Job 36
36
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
36
1 Continuing in a similar manner, Eliu had this to say:
2 Bear with me for a little while and I will show you; for I have still more to say in favor of God.
3 I will review my knowledge from the beginning, and I will prove my Maker to be just.
4 For truly my words are without any falsehood and perfect knowledge will be proven to you.
5 God does not abandon the powerful, for he himself is also powerful.
6 But he does not save the impious, though he grants judgment to the poor.
7 He will not take his eyes away from the just, and he continually establishes kings on their throne, and they are exalted.
8 And, if they are in captivity, or are bound with the chains of poverty,
9 he will reveal to them their works, as well as their sinfulness, in that they were violent.
10 Likewise, he will open their ears to his correction, and he will speak to them, so that they may return from iniquity.
11 If they listen and obey, they will fill their days with goodness and complete their years in glory.
12 But if they will not listen, they will pass away by the sword and will be consumed by foolishness.
13 The false and the crafty provoke the wrath of God, yet they do not cry out to him when they are chained.
14 Their soul will die in a storm, and their life, among the unmanly.
15 He will rescue the poor from his anguish, and he will open his ear during tribulation.
16 Therefore, he will save you from the narrow mouth very widely, even though it has no foundation under it. Moreover, your respite at table will be full of fatness.
17 Your case has been judged like that of the impious; you will withdraw your plea and your judgment.
18 Therefore, do not let anger overwhelm you so that you oppress another; neither should you allow a multitude of gifts to influence you.
19 Lay down your greatness without distress, and put aside all of your power with courage.
20 Do not prolong the night, even if people rise on their behalf.
21 Be careful that you do not turn to iniquity; for, after your misery, you have begun to follow this.
22 Behold, God is exalted in his strength, and there is no one like him among the law-givers.
23 Who is able to investigate his ways? And who can say, "You have done iniquity," to him?
24 Remember that you are ignorant of his work, yet men have sung its praises.
25 All men consider him; and each one ponders from a distance.
26 Behold, God is great, defeating our knowledge; the number of his years is inestimable.
27 He carries away the drops of rain, and he sends forth showers like a raging whirlpool;
28 they flow from the clouds that are woven above everything.
29 If he wills it, he extends the clouds as his tent
30 and shines with his light from above; likewise, he covers the oceans within his tent.
31 For he judges the people by these things, and he gives food to a multitude of mortals.
32 Within his hands, he hides the light, and he commands it to come forth again.
33 He announces it to his friend, for it is his possession and he is able to reach out to it.
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