Job 36

1 Elihu also continued, and said,

2 “Bear with me a little, and I will show you; ‡ Job 21:32Co 5:20Job 13:7-8Ezk 2:7Heb 13:22Jer 15:19Job 33:31-33Job 33:6 +1

for I still have something to say on God’s behalf.

3 I will get my knowledge from afar, ‡ Jas 3:17Jas 1:17Dan 9:14Dan 9:7Deu 32:4Job 32:8Job 8:3Psa 11:7 +17

and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

4 For truly my words are not false. ‡ Job 37:16Pro 8:7-81Co 14:202Ti 3:16-17Psa 49:32Co 2:17Act 24:22Col 4:12 +8

One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.

5 “Behold, God is mighty, and doesn’t despise anyone. ‡ Psa 22:24Psa 138:6Jer 10:12Job 37:23Psa 147:5Jer 32:19Job 12:13-16Job 26:12-14 +6

He is mighty in strength of understanding.

6 He doesn’t preserve the life of the wicked, ‡ 2Pe 2:9Psa 140:12Psa 72:12-14Exo 22:22-24Job 21:7-9Job 5:15Psa 72:4Isa 11:4 +9

but gives justice to the afflicted.

7 He doesn’t withdraw his eyes from the righteous, ‡ Psa 34:15Psa 33:181Sa 2:8Psa 113:7-82Th 3:31Pe 3:12Est 10:3Job 42:12 +8

but with kings on the throne,

he sets them forever, and they are exalted.

8 If they are bound in fetters, ‡ Pro 5:22Psa 107:10Job 13:27Job 19:6Job 33:18-19Lam 3:9Psa 116:3Psa 18:5

and are taken in the cords of afflictions,

9 then he shows them their work, ‡ 1Co 11:32Job 15:25Psa 119:711Ti 1:152Ch 33:11-13Deu 4:21-22Ezk 18:28-31Isa 59:12 +7

and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.

10 He also opens their ears to instruction, ‡ Isa 55:6-7Job 36:15Mat 3:82Ki 17:13Isa 1:16-20Isa 48:17Isa 50:5Job 33:16-23 +13

and commands that they return from iniquity.

11 If they listen and serve him, ‡ Jer 7:23Isa 1:19Jer 26:13Deu 4:30Heb 11:8Jas 5:5Job 22:23Job 22:21 +6

they will spend their days in prosperity,

and their years in pleasures.

12 But if they don’t listen, they will perish by the sword; ‡ Job 4:21Isa 3:11Rom 2:8-9Deu 18:15-22Deu 29:15-20Isa 1:20Jhn 8:21-24Job 15:22

they will die without knowledge.

13 “But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. ‡ Rom 2:5Job 27:8-10Job 36:82Ch 28:132Ch 28:22Job 15:4Job 35:9-10Mat 22:12-13 +2

They don’t cry for help when he binds them.

14 They die in youth. ‡ Deu 23:17Job 15:32Job 22:16Psa 55:23Gen 19:24-25Gen 19:5Gen 38:7-10Job 21:23-25 +1

Their life perishes among the unclean.

15 He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, ‡ Job 36:102Ch 12:8

and opens their ear in oppression.

16 Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, ‡ Psa 23:5Psa 118:5Psa 18:19Psa 31:8Psa 63:5Isa 25:6Psa 36:8Psa 40:1-3 +4

into a wide place, where there is no restriction.

That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.

17 “But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. ‡ Rev 18:4Rom 1:32Job 16:5Job 22:11Job 34:36Job 34:8

Judgment and justice take hold of you.

18 Don’t let riches entice you to wrath, ‡ Eph 5:6Job 33:24Rom 1:18Psa 110:5Psa 49:7-8Rom 2:51Ti 2:6Isa 14:6 +6

neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.

19 Would your wealth sustain you in distress, ‡ Pro 11:4Pro 11:21Isa 2:20Isa 37:36Jas 5:3Job 9:13Pro 10:2Psa 33:16-17 +2

or all the might of your strength?

20 Don’t desire the night, ‡ 2Ki 19:35Exo 12:29Job 34:20Job 34:251Th 5:2-3Act 1:25Dan 5:30Ecc 11:3 +7

when people are cut off in their place.

21 Take heed, don’t regard iniquity; ‡ Heb 11:25Psa 66:181Pe 3:17Mat 16:24Act 5:40-41Dan 3:16-18Dan 6:10Ezk 14:4 +5

for you have chosen this rather than affliction.

22 Behold, God is exalted in his power. ‡ 1Sa 2:7-8Luk 1:52Rom 13:1Isa 48:17Jer 27:5-8Dan 4:25Dan 4:32Dan 5:18 +8

Who is a teacher like him?

23 Who has prescribed his way for him? ‡ 1Co 2:16Isa 40:13-14Job 8:3Eph 1:11Job 34:10Job 34:13-33Rom 11:34Rom 2:5 +3

Or who can say, ‘You have committed unrighteousness’?

24 “Remember that you magnify his work, ‡ Rev 15:3Luk 1:46Psa 111:2-4Psa 145:10-12Psa 72:18Dan 4:3Dan 4:37Deu 4:19 +14

about which men have sung.

25 All men have looked on it.

Man sees it afar off.

26 Behold, God is great, and we don’t know him. ‡ Psa 90:2Psa 145:3Job 11:7-91Co 13:121Ki 8:27Job 37:23Job 37:5Job 26:14 +4

The number of his years is unsearchable.

27 For he draws up the drops of water, ‡ Psa 147:8Job 38:25-28Job 5:9Psa 148:8Psa 65:9-13Gen 2:5-6Isa 5:6Jer 14:22 +2

which distill in rain from his vapor,

28 which the skies pour down ‡ Pro 3:20Gen 7:11-12Job 37:11-13

and which drop on man abundantly.

29 Indeed, can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds ‡ Job 37:16Job 37:2-51Ki 18:44-45Hab 3:10Job 26:14Job 38:37Job 38:9Nam 1:3 +5

and the thunderings of his pavilion?

30 Behold, he spreads his light around him. ‡ Exo 14:22Exo 14:28Exo 15:4-5Gen 1:9Job 38:25Job 38:34-35Job 38:8-11Psa 104:5-9 +2

He covers the bottom of the sea.

31 For by these he judges the people. ‡ Psa 136:25Act 14:17Job 37:13Psa 104:13-15Job 38:26-27Psa 104:27-28Psa 65:9-131Sa 12:18 +10

He gives food in abundance.

32 He covers his hands with the lightning, ‡ Job 37:15Psa 135:7Psa 147:8-9Psa 148:8Psa 18:11Act 27:20Exo 10:21-23Job 26:9 +1

and commands it to strike the mark.

33 Its noise tells about him, ‡ 2Sa 22:14Job 36:29Job 37:21Ki 18:41-45Jer 14:4-6Jol 2:22Jol 1:18

and the livestock also, concerning the storm that comes up.