Moreover Elihu answered,
“Hear my words, you wise men. 1Co 14:20Pro 1:51Co 10:15
Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
For the ear tries words, Job 12:111Co 2:15Heb 5:14Job 33:2Job 31:30Job 6:30
as the palate tastes food.
Let us choose for us that which is right. 1Th 5:211Co 6:2-5Gal 2:11-14Isa 11:2-5Jdg 19:30Jdg 20:7Jhn 7:24Job 34:36
Let us know among ourselves what is good.
For Job has said, ‘I am righteous, Job 27:2Job 33:9Job 16:17Job 32:1Job 10:7Job 11:4Job 29:14Job 9:17
God has taken away my right.
Notwithstanding my right I am considered a liar. Job 6:4Job 16:13Job 27:4-6
My wound is incurable, though I am without disobedience.’
What man is like Job, Job 15:16Deu 29:19Pro 1:22Pro 4:17
who drinks scorn like water,
who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, Psa 1:11Co 15:33Pro 13:20Psa 26:4Psa 50:18Pro 1:15Pro 2:12Psa 73:12-15
and walks with wicked men?
For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing Job 21:14-16Job 35:3Mal 3:14Job 9:22-23Job 27:10Job 9:30-31Psa 37:4Job 21:30
that he should delight himself with God.’
“Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: Rom 9:14Deu 32:42Ch 19:7Job 8:3Jas 1:13Gen 18:25Job 36:23Psa 92:15
far be it from God, that he should do wickedness,
from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
For the work of a man he will give to him, 2Co 5:10Rom 2:6Rev 22:12Mat 16:27Psa 62:12Jer 32:19Gal 6:7-81Pe 1:17
and cause every man to find according to his ways.
Yes surely, God will not do wickedly, Job 8:3Psa 11:7Psa 145:17Hab 1:12-13
neither will the Almighty pervert justice.
Who put him in charge of the earth? 1Ch 29:11Isa 40:13-14Rom 11:34-36Dan 4:35Job 36:23Job 38:4-41Job 40:8-11Pro 8:23-30
Or who has appointed him over the whole world?
If he set his heart on himself, Psa 104:29Job 7:17Job 9:4Isa 24:22
if he gathered to himself his spirit and his breath,
all flesh would perish together, Gen 3:19Ecc 12:7Isa 57:16Isa 27:4Job 10:9Job 30:23Job 9:22Psa 90:3-10
and man would turn again to dust.
“If now you have understanding, hear this. Job 12:3Job 13:2-6
Listen to the voice of my words.
Should even one who hates justice govern? 2Sa 23:3Gen 18:25Job 40:8Rom 9:14Rom 3:5-7Job 1:222Sa 19:21
Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty,
who says to a king, ‘Vile!’ Exo 22:28Pro 17:26Rom 13:7Act 23:3Act 23:5Jud 1:82Pe 2:101Pe 2:17
or to nobles, ‘Wicked!’?
He doesn’t respect the persons of princes, Deu 10:17Act 10:34Jas 2:5Rom 2:11Col 3:251Pe 1:172Ch 19:7Eph 6:9
nor respect the rich more than the poor,
for they all are the work of his hands.
In a moment they die, even at midnight. Psa 73:191Sa 25:37-391Sa 26:101Th 5:22Pe 2:3Act 12:23Dan 2:34Dan 5:30
The people are shaken and pass away.
The mighty are taken away without a hand.
“For his eyes are on the ways of a man. Pro 15:3Job 31:4Jer 16:17Pro 5:21Jer 32:19Psa 139:23Gen 16:13Jer 17:10
He sees all his goings.
There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, Heb 4:13Amo 9:2-3Pro 10:29Psa 139:11-12Jer 23:24Job 3:51Co 4:5Isa 29:15
where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
For he doesn’t need to consider a man further, Dan 9:7-9Ezr 9:13Psa 119:137Rom 9:20Isa 42:3Jer 2:5Job 11:11Job 11:6
that he should go before God in judgment.
He breaks mighty men in pieces in ways past finding out, Dan 2:21Psa 113:7-8Psa 2:9Psa 72:4Psa 94:51Ki 14:141Ki 14:7-81Sa 2:30-36
and sets others in their place.
Therefore he takes knowledge of their works. Hos 7:2Job 34:201Th 5:2Amo 8:7Isa 15:1Isa 66:18Psa 33:15Rev 20:12
He overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
He strikes them as wicked men Psa 58:10-111Ti 5:201Ti 5:242Sa 12:11-12Deu 13:9-11Deu 21:21Exo 14:30Isa 66:24
in the open sight of others;
because they turned away from following him, 1Sa 15:11Psa 28:5Isa 5:12Heb 10:392Ti 4:10Act 15:38Hag 2:15-19Isa 1:3
and wouldn’t pay attention to any of his ways,
so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him. Jas 5:4Exo 3:7Job 35:9Exo 3:9Psa 12:5Exo 22:23-27Job 29:12-13Exo 2:23-24
He heard the cry of the afflicted.
When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? Job 23:13Isa 26:3Jhn 14:27Psa 27:9Rom 8:31-34Isa 32:17Php 4:7Psa 30:7
When he hides his face, who then can see him?
He is over a nation or a man alike,
that the godless man may not reign, Pro 29:2-121Ki 12:28-302Ki 21:92Th 2:4-11Hos 13:11Hos 5:11Job 34:21Mic 6:16
that there be no one to ensnare the people.
“For has any said to God, Job 33:27Mic 7:9Dan 9:7-14Ezr 9:13-14Jer 31:18-19Job 40:3-5Job 42:6Lev 26:41
‘I am guilty, but I will not offend any more.
Teach me that which I don’t see. Psa 32:8Psa 139:23-24Psa 19:12Psa 25:4-5Psa 143:8-10Job 10:2Job 35:11Pro 28:13
If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more’?
Shall his recompense be as you desire, that you refuse it? Job 33:32Isa 45:9Job 34:11Pro 11:31Psa 135:62Th 1:6-7Heb 11:26Heb 2:2
For you must choose, and not I.
Therefore speak what you know.
Men of understanding will tell me, 1Co 10:15Job 34:10Job 34:16Job 34:2Job 34:4
yes, every wise man who hears me:
‘Job speaks without knowledge. Job 35:16Job 38:2Job 13:2Job 15:2Job 42:3
His words are without wisdom.’
I wish that Job were tried to the end, Jas 5:11Job 12:6Job 21:7Job 22:15Job 23:16Job 24:1Job 34:8-9Psa 17:3
because of his answering like wicked men.
For he adds rebellion to his sin. Job 27:231Sa 15:23Isa 1:19-20Job 11:2-3Job 23:2Job 35:16Job 35:2-3Job 42:7
He claps his hands among us,
and multiplies his words against God.”