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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">One day when Job&#8217;s sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother&#8217;s house, </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">a messenger came to Job and said, &#8220;The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">and the Sabeans attacked and made off with them. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, &#8220;The fire of God fell from the heavens and burned up the sheep and the servants, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, &#8220;The Chaldeans formed three raiding parties and swept down on your camels and made off with them. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">While he was still speaking, yet another messenger came and said, &#8220;Your sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother&#8217;s house, </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on them and they are dead, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">and said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.1.21"><span class="content">&#8220;Naked I came from my mother&#8217;s womb,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.1.21"><span class="content">and naked I will depart.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will return there</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.1.21"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gave and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has taken away;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.1.21"><span class="content">may the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> be praised.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.1.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So Satan went out from the presence of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">His wife said to him, &#8220;Are you still maintaining your integrity? Curse God and die!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">32</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Elihu</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.32.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.32.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">But Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry with Job for justifying himself rather than God. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.32.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He was also angry with the three friends, because they had found no way to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">32:3 </span><span class="ft">Masoretic Text; an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition </span><span class="fqa">Job, and so had condemned God</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.32.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Now Elihu had waited before speaking to Job because they were older than he. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.32.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But when he saw that the three men had nothing more to say, his anger was aroused.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.32.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.32.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.32.6"><span class="content">&#8220;I am young in years,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.32.6"><span class="content">and you are old;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.32.6"><span class="content">that is why I was fearful,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.32.6"><span class="content">not daring to tell you what I know.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.32.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.32.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I thought, &#8216;Age should speak;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.32.7"><span class="content">advanced years should teach wisdom.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.32.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.32.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But it is the spirit</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">32:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Spirit</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 18</span></span></span><span class="content"> in a person,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.32.8"><span class="content">the breath of the Almighty, that gives them understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.32.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.32.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">It is not only the old</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">32:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">many</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">great</span></span></span><span class="content"> who are wise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.32.9"><span class="content">not only the aged who understand what is right.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.32.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.32.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore I say: Listen to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.32.10"><span class="content">I too will tell you what I know.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.32.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.32.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I waited while you spoke,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.32.11"><span class="content">I listened to your reasoning;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.32.11"><span class="content">while you were searching for words,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.32.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.32.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I gave you my full attention.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.32.12"><span class="content">But not one of you has proved Job wrong;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.32.12"><span class="content">none of you has answered his arguments.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.32.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.32.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Do not say, &#8216;We have found wisdom;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.32.13"><span class="content">let God, not a man, refute him.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.32.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.32.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But Job has not marshaled his words against me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.32.14"><span class="content">and I will not answer him with your arguments.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.32.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.32.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;They are dismayed and have no more to say;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.32.15"><span class="content">words have failed them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.32.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.32.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Must I wait, now that they are silent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.32.16"><span class="content">now that they stand there with no reply?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.32.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.32.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I too will have my say;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.32.17"><span class="content">I too will tell what I know.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.32.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.32.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For I am full of words,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.32.18"><span class="content">and the spirit within me compels me;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.32.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.32.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">inside I am like bottled-up wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.32.19"><span class="content">like new wineskins ready to burst.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.32.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.32.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">I must speak and find relief;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.32.20"><span class="content">I must open my lips and reply.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.32.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.32.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">I will show no partiality,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.32.21"><span class="content">nor will I flatter anyone;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.32.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.32.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">for if I were skilled in flattery,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.32.22"><span class="content">my Maker would soon take me away.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">33</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.33.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;But now, Job, listen to my words;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.33.1"><span class="content">pay attention to everything I say.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.33.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.33.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I am about to open my mouth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.33.2"><span class="content">my words are on the tip of my tongue.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.33.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.33.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">My words come from an upright heart;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.33.3"><span class="content">my lips sincerely speak what I know.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.33.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.33.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The Spirit of God has made me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.33.4"><span class="content">the breath of the Almighty gives me life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.33.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.33.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Answer me then, if you can;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.33.5"><span class="content">stand up and argue your case before me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.33.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.33.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I am the same as you in God&#8217;s sight;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.33.6"><span class="content">I too am a piece of clay.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.33.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.33.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">No fear of me should alarm you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.33.7"><span class="content">nor should my hand be heavy on you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.33.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.33.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;But you have said in my hearing&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.33.8"><span class="content">I heard the very words&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.33.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.33.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8216;I am pure, I have done no wrong;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.33.9"><span class="content">I am clean and free from sin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.33.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.33.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Yet God has found fault with me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.33.10"><span class="content">he considers me his enemy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.33.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.33.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He fastens my feet in shackles;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.33.11"><span class="content">he keeps close watch on all my paths.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.33.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.33.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;But I tell you, in this you are not right,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.33.12"><span class="content">for God is greater than any mortal.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.33.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.33.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Why do you complain to him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.33.13"><span class="content">that he responds to no one&#8217;s words</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">33:13 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">that he does not answer for any of his actions</span></span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.33.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.33.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For God does speak&#8212;now one way, now another&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.33.14"><span class="content">though no one perceives it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.33.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.33.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">In a dream, in a vision of the night,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.33.15"><span class="content">when deep sleep falls on people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.33.15"><span class="content">as they slumber in their beds,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.33.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.33.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">he may speak in their ears</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.33.16"><span class="content">and terrify them with warnings,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.33.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.33.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">to turn them from wrongdoing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.33.17"><span class="content">and keep them from pride,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.33.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.33.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">to preserve them from the pit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.33.18"><span class="content">their lives from perishing by the sword.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">33:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">from crossing the river</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.33.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.33.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;Or someone may be chastened on a bed of pain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.33.19"><span class="content">with constant distress in their bones,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.33.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.33.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">so that their body finds food repulsive</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.33.20"><span class="content">and their soul loathes the choicest meal.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.33.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.33.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Their flesh wastes away to nothing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.33.21"><span class="content">and their bones, once hidden, now stick out.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.33.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.33.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">They draw near to the pit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.33.22"><span class="content">and their life to the messengers of death.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">33:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">to the place of the dead</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.33.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.33.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Yet if there is an angel at their side,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.33.23"><span class="content">a messenger, one out of a thousand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.33.23"><span class="content">sent to tell them how to be upright,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.33.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.33.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">and he is gracious to that person and says to God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.33.24"><span class="content">&#8216;Spare them from going down to the pit;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.33.24"><span class="content">I have found a ransom for them&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.33.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.33.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">let their flesh be renewed like a child&#8217;s;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.33.25"><span class="content">let them be restored as in the days of their youth&#8217;&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.33.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.33.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">then that person can pray to God and find favor with him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.33.26"><span class="content">they will see God&#8217;s face and shout for joy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.33.26"><span class="content">he will restore them to full well-being.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.33.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.33.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">And they will go to others and say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.33.27"><span class="content">&#8216;I have sinned, I have perverted what is right,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.33.27"><span class="content">but I did not get what I deserved.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.33.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.33.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">God has delivered me from going down to the pit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.33.28"><span class="content">and I shall live to enjoy the light of life.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.33.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.33.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">&#8220;God does all these things to a person&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.33.29"><span class="content">twice, even three times&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.33.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.33.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">to turn them back from the pit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.33.30"><span class="content">that the light of life may shine on them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.33.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.33.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">&#8220;Pay attention, Job, and listen to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.33.31"><span class="content">be silent, and I will speak.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.33.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.33.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">If you have anything to say, answer me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.33.32"><span class="content">speak up, for I want to vindicate you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.33.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.33.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">But if not, then listen to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.33.33"><span class="content">be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">34</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.34.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Elihu said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.34.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.34.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Hear my words, you wise men;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.34.2"><span class="content">listen to me, you men of learning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.34.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.34.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For the ear tests words</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.34.3"><span class="content">as the tongue tastes food.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.34.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.34.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Let us discern for ourselves what is right;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.34.4"><span class="content">let us learn together what is good.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.34.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.34.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Job says, &#8216;I am innocent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.34.5"><span class="content">but God denies me justice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.34.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.34.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Although I am right,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.34.6"><span class="content">I am considered a liar;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.34.6"><span class="content">although I am guiltless,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.34.6"><span class="content">his arrow inflicts an incurable wound.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.34.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.34.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Is there anyone like Job,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.34.7"><span class="content">who drinks scorn like water?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.34.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.34.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He keeps company with evildoers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.34.8"><span class="content">he associates with the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.34.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.34.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For he says, &#8216;There is no profit</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.34.9"><span class="content">in trying to please God.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.34.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.34.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;So listen to me, you men of understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.34.10"><span class="content">Far be it from God to do evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.34.10"><span class="content">from the Almighty to do wrong.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.34.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.34.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He repays everyone for what they have done;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.34.11"><span class="content">he brings on them what their conduct deserves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.34.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.34.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">It is unthinkable that God would do wrong,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.34.12"><span class="content">that the Almighty would pervert justice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.34.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.34.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Who appointed him over the earth?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.34.13"><span class="content">Who put him in charge of the whole world?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.34.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.34.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">If it were his intention</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.34.14"><span class="content">and he withdrew his spirit</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">34:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Spirit</span></span></span><span class="content"> and breath,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.34.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.34.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">all humanity would perish together</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.34.15"><span class="content">and mankind would return to the dust.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.34.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.34.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;If you have understanding, hear this;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.34.16"><span class="content">listen to what I say.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.34.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.34.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Can someone who hates justice govern?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.34.17"><span class="content">Will you condemn the just and mighty One?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.34.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.34.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Is he not the One who says to kings, &#8216;You are worthless,&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.34.18"><span class="content">and to nobles, &#8216;You are wicked,&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.34.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.34.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">who shows no partiality to princes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.34.19"><span class="content">and does not favor the rich over the poor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.34.19"><span class="content">for they are all the work of his hands?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.34.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.34.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">They die in an instant, in the middle of the night;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.34.20"><span class="content">the people are shaken and they pass away;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.34.20"><span class="content">the mighty are removed without human hand.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.34.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.34.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;His eyes are on the ways of mortals;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.34.21"><span class="content">he sees their every step.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.34.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.34.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">There is no deep shadow, no utter darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.34.22"><span class="content">where evildoers can hide.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.34.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.34.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">God has no need to examine people further,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.34.23"><span class="content">that they should come before him for judgment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.34.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.34.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Without inquiry he shatters the mighty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.34.24"><span class="content">and sets up others in their place.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.34.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.34.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Because he takes note of their deeds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.34.25"><span class="content">he overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.34.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.34.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">He punishes them for their wickedness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.34.26"><span class="content">where everyone can see them,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.34.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.34.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">because they turned from following him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.34.27"><span class="content">and had no regard for any of his ways.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.34.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.34.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">They caused the cry of the poor to come before him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.34.28"><span class="content">so that he heard the cry of the needy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.34.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.34.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">But if he remains silent, who can condemn him?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.34.29"><span class="content">If he hides his face, who can see him?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.34.29"><span class="content">Yet he is over individual and nation alike,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.34.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.34.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">to keep the godless from ruling,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.34.30"><span class="content">from laying snares for the people.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.34.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.34.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">&#8220;Suppose someone says to God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.34.31"><span class="content">&#8216;I am guilty but will offend no more.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.34.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.34.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Teach me what I cannot see;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.34.32"><span class="content">if I have done wrong, I will not do so again.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.34.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.34.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Should God then reward you on your terms,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.34.33"><span class="content">when you refuse to repent?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.34.33"><span class="content">You must decide, not I;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.34.33"><span class="content">so tell me what you know.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.34.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.34.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">&#8220;Men of understanding declare,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.34.34"><span class="content">wise men who hear me say to me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.34.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.34.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">&#8216;Job speaks without knowledge;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.34.35"><span class="content">his words lack insight.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.34.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOB.34.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Oh, that Job might be tested to the utmost</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOB.34.36"><span class="content">for answering like a wicked man!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOB.34.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOB.34.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">To his sin he adds rebellion;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOB.34.37"><span class="content">scornfully he claps his hands among us</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOB.34.37"><span class="content">and multiplies his words against God.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">35</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.35.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Elihu said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.35.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.35.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do you think this is just?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.35.2"><span class="content">You say, &#8216;I am in the right, not God.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.35.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.35.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Yet you ask him, &#8216;What profit is it to me,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">35:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">you</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.35.3"><span class="content">and what do I gain by not sinning?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.35.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.35.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;I would like to reply to you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.35.4"><span class="content">and to your friends with you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.35.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.35.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Look up at the heavens and see;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.35.5"><span class="content">gaze at the clouds so high above you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.35.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.35.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">If you sin, how does that affect him?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.35.6"><span class="content">If your sins are many, what does that do to him?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.35.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.35.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">If you are righteous, what do you give to him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.35.7"><span class="content">or what does he receive from your hand?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.35.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.35.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Your wickedness only affects humans like yourself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.35.8"><span class="content">and your righteousness only other people.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.35.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.35.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;People cry out under a load of oppression;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.35.9"><span class="content">they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.35.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.35.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">But no one says, &#8216;Where is God my Maker,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.35.10"><span class="content">who gives songs in the night,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.35.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.35.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">who teaches us more than he teaches</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">35:10,11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">night, / </span><span class="fv">11 </span><span class="fqa">who teaches us by</span></span></span><span class="content"> the beasts of the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.35.11"><span class="content">and makes us wiser than</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">35:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">us wise by</span></span></span><span class="content"> the birds in the sky?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.35.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.35.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">He does not answer when people cry out</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.35.12"><span class="content">because of the arrogance of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.35.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.35.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Indeed, God does not listen to their empty plea;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.35.13"><span class="content">the Almighty pays no attention to it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.35.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.35.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">How much less, then, will he listen</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.35.14"><span class="content">when you say that you do not see him,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.35.14"><span class="content">that your case is before him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.35.14"><span class="content">and you must wait for him,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.35.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.35.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">and further, that his anger never punishes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.35.15"><span class="content">and he does not take the least notice of wickedness.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">35:15 </span><span class="ft">Symmachus, Theodotion and Vulgate; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.35.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.35.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So Job opens his mouth with empty talk;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.35.16"><span class="content">without knowledge he multiplies words.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">36</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.36.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Elihu continued:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.36.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.36.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Bear with me a little longer and I will show you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.36.2"><span class="content">that there is more to be said in God&#8217;s behalf.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.36.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.36.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I get my knowledge from afar;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.36.3"><span class="content">I will ascribe justice to my Maker.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.36.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.36.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Be assured that my words are not false;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.36.4"><span class="content">one who has perfect knowledge is with you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.36.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.36.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;God is mighty, but despises no one;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.36.5"><span class="content">he is mighty, and firm in his purpose.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.36.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.36.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He does not keep the wicked alive</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.36.6"><span class="content">but gives the afflicted their rights.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.36.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.36.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He does not take his eyes off the righteous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.36.7"><span class="content">he enthrones them with kings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.36.7"><span class="content">and exalts them forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.36.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.36.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But if people are bound in chains,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.36.8"><span class="content">held fast by cords of affliction,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.36.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.36.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">he tells them what they have done&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.36.9"><span class="content">that they have sinned arrogantly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.36.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.36.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He makes them listen to correction</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.36.10"><span class="content">and commands them to repent of their evil.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.36.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.36.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">If they obey and serve him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.36.11"><span class="content">they will spend the rest of their days in prosperity</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.36.11"><span class="content">and their years in contentment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.36.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.36.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But if they do not listen,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.36.12"><span class="content">they will perish by the sword</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will cross the river</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.36.12"><span class="content">and die without knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.36.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.36.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;The godless in heart harbor resentment;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.36.13"><span class="content">even when he fetters them, they do not cry for help.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.36.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.36.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They die in their youth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.36.14"><span class="content">among male prostitutes of the shrines.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.36.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.36.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But those who suffer he delivers in their suffering;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.36.15"><span class="content">he speaks to them in their affliction.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.36.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.36.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;He is wooing you from the jaws of distress</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.36.16"><span class="content">to a spacious place free from restriction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.36.16"><span class="content">to the comfort of your table laden with choice food.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.36.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.36.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.36.17"><span class="content">judgment and justice have taken hold of you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.36.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.36.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Be careful that no one entices you by riches;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.36.18"><span class="content">do not let a large bribe turn you aside.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.36.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.36.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Would your wealth or even all your mighty efforts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.36.19"><span class="content">sustain you so you would not be in distress?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.36.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.36.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Do not long for the night,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.36.20"><span class="content">to drag people away from their homes.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:20 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for verses 18-20 is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.36.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.36.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Beware of turning to evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.36.21"><span class="content">which you seem to prefer to affliction.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.36.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.36.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;God is exalted in his power.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.36.22"><span class="content">Who is a teacher like him?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.36.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.36.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Who has prescribed his ways for him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.36.23"><span class="content">or said to him, &#8216;You have done wrong&#8217;?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.36.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.36.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Remember to extol his work,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.36.24"><span class="content">which people have praised in song.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.36.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.36.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">All humanity has seen it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.36.25"><span class="content">mortals gaze on it from afar.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.36.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.36.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">How great is God&#8212;beyond our understanding!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.36.26"><span class="content">The number of his years is past finding out.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.36.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.36.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">&#8220;He draws up the drops of water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.36.27"><span class="content">which distill as rain to the streams</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:27 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">distill from the mist as rain</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.36.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.36.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">the clouds pour down their moisture</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.36.28"><span class="content">and abundant showers fall on mankind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.36.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.36.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Who can understand how he spreads out the clouds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.36.29"><span class="content">how he thunders from his pavilion?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.36.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.36.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">See how he scatters his lightning about him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.36.30"><span class="content">bathing the depths of the sea.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.36.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.36.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">This is the way he governs</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:31 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">nourishes</span></span></span><span class="content"> the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.36.31"><span class="content">and provides food in abundance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.36.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.36.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">He fills his hands with lightning</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.36.32"><span class="content">and commands it to strike its mark.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.36.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.36.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">His thunder announces the coming storm;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.36.33"><span class="content">even the cattle make known its approach.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:33 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">announces his coming&#8212; / the One zealous against evil</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">37</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.37.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;At this my heart pounds</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.37.1"><span class="content">and leaps from its place.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.37.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.37.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Listen! Listen to the roar of his voice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.37.2"><span class="content">to the rumbling that comes from his mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.37.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.37.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He unleashes his lightning beneath the whole heaven</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.37.3"><span class="content">and sends it to the ends of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.37.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.37.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">After that comes the sound of his roar;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.37.4"><span class="content">he thunders with his majestic voice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.37.4"><span class="content">When his voice resounds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.37.4"><span class="content">he holds nothing back.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.37.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.37.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">God&#8217;s voice thunders in marvelous ways;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.37.5"><span class="content">he does great things beyond our understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.37.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.37.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He says to the snow, &#8216;Fall on the earth,&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.37.6"><span class="content">and to the rain shower, &#8216;Be a mighty downpour.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.37.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.37.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So that everyone he has made may know his work,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.37.7"><span class="content">he stops all people from their labor.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">37:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">work, / he fills all people with fear by his power</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.37.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.37.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The animals take cover;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.37.8"><span class="content">they remain in their dens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.37.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.37.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The tempest comes out from its chamber,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.37.9"><span class="content">the cold from the driving winds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.37.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.37.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The breath of God produces ice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.37.10"><span class="content">and the broad waters become frozen.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.37.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.37.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He loads the clouds with moisture;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.37.11"><span class="content">he scatters his lightning through them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.37.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.37.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">At his direction they swirl around</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.37.12"><span class="content">over the face of the whole earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.37.12"><span class="content">to do whatever he commands them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.37.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.37.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He brings the clouds to punish people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.37.13"><span class="content">or to water his earth and show his love.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.37.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.37.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;Listen to this, Job;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.37.14"><span class="content">stop and consider God&#8217;s wonders.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.37.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.37.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Do you know how God controls the clouds</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.37.15"><span class="content">and makes his lightning flash?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.37.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.37.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Do you know how the clouds hang poised,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.37.16"><span class="content">those wonders of him who has perfect knowledge?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.37.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.37.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">You who swelter in your clothes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.37.17"><span class="content">when the land lies hushed under the south wind,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.37.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.37.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">can you join him in spreading out the skies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.37.18"><span class="content">hard as a mirror of cast bronze?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.37.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.37.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;Tell us what we should say to him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.37.19"><span class="content">we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.37.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.37.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Should he be told that I want to speak?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.37.20"><span class="content">Would anyone ask to be swallowed up?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.37.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.37.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Now no one can look at the sun,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.37.21"><span class="content">bright as it is in the skies</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.37.21"><span class="content">after the wind has swept them clean.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.37.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.37.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Out of the north he comes in golden splendor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.37.22"><span class="content">God comes in awesome majesty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.37.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.37.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.37.23"><span class="content">in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.37.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.37.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Therefore, people revere him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.37.24"><span class="content">for does he not have regard for all the wise in heart?</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">37:24 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">for he does not have regard for any who think they are wise.</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div>
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