Job 36 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

Elihu Speaks of God's Dealings with Men

Job 36:1

Job 36:1Then Elihu continued and said,

Job 36:2

Job 36:2“Wait for me a little, and I will show you
That there [fn]is yet more to be said in God’s behalf.

Job 36:3

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

Job 36:4

Job 36:4“For 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 but does not despise any;
He is mighty in strength of understanding.

Job 36:6

Job 36:6“He does not keep the wicked alive,
But gives justice to the afflicted.

Job 36:7

Job 36:7“He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous;
But with kings on the throne
He has seated them forever, and they are exalted.

Job 36:8

Job 36:8“And if they are bound in fetters,
And are caught in the cords of affliction,

Job 36:9

Job 36:9Then He declares to them their work
And their transgressions, that they have magnified themselves.

Job 36:10

Job 36:10“He opens their ear to instruction,
And commands that they return from evil.

Job 36:11

Job 36:11“If they hear and serve Him,
They will end their days in prosperity
And their years in pleasures.

Job 36:12

Job 36:12“But if they do not hear, they shall [fn]perish by the sword
And they will die without knowledge.

Job 36:13

Job 36:13“But the godless in heart lay up anger;
They do not cry for help when He binds them.

Job 36:14

Job 36:14“[fn]They die in youth,
And their life perishes among the cult prostitutes.

Job 36:15

Job 36:15“He delivers the afflicted in [fn]their affliction,
And opens their ear [fn]in time of oppression.

Job 36:16

Job 36:16“Then indeed, He enticed you from the mouth of distress,
Instead of it, a broad place with no constraint;
And that which was set on your table was full of [fn]fatness.

Job 36:17

Job 36:17“But you were full of judgment on the wicked;
Judgment and justice take hold of you.

Job 36:18

Job 36:18“Beware that wrath does not entice you to scoffing;
And do not let the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.

Job 36:19

Job 36:19“Will your [fn]riches keep you from distress,
Or all the forces of your strength?

Job 36:20

Job 36:20“Do not long for the night,
When people [fn]vanish in their place.

Job 36:21

Job 36:21“Be careful, do not turn to evil,
For you have preferred this to affliction.

Job 36:22

Job 36:22“Behold, God is exalted in His power;
Who is a teacher like Him?

Job 36:23

Job 36:23“Who has appointed Him His way,
And who has said, ‘You have done wrong’?

Job 36:24

Job 36:24“Remember that you should exalt His work,
Of which men have sung.

Job 36:25

Job 36:25“All men have seen it;
Man beholds from afar.

Job 36:26

Job 36:26“Behold, God is exalted, and we do not know Him;
The number of His years is unsearchable.

Job 36:27

Job 36:27“For He draws up the drops of water,
They distill rain from [fn]the [fn]mist,

Job 36:28

Job 36:28Which the clouds pour down,
They drip upon man abundantly.

Job 36:29

Job 36:29“Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds,
The thundering of His [fn]pavilion?

Job 36:30

Job 36:30“Behold, He spreads His [fn]lightning about Him,
And He covers the depths of the sea.

Job 36:31

Job 36:31“For by these He judges peoples;
He gives food in abundance.

Job 36:32

Job 36:32“He covers His hands with the [fn]lightning,
And commands it to strike the mark.

Job 36:33

Job 36:33“Its noise declares [fn]His presence;
The cattle also, concerning what is coming up.

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NASB95 Footnotes

(36:2)

Literally: are yet words for God

(36:12)

Literally: pass away

(36:14)

Or, Their soul dies

Literally: his

Or, in adversity

Or, rich food

Or, cry

Literally: go up

Literally: its

Or, flood

Literally: booth

Literally: light

Literally: light

Literally: concerning Him

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Job 36 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

Elihu Speaks of God's Dealings with Men

NASB95 Footnotes

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