Job 36
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Elihu Continues: Hear Me Out
1Elihu continued to speak ⌞to Job⌟,
2“Be patient with me a little longer, and I will show you
that there is more to be said in God’s defense.
3I will get my knowledge from far away
and prove that my Creator is fair.
4Certainly, my words are not lies.
The one who knows everything is ⌞speaking⌟ with you.
God’s Justice Is Beyond Human Understanding
5“Certainly, God is mighty.
He doesn’t despise anyone.
He is mighty and brave.
6He doesn’t allow the wicked person to live.
He grants justice to those who are oppressed.
7He doesn’t take his eyes off righteous people.
He seats them on thrones with kings to honor them forever.
8However, if righteous people are bound in chains
and tangled in ropes of misery,
9he tells them what they’ve done wrong
and that they’ve behaved arrogantly.
10He makes them listen to his warning
and orders them to turn away from wrong.
11“If righteous people listen and serve ⌞him⌟,
they will live out their days in prosperity
and their years in comfort.
12But if they don’t listen,
they will cross the River ⌞of Death⌟
and die like those who have no knowledge.
13But those who have godless hearts remain angry.
They don’t even call for help when he chains them up.
14They die while they’re young,
or they live on as male prostitutes in the temples of idols.
15He rescues suffering people through their suffering,
and he opens their ears through distress.
16“Yes, he lured you away from the jaws of trouble
into an open area where you were not restrained,
and your table was covered with rich foods.
17But you are given the judgment evil people deserve.
A fair judgment will be upheld.
18Be careful that you are not led astray with riches.
Don’t let a large bribe turn you ⌞to evil ways⌟.
19Will your riches save you from having to suffer?
Will all your mighty strength help you?
20Don’t look forward to the night,
when people disappear from their places.
21Be careful! Don’t turn to evil,
because you have chosen evil instead of suffering.
22“God does great things by his power.
Is there any teacher like him?
23Who can tell him which way he should go?
Who can say to him, ‘You did wrong’?
24Remember that you should praise his work.
People have sung about it.
25Every person has seen it.
Mortals have looked at it from a distance.
26“Certainly, God is so great
that he is beyond our understanding.
The number of his years cannot be counted.
27He collects drops of water.
He distills rain from his mist,
28which then drips from the clouds.
It pours down on many people.
29Can anyone really understand how clouds spread out
or how he thunders from his dwelling place?
30Look, he scatters his flashes of lightning around him
and covers the depths of the sea.
31This is how he uses the rains to provide for people
and to give them more than enough food.
32He fills his hands with lightning
and orders it to hit the target.
33The thunder announces his coming.
The storm announces his angry wrath.
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Job 36
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1Then Elihu continued, saying:
2Be patient with me a little longer, and I will inform you,
for there is still more to be said on God’s behalf.
3I will get my knowledge from a distant place
and ascribe justice to my Maker.
4Indeed, my words are not false;
one who has complete knowledge is with you.
5Yes, God is mighty, but he despises no one;
he understands all things.#36:5 Lit he is mighty in strength of heart#Jb 9:4; 12:13; 38:36
6He does not keep the wicked alive,#Gn 18:25; Jb 8:20; 2Pt 2:9
but he gives justice to the oppressed.
7He does not withdraw his gaze from the righteous,
but he seats them forever with enthroned kings,
and they are exalted.
8If people are bound with chains
and trapped by the cords of affliction,
9God tells them what they have done
and how arrogantly they have transgressed.
10He opens their ears#Jb 4:12; 13:1; 33:16 to correction
and tells them to repent from iniquity.
11If they listen and serve him,
they will end their days in prosperity
and their years in happiness.#Jb 21:13; 22:2; Is 1:19
12But if they do not listen,
they will cross the river of death#36:12 Or will perish by the sword
and die without knowledge.#Jb 4:21; 33:18; Hs 4:6
13Those who have a godless heart harbor anger;
even when God binds them, they do not cry for help.
14They die in their youth;
their life ends among male cult prostitutes.#Dt 23:17; 1Kg 14:24; 22:46
15God rescues the afflicted by their affliction;
he instructs them by their torment.
16Indeed, he lured you from the jaws#36:16 Lit from a mouth of narrowness of distress
to a spacious and unconfined place.
Your table was spread with choice food.
17Yet now you are obsessed with the judgment due the wicked;
judgment and justice have seized you.
18Be careful that no one lures you with riches;#36:18 Or you into mockery
do not let a large ransom#36:18 Or bribe lead you astray.#1Sm 12:3; Ps 26:10; Am 5:12
19Can your wealth#36:19 Or cry for help or all your physical exertion
keep you from distress?#1Sm 22:2; Jb 15:24; Ps 107:6,13,19,28
20Do not long for the night
when nations will disappear from their places.
21Be careful that you do not turn to iniquity,
for that is why you have been tested by#36:21 Or for you have preferred this to affliction.
22Look, God shows himself exalted by his power.
Who is a teacher like him?
23Who has appointed his way for him,
and who has declared, “You have done wrong”?#Jb 34:10,13; Is 40:13–14; Rm 11:34
24Remember that you should praise his work,
which people have sung about.#Ps 92:5; 104:33; Rv 15:3
25All mankind has seen it;
people have looked at it from a distance.#Ps 19:3; Rm 1:19–20; Heb 11:13
26Yes, God is exalted beyond our knowledge;#Jb 9:10; 37:5,23; Ec 8:17
the number of his years cannot be counted.#Ps 90:2; 102:24,27; Heb 1:12
27For he makes waterdrops evaporate;#36:27 Lit he draws in waterdrops
they distill the rain into its#36:27 Or his mist,#Gn 2:6; Jb 38:28; Ps 147:8
28which the clouds pour out
and shower abundantly on mankind.
29Can anyone understand how the clouds spread out
or how the thunder roars from God’s pavilion?#Jb 26:14; 37:16; Ps 105:39
30See how he spreads his lightning#2Sm 22:15; Jb 38:28; Ps 18:14 around him
and covers the depths of the sea.
31For he judges the nations with these;
he gives food in abundance.#Jb 37:13; Ps 136:25; Ac 14:17
32He covers his hands with lightning
and commands it to hit its mark.
33The#36:33 Lit His, or Its thunder declares his presence;#36:33 Lit thunder announces concerning him or it
the cattle also, the approaching storm.
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