Job 34 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

Elihu Proclaims God’s Justice

God Cannot Be Unjust

Job 34:1

Job 34:1Elihu further answered and said:

Job 34:2

Job 34:2“Hear my words, you wise men;
Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.

Job 34:3

Job 34:3For the ear tests words
As the palate tastes food.

Job 34:4

Job 34:4Let us choose justice for ourselves;
Let us know among ourselves what is good.

Job 34:5

Job 34:5“For Job has said, ‘I am righteous,
But God has taken away my justice;

Job 34:6

Job 34:6Should I lie concerning my right?
My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’

Job 34:7

Job 34:7What man is like Job,
Who drinks scorn like water,

Job 34:8

Job 34:8Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity,
And walks with wicked men?

Job 34:9

Job 34:9For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing
That he should delight in God.’

Job 34:10

Job 34:10“Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding:
Far be it from God to do wickedness,
And from the Almighty to commit iniquity.

Job 34:11

Job 34:11For He repays man according to his work,
And makes man to find a reward according to his way.

Job 34:12

Job 34:12Surely God will never do wickedly,
Nor will the Almighty pervert justice.

Job 34:13

Job 34:13Who gave Him charge over the earth?
Or who appointed Him over the whole world?

Job 34:14

Job 34:14If He should set His heart on it,
If He should gather to Himself His Spirit and His breath,

Job 34:15

Job 34:15All flesh would perish together,
And man would return to dust.

Job 34:16

Job 34:16“If you have understanding, hear this;
Listen to the sound of my words:

Job 34:17

Job 34:17Should one who hates justice govern?
Will you condemn Him who is most just?

Job 34:18

Job 34:18Is it fitting to say to a king, ‘You are worthless,’
And to nobles, ‘You are wicked’?

Job 34:19

Job 34:19Yet He is not partial to princes,
Nor does He regard the rich more than the poor;
For they are all the work of His hands.

Job 34:20

Job 34:20In a moment they die, in the middle of the night;
The people are shaken and pass away;
The mighty are taken away without a hand.

Job 34:21

Job 34:21“For His eyes are on the ways of man,
And He sees all his steps.

Job 34:22

Job 34:22There is no darkness nor shadow of death
Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

Job 34:23

Job 34:23For He need not further consider a man,
That he should go before God in judgment.

Job 34:24

Job 34:24He breaks in pieces mighty men without inquiry,
And sets others in their place.

Job 34:25

Job 34:25Therefore He knows their works;
He overthrows them in the night,
And they are crushed.

Job 34:26

Job 34:26He strikes them as wicked men
In the open sight of others,

Job 34:27

Job 34:27Because they turned back from Him,
And would not consider any of His ways,

Job 34:28

Job 34:28So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him;
For He hears the cry of the afflicted.

Job 34:29

Job 34:29When He gives quietness, who then can make trouble?
And when He hides His face, who then can see Him,
Whether it is against a nation or a man alone?—

Job 34:30

Job 34:30That the hypocrite should not reign,
Lest the people be ensnared.

Job 34:31

Job 34:31“For has anyone said to God,
‘I have borne chastening;
I will offend no more;

Job 34:32

Job 34:32Teach me what I do not see;
If I have done iniquity, I will do no more’?

Job 34:33

Job 34:33Should He repay it according to your terms,
Just because you disavow it?
You must choose, and not I;
Therefore speak what you know.

Job 34:34

Job 34:34“Men of understanding say to me,
Wise men who listen to me:

Job 34:35

Job 34:35‘Job speaks without knowledge,
His words are without wisdom.’

Job 34:36

Job 34:36Oh, that Job were tried to the utmost,
Because his answers are like those of wicked men!

Job 34:37

Job 34:37For he adds rebellion to his sin;
He claps his hands among us,
And multiplies his words against God.”

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