Job 36

1 Elihu also proceeded, and said, 2 Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God’s behalf. ¹ ‡ Job 21:32Co 5:20Job 13:7-8Ezk 2:7Heb 13:22Jer 15:19Job 33:31-33Job 33:6 +13 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. ‡ Jas 3:17Jas 1:17Dan 9:14Dan 9:7Deu 32:4Job 32:8Job 8:3Psa 11:7 +174 For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee. ‡ Job 37:16Pro 8:7-81Co 14:202Ti 3:16-17Psa 49:32Co 2:17Act 24:22Col 4:12 +8

5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom. ² ‡ Psa 22:24Psa 138:6Jer 10:12Job 37:23Psa 147:5Jer 32:19Job 12:13-16Job 26:12-14 +66 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor. ³ ‡ 2Pe 2:9Psa 140:12Psa 72:12-14Exo 22:22-24Job 21:7-9Job 5:15Psa 72:4Isa 11:4 +97 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. ‡ Psa 34:15Psa 33:181Sa 2:8Psa 113:7-82Th 3:31Pe 3:12Est 10:3Job 42:12 +88 And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction; ‡ Pro 5:22Psa 107:10Job 13:27Job 19:6Job 33:18-19Lam 3:9Psa 116:3Psa 18:5 9 Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded. ‡ 1Co 11:32Job 15:25Psa 119:711Ti 1:152Ch 33:11-13Deu 4:21-22Ezk 18:28-31Isa 59:12 +710 He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity. ‡ Isa 55:6-7Job 36:15Mat 3:82Ki 17:13Isa 1:16-20Isa 48:17Isa 50:5Job 33:16-23 +1311 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures. ‡ Jer 7:23Isa 1:19Jer 26:13Deu 4:30Heb 11:8Jas 5:5Job 22:23Job 22:21 +612 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge. ⁴ ‡ Job 4:21Isa 3:11Rom 2:8-9Deu 18:15-22Deu 29:15-20Isa 1:20Jhn 8:21-24Job 15:22 13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them. ‡ Rom 2:5Job 27:8-10Job 36:82Ch 28:132Ch 28:22Job 15:4Job 35:9-10Mat 22:12-13 +214 They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean. ^{5 6} ‡ Deu 23:17Job 15:32Job 22:16Psa 55:23Gen 19:24-25Gen 19:5Gen 38:7-10Job 21:23-25 +1

15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression. ⁷ ‡ Job 36:102Ch 12:8 16 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. ⁸ ‡ Psa 23:5Psa 118:5Psa 18:19Psa 31:8Psa 63:5Isa 25:6Psa 36:8Psa 40:1-3 +417 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee. ⁹ ‡ Rev 18:4Rom 1:32Job 16:5Job 22:11Job 34:36Job 34:8 18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee. ¹⁰ ‡ Eph 5:6Job 33:24Rom 1:18Psa 110:5Psa 49:7-8Rom 2:51Ti 2:6Isa 14:6 +619 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength. ‡ Pro 11:4Pro 11:21Isa 2:20Isa 37:36Jas 5:3Job 9:13Pro 10:2Psa 33:16-17 +220 Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place. ‡ 2Ki 19:35Exo 12:29Job 34:20Job 34:251Th 5:2-3Act 1:25Dan 5:30Ecc 11:3 +721 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction. ‡ Heb 11:25Psa 66:181Pe 3:17Mat 16:24Act 5:40-41Dan 3:16-18Dan 6:10Ezk 14:4 +522 Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him? ‡ 1Sa 2:7-8Luk 1:52Rom 13:1Isa 48:17Jer 27:5-8Dan 4:25Dan 4:32Dan 5:18 +823 Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity? ‡ 1Co 2:16Isa 40:13-14Job 8:3Eph 1:11Job 34:10Job 34:13-33Rom 11:34Rom 2:5 +3

24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold. ‡ Rev 15:3Luk 1:46Psa 111:2-4Psa 145:10-12Psa 72:18Dan 4:3Dan 4:37Deu 4:19 +1425 Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off. 26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out. ‡ Psa 90:2Psa 145:3Job 11:7-91Co 13:121Ki 8:27Job 37:23Job 37:5Job 26:14 +427 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof: ‡ Psa 147:8Job 38:25-28Job 5:9Psa 148:8Psa 65:9-13Gen 2:5-6Isa 5:6Jer 14:22 +228 Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly. ‡ Pro 3:20Gen 7:11-12Job 37:11-13 29 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle? ‡ Job 37:16Job 37:2-51Ki 18:44-45Hab 3:10Job 26:14Job 38:37Job 38:9Nam 1:3 +530 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea. ¹¹ ‡ Exo 14:22Exo 14:28Exo 15:4-5Gen 1:9Job 38:25Job 38:34-35Job 38:8-11Psa 104:5-9 +231 For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance. ‡ Psa 136:25Act 14:17Job 37:13Psa 104:13-15Job 38:26-27Psa 104:27-28Psa 65:9-131Sa 12:18 +1032 With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt. ‡ Job 37:15Psa 135:7Psa 147:8-9Psa 148:8Psa 18:11Act 27:20Exo 10:21-23Job 26:9 +133 The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour. ¹² ‡ 2Sa 22:14Job 36:29Job 37:21Ki 18:41-45Jer 14:4-6Jol 2:22Jol 1:18