Elihu Rebukes Job
“But now, O Job, hear my speech, Job 13:6Job 34:2Mrk 4:9Psa 49:1-3
and listen to all my words.
Behold, I will open my mouth; Job 3:1Job 31:30Mat 5:2Psa 78:2
my address is on the tip of my tongue.
My words are from an upright heart, Job 27:41Th 2:3-4Pro 20:15Job 15:2Job 36:3-4Job 38:2Job 6:28Pro 15:2
and my lips speak sincerely what I know.
The Spirit of God has made me, Job 32:8Gen 2:7Job 27:31Co 15:45Job 10:12Psa 33:6Rom 8:2Job 10:3
and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
Refute me if you can; Job 33:32-33Act 10:26Job 13:18Job 23:4-5Job 32:1Job 32:12Job 32:14Psa 50:21
prepare your case and confront me.
I am just like you before God; Job 4:192Co 5:1Job 10:92Co 5:20Exo 4:16Gen 2:7Gen 3:19Gen 30:2
I was also formed from clay.
Surely no fear of me should terrify you; Job 13:21Job 9:34Psa 32:4Psa 88:16
nor will my hand be heavy upon you.
Surely you have spoken in my hearing, Deu 13:14Jer 29:23
and I have heard these very words:
‘I am pure, without transgression; Job 10:7Job 16:17Job 11:4Job 9:21Job 29:14Jer 2:35Job 13:18Job 13:23
I am clean, with no iniquity in me.
Yet God finds occasions against me; Job 13:24-25Job 19:11Job 10:15-17Job 14:16Job 16:9Job 30:21Job 31:35Job 34:5
He counts me as His enemy.
He puts my feet in the stocks; Job 13:27Job 31:4Act 16:24Dan 4:35Jer 20:2Job 14:16Psa 105:18
He watches over all my paths.’
Behold, you are not right in this matter. Ezk 18:25Job 36:5Ecc 7:20Jer 18:6Job 1:22Job 26:14Job 32:17Job 34:10-12
I will answer you, for God is greater than man.
Why do you complain to Him Job 40:2Isa 45:9Dan 4:35Rom 11:341Co 10:22Act 1:7Act 5:39Act 9:4-5
that He answers nothing a man asks? 1
For God speaks in one way and in another, Pro 1:242Ch 33:10Psa 62:11Job 33:29Luk 24:25Jhn 3:19Isa 6:9Mat 13:14
yet no one notices.
In a dream, Num 12:6Job 4:13Gen 20:3Gen 31:24Dan 4:5Dan 8:18Jer 23:28Gen 15:12
in a vision in the night,
when deep sleep falls upon men
as they slumber on their beds,
He opens their ears Job 36:10Job 36:15Psa 40:6Isa 50:5Act 16:14Isa 6:10Luk 24:452Sa 7:27
and terrifies them with warnings
to turn a man from wrongdoing Isa 2:11Jas 4:102Ch 32:252Co 12:7Gen 20:6Job 17:11Mat 27:19Act 9:2-6
and keep him from pride,
to preserve his soul from the Pit Job 33:28Job 33:302Pe 3:9Rom 2:4Job 15:22Job 33:22Job 33:242Pe 3:15
and his life from perishing by the sword.
A man is also chastened on his bed Job 30:17Job 5:17-181Co 11:32Psa 119:71Psa 94:122Ch 16:102Ch 16:12Deu 8:5
with pain and constant distress in his bones,
so that he detests his bread, Job 3:24Psa 107:17-18Amo 5:11Gen 3:6Jer 3:19
and his soul loathes his favorite food.
His flesh wastes away from sight, Job 19:20Job 13:28Job 7:5Pro 5:11Job 14:20Job 14:22Job 16:8Psa 102:3-5
and his hidden bones protrude.
He draws near to the Pit, 2Sa 24:16Job 33:281Co 10:101Sa 2:6Act 12:23Exo 12:23Isa 38:10Job 15:21
and his life to the messengers of death.
Yet if there is a messenger on his side, Mal 3:12Co 5:20Ecc 7:28Hag 1:13Mal 2:7Dan 9:14Ezk 18:25-28Heb 12:5-12
one mediator in a thousand,
to tell a man what is right for him,
to be gracious to him and say, Psa 49:7-81Pe 1:18-19Job 33:18Mat 20:281Ti 2:6Exo 33:19Hos 14:4Job 22:21
‘Spare him from going down to the Pit;
I have found his ransom,’
then his flesh is refreshed like a child’s; Psa 103:52Ki 5:14Jos 14:10-11Deu 34:7Job 42:16Hos 2:15
he returns to the days of his youth.
He prays to God and finds favor; Psa 50:15Psa 30:5Act 2:28Act 9:11Isa 30:19Heb 11:26Jer 33:3Jud 1:24
he sees God’s face and shouts for joy,
and God restores His righteousness
to that man.
Then he sings before 2men Rom 6:212Sa 12:13Psa 14:21Jn 1:8-10Jer 31:18-19Mat 16:26Rom 7:222Ch 16:9
with these words:
‘I have sinned and perverted what was right;
yet I did not get what I deserved.
He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, Job 33:24Job 3:16Job 3:9Job 33:22Isa 38:17-18Isa 9:2Jhn 11:9Job 17:16
and I will live to see the light.’
Behold, all these things God does to a man, 1Co 12:6Eph 1:11Php 2:132Co 5:5Heb 13:212Ki 6:10Col 1:29Job 33:14-17
two or even three times,
to bring back his soul from the Pit, Psa 56:13Isa 38:17Job 33:28Psa 40:1-2Act 26:18Isa 2:5Jhn 8:12Job 33:24
that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; Job 18:2Job 13:6Job 21:2Job 32:11
be silent, and I will speak.
But if you have something to say, answer me; Job 15:4-5Job 21:27Job 22:5-9Job 27:5
speak up, for I would like to vindicate you.
But if not, then listen to me; Psa 34:11Job 33:3Pro 4:1-2Pro 5:1-2Pro 8:5Psa 49:3
be quiet, and I will teach you wisdom.”