UKJV - Job - 34

34:1  Furthermore Elihu answered and said,

34:2  Hear my words, O all of you wise men; and give ear unto me, all of you that have knowledge.

34:3  For the ear tries words, as the mouth tastes food.

34:4  Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.

34:5  For Job has said, I am righteous: and God has taken away my judgment.

34:6  Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.

34:7  What man is like Job, who drinks up scorning like water?

34:8  Which goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men.

34:9  For he has said, It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

34:10  Therefore hearken unto me all of you men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

34:11  For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

34:12  Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.

34:13  Who has given him a charge over the earth? or who has disposed the whole world?

34:14  If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

34:15  All flesh shall perish together, and man shall return unto dust.

34:16  If now you have understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.

34:17  Shall even he that hates right govern? and will you condemn him that is most just?

34:18  Is it fit to say to a king, You are wicked? and to princes, All of you are ungodly?

34:19  How much less to him that accepts not the persons of princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

34:20  In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.

34:21  For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he sees all his activities.

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

34:23  For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.

34:24  He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their position.

34:25  Therefore he knows their works, and he overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed.

34:26  He strikes them as wicked men in the open sight of others;

34:27  Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:

34:28  So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he hears the cry of the afflicted.

34:29  When he gives quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hides his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:

34:30  That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.

34:31  Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:

34:32  That which I see not teach you me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.

34:33  Should it be according to your mind? he will recompense it, whether you refuse, or whether you choose; and not I: therefore speak what you know.

34:34  Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.

34:35  Job has spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.

34:36  My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men.

34:37  For he adds rebellion unto his sin, he claps his hands among us, and multiplies his words against God.