Job:35-38
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.
nkjv@Job:37:2 @ Hear attentively the thunder of His voice, And the rumbling that comes from His mouth.
nkjv@Job:37:3 @ He sends it forth under the whole heaven, His lightning to the ends of the earth.
nkjv@Job:37:4 @ After it a voice roars; He thunders with His majestic voice, And He does not restrain them when His voice is heard.
nkjv@Job:37:5 @ God thunders marvelously with His voice; He does great things which we cannot comprehend.
nkjv@Job:37:6 @ For He says to the snow, "Fall on the earth'; Likewise to the gentle rain and the heavy rain of His strength.
nkjv@Job:37:7 @ He seals the hand of every man, That all men may know His work.
nkjv@Job:37:8 @ The beasts go into dens, And remain in their lairs.
nkjv@Job:37:9 @ From the chamber of the south comes the whirlwind, And cold from the scattering winds of the north.
nkjv@Job:37:10 @ By the breath of God ice is given, And the broad waters are frozen.
nkjv@Job:37:11 @ Also with moisture He saturates the thick clouds; He scatters His bright clouds.
nkjv@Job:37:12 @ And they swirl about, being turned by His guidance, That they may do whatever He commands them On the face of the whole earth.
nkjv@Job:37:13 @ He causes it to come, Whether for correction, Or for His land, Or for mercy.
nkjv@Job:37:14 @ "Listen to this, O Job; Stand still and consider the wondrous works of God.
nkjv@Job:37:15 @ Do you know when God dispatches them, And causes the light of His cloud to shine?
nkjv@Job:37:16 @ Do you know how the clouds are balanced, Those wondrous works of Him who is perfect in knowledge?
nkjv@Job:37:17 @ Why are your garments hot, When He quiets the earth by the south wind?
nkjv@Job:37:18 @ With Him, have you spread out the skies, Strong as a cast metal mirror?
nkjv@Job:37:19 @ "Teach us what we should say to Him, For we can prepare nothing because of the darkness.
nkjv@Job:37:20 @ Should He be told that I wish to speak? If a man were to speak, surely he would be swallowed up.
nkjv@Job:37:21 @ Even now men cannot look at the light when it is bright in the skies, When the wind has passed and cleared them.
nkjv@Job:37:22 @ He comes from the north as golden splendor; With God is awesome majesty.
nkjv@Job:37:23 @ As for the Almighty, we cannot find Him; He is excellent in power, In judgment and abundant justice; He does not oppress.
nkjv@Job:37:24 @ Therefore men fear Him; He shows no partiality to any who are wise of heart."
nkjv@Job:38:1 @ Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:
nkjv@Job:38:2 @ "Who is this who darkens counsel By words without knowledge?
nkjv@Job:38:3 @ Now prepare yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer Me.
nkjv@Job:38:4 @ "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
nkjv@Job:38:5 @ Who determined its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it?
nkjv@Job:38:6 @ To what were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone,
nkjv@Job:38:7 @ When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
nkjv@Job:38:8 @ "Or who shut in the sea with doors, When it burst forth and issued from the womb;
nkjv@Job:38:9 @ When I made the clouds its garment, And thick darkness its swaddling band;
nkjv@Job:38:10 @ When I fixed My limit for it, And set bars and doors;
nkjv@Job:38:11 @ When I said, "This far you may come, but no farther, And here your proud waves must stop!'
nkjv@Job:38:12 @ "Have you commanded the morning since your days began, And caused the dawn to know its place,
nkjv@Job:38:13 @ That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?
nkjv@Job:38:14 @ It takes on form like clay under a seal, And stands out like a garment.
nkjv@Job:38:15 @ From the wicked their light is withheld, And the upraised arm is broken.
nkjv@Job:38:16 @ "Have you entered the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in search of the depths?
nkjv@Job:38:17 @ Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the doors of the shadow of death?
nkjv@Job:38:18 @ Have you comprehended the breadth of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.
nkjv@Job:38:19 @ "Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And darkness, where is its place,
nkjv@Job:38:20 @ That you may take it to its territory, That you may know the paths to its home?
nkjv@Job:38:21 @ Do you know it, because you were born then, Or because the number of your days is great?
nkjv@Job:38:22 @ "Have you entered the treasury of snow, Or have you seen the treasury of hail,
nkjv@Job:38:23 @ Which I have reserved for the time of trouble, For the day of battle and war?
nkjv@Job:38:24 @ By what way is light diffused, Or the east wind scattered over the earth?
nkjv@Job:38:25 @ "Who has divided a channel for the overflowing water, Or a path for the thunderbolt,
nkjv@Job:38:26 @ To cause it to rain on a land where there is no one, A wilderness in which there is no man;
nkjv@Job:38:27 @ To satisfy the desolate waste, And cause to spring forth the growth of tender grass?
nkjv@Job:38:28 @ Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?
nkjv@Job:38:29 @ From whose womb comes the ice? And the frost of heaven, who gives it birth?
nkjv@Job:38:30 @ The waters harden like stone, And the surface of the deep is frozen.
nkjv@Job:38:31 @ "Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loose the belt of Orion?
nkjv@Job:38:32 @ Can you bring out Mazzaroth in its season? Or can you guide the Great Bear with its cubs?
nkjv@Job:38:33 @ Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?
nkjv@Job:38:34 @ "Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That an abundance of water may cover you?
nkjv@Job:38:35 @ Can you send out lightnings, that they may go, And say to you, "Here we are!'?
nkjv@Job:38:36 @ Who has put wisdom in the mind? Or who has given understanding to the heart?
nkjv@Job:38:37 @ Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,
nkjv@Job:38:38 @ When the dust hardens in clumps, And the clods cling together?
nkjv@Job:38:39 @ "Can you hunt the prey for the lion, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
nkjv@Job:38:40 @ When they crouch in their dens, Or lurk in their lairs to lie in wait?
nkjv@Job:38:41 @ Who provides food for the raven, When its young ones cry to God, And wander about for lack of food?
nkjv@Job:39:1 @ "Do you know the time when the wild mountain goats bear young? Or can you mark when the deer gives birth?
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