Chapter 34
Furthermore Elihu answered and said,
2Hear my words, O ye wise
men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
3For the ear
trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
4Let us choose to us judgment:
let us know among ourselves what is good.
5For Job hath said, I
am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
6Should I lie against
my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.
7What man
is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
8Which
goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
9For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight
himself with God.
10Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding:
far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from
the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
11For the work of a
man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to
his ways.
12Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will
the Almighty pervert judgment.
13Who hath given him a charge over the
earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?
14If he set his heart upon
man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
15All
flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
16If now
thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
17Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that
is most just?
18Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art
wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?
19How much
less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the
rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
20In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at
midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
21For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his
goings.
22There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the
workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
23For he will not lay upon man
more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.
24He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in
their stead.
25Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth
them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
26He striketh them
as wicked men in the open sight of others;
27Because they turned back
from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
28So that they cause
the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the
afflicted.
29When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and
when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be
done against a nation, or against a man only:
30That the hypocrite
reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
31Surely it is meet to be said
unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:
32That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done
iniquity, I will do no more.
33Should it be according to thy
mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and
not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.
34Let men of understanding tell
me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.
35Job hath spoken without
knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.
36My desire is
that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for
wicked men.
37For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his
hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.