Job 36 :: Hebrew Names Version (HNV)

Elihu Speaks of God's Dealings with Men

Job 36:1

Job 36:1Elihu also continued, and said,

Job 36:2

Job 36:2"Bear with me a little, and I will show you; For I still have something to say on God's behalf.

Job 36:3

Job 36:3I will get my knowledge from afar, And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

Job 36:4

Job 36:4For truly my words are not false. One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.

Job 36:5

Job 36:5"Behold, God is mighty, and doesn't despise anyone. He is mighty in strength of understanding.

Job 36:6

Job 36:6He doesn't preserve the life of the wicked, But gives to the afflicted their right.

Job 36:7

Job 36:7He doesn't withdraw his eyes from the righteous, But with kings on the throne, He sets them forever, and they are exalted.

Job 36:8

Job 36:8If they are bound in fetters, And are taken in the cords of afflictions,

Job 36:9

Job 36:9Then he shows them their work, And their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.

Job 36:10

Job 36:10He also opens their ears to instruction, And commands that they return from iniquity.

Job 36:11

Job 36:11If they listen and serve him, They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures.

Job 36:12

Job 36:12But if they don't listen, they shall perish by the sword; They shall die without knowledge.

Job 36:13

Job 36:13"But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don't cry for help when he binds them.

Job 36:14

Job 36:14They die in youth. Their life perishes among the unclean.

Job 36:15

Job 36:15He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, And opens their ear in oppression.

Job 36:16

Job 36:16Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, Into a broad place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.

Job 36:17

Job 36:17"But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.

Job 36:18

Job 36:18Don't let riches entice you to wrath, Neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.

Job 36:19

Job 36:19Would your wealth sustain you in distress, Or all the might of your strength?

Job 36:20

Job 36:20Don't desire the night, When people are cut off in their place.

Job 36:21

Job 36:21Take heed, don't regard iniquity; For this you have chosen rather than affliction.

Job 36:22

Job 36:22Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?

Job 36:23

Job 36:23Who has prescribed his way for him? Or who can say, 'You have committed unrighteousness?'

Job 36:24

Job 36:24"Remember that you magnify his work, Whereof men have sung.

Job 36:25

Job 36:25All men have looked thereon. Man sees it afar off.

Job 36:26

Job 36:26Behold, God is great, and we don't know him. The number of his years is unsearchable.

Job 36:27

Job 36:27For he draws up the drops of water, Which distill in rain from his vapor,

Job 36:28

Job 36:28Which the skies pour down And drop on man abundantly.

Job 36:29

Job 36:29Yes, can any understand the spreading of the clouds, And the thunderings of his pavilion?

Job 36:30

Job 36:30Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea.

Job 36:31

Job 36:31For by these he judges the people. He gives food in abundance.

Job 36:32

Job 36:32He covers his hands with the lightning, And commands it to strike the mark.

Job 36:33

Job 36:33The noise of it tells about him, And the cattle also concerning the storm that comes up.

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Job 36 :: Hebrew Names Version (HNV)

Elihu Speaks of God's Dealings with Men

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