyes@Job:34:11 @ For what a man hath done he will requite him, And render to every one according to his deeds.
noyes@Job:34:12 @ Surely God will not do iniquity, Nor will the Almighty pervert justice.
noyes@Job:34:13 @ Who hath given him the charge of the earth? Or who hath created the whole world?
noyes@Job:34:14 @ Should he set his heart against man, Should he take back his spirit and his breath,
noyes@Job:34:15 @ Then would all flesh expire together; Yea, man would return to the dust.
noyes@Job:34:16 @ If thou hast understanding, hear this! Give ear to the voice of my words!
noyes@Job:34:17 @ Shall he, that hateth justice, govern? Wilt thou then condemn the just and mighty One?
noyes@Job:34:18 @ Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked; Or to princes, Ye are unrighteous?
noyes@Job:34:19 @ How much less to him that is not partial to princes, Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? For they are all the work of his hands.
noyes@Job:34:20 @ In a moment they die; yea, at midnight Do the people stagger and pass away, And the mighty are destroyed without hand.
noyes@Job:34:21 @ For his eyes are upon the ways of man; He seeth all his steps.
noyes@Job:34:22 @ There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, Where evildoers may hide themselves.
noyes@Job:34:23 @ He needeth not attend long to a man, That he may go into judgment before God;
noyes@Job:34:24 @ He dasheth in pieces the mighty without inquiry, And setteth up others in their stead.
noyes@Job:34:25 @ Therefore he knoweth their works, And in a night he overthroweth them, so that they are destroyed.
noyes@Job:34:26 @ On account of their wickedness he smiteth them, In the presence of many beholders;
noyes@Job:34:27 @ Because they turned away from him, And had no regard to his ways,
noyes@Job:34:28 @ And caused the cry of the poor to come before him; For he heareth the cry of the oppressed.
noyes@Job:34:29 @ When he giveth rest, who can cause trouble? And when he hideth his face, Who can behold him?
noyes@Job:34:30 @ So is it with nations and individuals alike! That the wicked may no more rule, And may not be snares to the people.
noyes@Job:34:31 @ Surely thou shouldst say unto God, "I have received chastisement; I will no more offend;
noyes@Job:34:32 @ What I see not, teach thou me! If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more."
noyes@Job:34:33 @ Shall he recompense according to thy mind, Because thou refusest, or because thou choosest, and not he? Speak, if thou hast knowledge!
noyes@Job:34:34 @ Men of understanding, Wise men, who hear me, will say,
noyes@Job:34:35 @ "Job hath spoken without knowledge, And his words are without wisdom."
noyes@Job:34:36 @ I desire that Job may be tried to the last, For answering like wicked men.
noyes@Job:34:37 @ For he addeth impiety to his sin; He clappeth his hands among us, And multiplieth words against God.
noyes@Job:35:1 @ Moreover Elihu proceeded, and said:
noyes@Job:35:2 @ Dost thou then think this to be right? Thou hast said, "I am more righteous than God."
noyes@Job:35:3 @ For thou askest, "What advantage have I? What have I gained, more than if I had sinned?"
noyes@Job:35:4 @ I will answer thee, And thy companions with thee.
noyes@Job:35:5 @ Look up to the heavens, and see! And behold the clouds, which are high above thee!
noyes@Job:35:6 @ If thou sinnest, what doest thou against Him? If thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou to him?
noyes@Job:35:7 @ If thou art righteous, what dost thou give him? Or what receiveth he at thy hand?
noyes@Job:35:8 @ Thy wickedness injureth only a man like thyself, And thy righteousness profiteth only a son of man.
noyes@Job:35:9 @ The oppressed cry out on account of the multitude of wrongs; They cry aloud on account of the arm of the mighty.
noyes@Job:35:10 @ But none saith, "Where is God, my Maker, Who giveth songs in the night;
noyes@Job:35:11 @ Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, And maketh us wiser than the birds of heaven?"
noyes@Job:35:12 @ There they cry aloud on account of the pride of the wicked; But he giveth no answer.
noyes@Job:35:13 @ For God will not hear the vain supplication, Nor will the Almighty regard it;
noyes@Job:35:14 @ Much less when thou sayest thou canst not see him: Justice is with him,only wait thou for him!
noyes@Job:35:15 @ But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, Nor taken strict note of transgression,
noyes@Job:35:16 @ Therefore hath Job opened his mouth rashly, And multiplied words without knowledge.
noyes@Job:36:1 @ Elihu also proceeded, and said:
noyes@Job:36:2 @ Bear with me a little while, that I may show thee! For I have yet words in behalf of God.
noyes@Job:36:3 @ I will bring my knowledge from afar, And assert the justice of my Maker.
noyes@Job:36:4 @ Truly my words shall not be false: A man of sound knowledge is before thee.
noyes@Job:36:5 @ Behold, God is great, but despiseth not any; Great is he in strength of understanding.
noyes@Job:36:6 @ He suffereth not the wicked to prosper, But rendereth justice to the oppressed.
noyes@Job:36:7 @ He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous; But establisheth them for ever with kings on the throne, That they may be exalted.
noyes@Job:36:8 @ And if they be bound in fetters, And holden in the cords of affliction,
noyes@Job:36:9 @ Then showeth he them their deeds, And how they have set him at defiance by their transgressions;
noyes@Job:36:10 @ He also openeth their ears to admonition, And commandeth them to return from iniquity.
noyes@Job:36:11 @ If they obey and serve him, They spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures.
noyes@Job:36:12 @ But if they obey not, they perish by the sword; They die in their own folly.
noyes@Job:36:13 @ The corrupt in heart treasure up wrath; They cry not to God, when he bindeth them.
noyes@Job:36:14 @ They die in their youth; They close their lives with the unclean.
noyes@Job:36:15 @ But he delivereth the poor in their distress; He openeth their ears in affliction.
noyes@Job:36:16 @ He will bring thee also from the jaws of distress To a broad place, where is no straitness; And the provision of thy table shall be full of fatness.
noyes@Job:36:17 @ But if thou art full of the judgment of the wicked, Judgment and justice shall take hold of thee.
noyes@Job:36:18 @ For if wrath be with him, beware lest he take thee away by his stroke, So that a great ransom shall not save thee!
noyes@Job:36:19 @ Will he esteem thy riches? No! neither thy gold, nor all the abundance of thy wealth.
noyes@Job:36:20 @ Long not thou for that night To which nations are taken away from their place.
noyes@Job:36:21 @ Take heed, turn not thine eyes to iniquity! For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
noyes@Job:36:22 @ Behold, God is exalted in his power: Who is a teacher like him?
noyes@Job:36:23 @ Who hath prescribed to him his way? Or who can say to him, "Thou hast done wrong"?
noyes@Job:36:24 @ Forget not to magnify his work, Which men celebrate with songs.
noyes@Job:36:25 @ All mankind gaze upon it; Mortals behold it from afar.
noyes@Job:36:26 @ Behold, God is great; we cannot know him, Nor search out the number of his years.
noyes@Job:36:27 @ Lo! he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil rain from his vapor;
noyes@Job:36:28 @ The clouds pour it down, And drop it upon man in abundance.
noyes@Job:36:29 @ Who can understand the spreading of his clouds, And the rattling of his pavilion?
noyes@Job:36:30 @ Behold, he spreadeth around himself his light, And he clotheth himself with the depths of the sea.
noyes@Job:36:31 @ By these he punisheth nations, And by these he giveth food in abundance.
noyes@Job:36:32 @ His hands he covereth with lightning; He giveth it commandment against an enemy.
noyes@Job:36:33 @ His thunder maketh him known; Yea, to the herds, as he ascendeth on high.
noyes@Job:37:1 @ At this my heart trembleth, And leapeth out of its place.
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