nkjv Job:34-36
nkjv@Job:34:1 @ Elihu further answered and said:
nkjv@Job:34:2 @ "Hear my words, you wise men; Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
nkjv@Job:34:3 @ For the ear tests words As the palate tastes food.
nkjv@Job:34:4 @ Let us choose justice for ourselves; Let us know among ourselves what is good.
nkjv@Job:34:5 @ "For Job has said, "I am righteous, But God has taken away my justice;
nkjv@Job:34:6 @ Should I lie concerning my right? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.'
nkjv@Job:34:7 @ What man is like Job, Who drinks scorn like water,
nkjv@Job:34:8 @ Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, And walks with wicked men?
nkjv@Job:34:9 @ For he has said, "It profits a man nothing That he should delight in God.'
nkjv@Job:34:10 @ "Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: Far be it from God to do wickedness, And from the Almighty to commit iniquity.
nkjv@Job:34:11 @ For He repays man according to his work, And makes man to find a reward according to his way.
nkjv@Job:34:12 @ Surely God will never do wickedly, Nor will the Almighty pervert justice.
nkjv@Job:34:13 @ Who gave Him charge over the earth? Or who appointed Him over the whole world?
nkjv@Job:34:14 @ If He should set His heart on it, If He should gather to Himself His Spirit and His breath,
nkjv@Job:34:15 @ All flesh would perish together, And man would return to dust.
nkjv@Job:34:16 @ "If you have understanding, hear this; Listen to the sound of my words:
nkjv@Job:34:17 @ Should one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn Him who is most just?
nkjv@Job:34:18 @ Is it fitting to say to a king, "You are worthless,' And to nobles, "You are wicked'?
nkjv@Job:34:19 @ Yet He is not partial to princes, Nor does He regard the rich more than the poor; For they are all the work of His hands.
nkjv@Job:34:20 @ In a moment they die, in the middle of the night; The people are shaken and pass away; The mighty are taken away without a hand.
nkjv@Job:34:21 @ "For His eyes are on the ways of man, And He sees all his steps.
nkjv@Job:34:22 @ There is no darkness nor shadow of death Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
nkjv@Job:34:23 @ For He need not further consider a man, That he should go before God in judgment.
nkjv@Job:34:24 @ He breaks in pieces mighty men without inquiry, And sets others in their place.
nkjv@Job:34:25 @ Therefore He knows their works; He overthrows them in the night, And they are crushed.
nkjv@Job:34:26 @ He strikes them as wicked men In the open sight of others,
nkjv@Job:34:27 @ Because they turned back from Him, And would not consider any of His ways,
nkjv@Job:34:28 @ So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him; For He hears the cry of the afflicted.
nkjv@Job:34:29 @ When He gives quietness, who then can make trouble? And when He hides His face, who then can see Him, Whether it is against a nation or a man alone?--
nkjv@Job:34:30 @ That the hypocrite should not reign, Lest the people be ensnared.
nkjv@Job:34:31 @ "For has anyone said to God, "I have borne chastening; I will offend no more;
nkjv@Job:34:32 @ Teach me what I do not see; If I have done iniquity, I will do no more'?
nkjv@Job:34:33 @ Should He repay it according to your terms, Just because you disavow it? You must choose, and not I; Therefore speak what you know.
nkjv@Job:34:34 @ "Men of understanding say to me, Wise men who listen to me:
nkjv@Job:34:35 @ "Job speaks without knowledge, His words are without wisdom.'
nkjv@Job:34:36 @ Oh, that Job were tried to the utmost, Because his answers are like those of wicked men!
nkjv@Job:34:37 @ For he adds rebellion to his sin; He claps his hands among us, And multiplies his words against God."
nkjv@Job:35:1 @ Moreover Elihu answered and said:
nkjv@Job:35:2 @ "Do you think this is right? Do you say, "My righteousness is more than God's'?
nkjv@Job:35:3 @ For you say, "What advantage will it be to You? What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?'
nkjv@Job:35:4 @ "I will answer you, And your companions with you.
nkjv@Job:35:5 @ Look to the heavens and see; And behold the clouds-- They are higher than you.
nkjv@Job:35:6 @ If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? Or, if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to Him?
nkjv@Job:35:7 @ If you are righteous, what do you give Him? Or what does He receive from your hand?
nkjv@Job:35:8 @ Your wickedness affects a man such as you, And your righteousness a son of man.
nkjv@Job:35:9 @ "Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry out for help because of the arm of the mighty.
nkjv@Job:35:10 @ But no one says, "Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs in the night,
nkjv@Job:35:11 @ Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, And makes us wiser than the birds of heaven?'
nkjv@Job:35:12 @ There they cry out, but He does not answer, Because of the pride of evil men.
nkjv@Job:35:13 @ Surely God will not listen to empty talk, Nor will the Almighty regard it.
nkjv@Job:35:14 @ Although you say you do not see Him, Yet justice is before Him, and you must wait for Him.
nkjv@Job:35:15 @ And now, because He has not punished in His anger, Nor taken much notice of folly,
nkjv@Job:35:16 @ Therefore Job opens his mouth in vain; He multiplies words without knowledge."
nkjv@Job:36:1 @ Elihu also proceeded and said:
nkjv@Job:36:2 @ "Bear with me a little, and I will show you That there are yet words to speak on God's behalf.
nkjv@Job:36:3 @ I will fetch my knowledge from afar; I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
nkjv@Job:36:4 @ For truly my words are not false; One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
nkjv@Job:36:5 @ "Behold, God is mighty, but despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
nkjv@Job:36:6 @ He does not preserve the life of the wicked, But gives justice to the oppressed.
nkjv@Job:36:7 @ He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous; But they are on the throne with kings, For He has seated them forever, And they are exalted.
nkjv@Job:36:8 @ And if they are bound in fetters, Held in the cords of affliction,
nkjv@Job:36:9 @ Then He tells them their work and their transgressions-- That they have acted defiantly.
nkjv@Job:36:10 @ He also opens their ear to instruction, And commands that they turn from iniquity.
nkjv@Job:36:11 @ If they obey and serve Him, They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures.
nkjv@Job:36:12 @ But if they do not obey, They shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.
nkjv@Job:36:13 @ "But the hypocrites in heart store up wrath; They do not cry for help when He binds them.
nkjv@Job:36:14 @ They die in youth, And their life ends among the perverted persons.
nkjv@Job:36:15 @ He delivers the poor in their affliction, And opens their ears in oppression.
nkjv@Job:36:16 @ "Indeed He would have brought you out of dire distress, Into a broad place where there is no restraint; And what is set on your table would be full of richness.
nkjv@Job:36:17 @ But you are filled with the judgment due the wicked; Judgment and justice take hold of you.
nkjv@Job:36:18 @ Because there is wrath, beware lest He take you away with one blow; For a large ransom would not help you avoid it.
nkjv@Job:36:19 @ Will your riches, Or all the mighty forces, Keep you from distress?
nkjv@Job:36:20 @ Do not desire the night, When people are cut off in their place.
nkjv@Job:36:21 @ Take heed, do not turn to iniquity, For you have chosen this rather than affliction.
nkjv@Job:36:22 @ "Behold, God is exalted by His power; Who teaches like Him?
nkjv@Job:36:23 @ Who has assigned Him His way, Or who has said, "You have done wrong'?
nkjv@Job:36:24 @ "Remember to magnify His work, Of which men have sung.
nkjv@Job:36:25 @ Everyone has seen it; Man looks on it from afar.
nkjv@Job:36:26 @ "Behold, God is great, and we do not know Him; Nor can the number of His years be discovered.
nkjv@Job:36:27 @ For He draws up drops of water, Which distill as rain from the mist,
nkjv@Job:36:28 @ Which the clouds drop down And pour abundantly on man.
nkjv@Job:36:29 @ Indeed, can anyone understand the spreading of clouds, The thunder from His canopy?
nkjv@Job:36:30 @ Look, He scatters His light upon it, And covers the depths of the sea.
nkjv@Job:36:31 @ For by these He judges the peoples; He gives food in abundance.
nkjv@Job:36:32 @ He covers His hands with lightning, And commands it to strike.
nkjv@Job:36:33 @ His thunder declares it, The cattle also, concerning the rising storm.
nkjv@Job:37:1 @ "At this also my heart trembles, And leaps from its place.