Job 34 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

Job 34:1

Job 34:1And Elius continued, and said,

Job 34:2

Job 34:2Hear me, ye wise men; hearken, ye that have knowledge.

Job 34:3

Job 34:3For the ear tries words, and the mouth tastes meat.

Job 34:4

Job 34:4Let us choose judgment to ourselves: let us know among ourselves what is right.

Job 34:5

Job 34:5For Job has said, I am righteous: the Lord has removed my judgment.

Job 34:6

Job 34:6And he has erred in my judgment: my wound is severe without unrighteousness of mine.

Job 34:7

Job 34:7What man is as Job, drinking scorning like water?

Job 34:8

Job 34:8 saying, I have not sinned, nor committed ungodliness, nor had fellowship with workers of iniquity, to go with the ungodly.

Job 34:9

Job 34:9For thou shouldest not say, There shall be no visitation of a man, whereas there is a visitation on him from the Lord.

Job 34:10

Job 34:10Wherefore hear me, ye that are wise in heart: far be it from me to sin before the Lord, and to pervert righteousness before the Almighty.

Job 34:11

Job 34:11Yea, he renders to a man accordingly as each of them does, and in a man's path he will find him.

Job 34:12

Job 34:12And thinkest thou that the Lord will do wrong, or will the Almighty who made the earth wrest judgment?

Job 34:13

Job 34:13And who is he that made the whole world under heaven, and all things therein?

Job 34:14

Job 34:14For if he would confine, and restrain his spirit with himself;

Job 34:15

Job 34:15all flesh would die together, and every mortal would return to the earth, whence also he was formed.

Job 34:16

Job 34:16Take heed lest he rebuke thee: hear this, hearken to the voice of words.

Job 34:17

Job 34:17Behold then the one that hates iniquities, and that destroys the wicked, who is for ever just.

Job 34:18

Job 34:18He is ungodly that says to a king, Thou art a transgressor, that says to princes, O most ungodly one.

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Job 34:19 Such a one as would not reverence the face of an honourable man, neither knows how to give honour to the great, so as that their persons should be respected.

Job 34:20

Job 34:20But it shall turn out vanity to them, to cry and beseech a man; for they dealt unlawfully, the poor being turned aside from their right.

Job 34:21

Job 34:21For he surveys the works of men, and nothing of what they do has escaped him.

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Job 34:22Neither shall there be a place for the workers of iniquity to hide themselves.

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Job 34:23For he will not lay upon a man more than right.

Job 34:24

Job 34:24For the Lord looks down upon all men, who comprehends unsearchable things, glorious also and excellent things without number.

Job 34:25

Job 34:25Who discovers their works, and will bring night about upon them, and they shall be brought low.

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Job 34:26And he quite destroys the ungodly, for they are seen before him.

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Job 34:27Because they turned aside from the law of God, and did not regard his ordinances,

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Job 34:28so as to bring before him the cry of the needy; for he will hear the cry of the poor.

Job 34:29

Job 34:29And he will give quiet, and who will condemn? and he will hide his face, and who shall see him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man also:

Job 34:30

Job 34:30causing a hypocrite to be king, because of the waywardness of the people.

Job 34:31

Job 34:31For there is one that says to the Mighty One, I have received blessings; I will not take a pledge:

Job 34:32

Job 34:32I will see apart from myself: do thou shew me if I have done unrighteousness; I will not do so any more.

Job 34:33

Job 34:33Will he take vengeance for it on thee, whereas thou wilt put it far from thee? for thou shalt choose, and not I; and what thou knowest, speak thou.

Job 34:34

Job 34:34Because the wise in heart shall say this, and a wise man listens to my word.

Job 34:35

Job 34:35But Job has not spoken with understanding, his words are not uttered with knowledge.

Job 34:36

Job 34:36Howbeit do thou learn, Job: no longer make answer as the foolish:

Job 34:37

Job 34:37that we add not to our sins: for iniquity will be reckoned against us, if we speak many words before the Lord.

Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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