AB - Job - 34

34:1  And Elihu continued, and said,

34:2  Hear me, you wise men; hear me, you that have knowledge.

34:3  For the ear tries words, and the mouth tastes meat.

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

34:5  For Job has said, I am righteous: the Lord has removed my judgment.

34:6  And He has erred in my judgment: my wound is severe without unrighteousness of mine.

34:7  What man is like Job, drinking scorning like water?

34:8  Saying, I have not sinned, nor committed ungodliness, nor had fellowship with workers of iniquity, to go with the ungodly.

34:9  For you should not say, There shall be no visitation of a man, whereas there is a visitation on him from the Lord.

34:10  Therefore listen to me, you that are wise in heart: far be it from me to sin before the Lord, and to pervert righteousness before the Almighty.

34:11  Yea, He renders to a man accordingly as each of them does, and in a man's path He will find him.

34:12  And do you think that the Lord will do wrong, or will the Almighty who made the earth pervert judgment?

34:13  And who is He that made the whole world under heaven, and all things therein?

34:14  For if He would confine, and restrain His Spirit with Himself;

34:15  all flesh would die together, and every mortal would return to the earth, from where he was formed.

34:16  Take heed lest He rebuke you: hear this, listen to the voice of words.

34:17  Behold then the One that hates iniquities, and that destroys the wicked, who is forever just.

34:18  He is ungodly that says to a king, You are a transgressor, that says to princes, O most ungodly one.

34:19  Such a one as would not reverence the face of an honorable man, neither knows how to give honor to the great, so as that their persons should be respected.

34:20  But it shall turn out as vanity to them, to cry and beseech a man; for they dealt unlawfully, the poor being turned aside from their right.

34:21  For He surveys the works of men, and nothing of what they do has escaped Him.

34:22  Neither shall there be a place for the workers of iniquity to hide themselves.

34:23  For He will not lay upon a man more than right.

34:24  For the Lord looks down upon all men, who comprehends unsearchable things, glorious also and excellent things without number.

34:25  Who discovers their works, and will bring night about upon them, and they shall be brought low.

34:26  And He destroys the ungodly, for they are seen before Him.

34:27  Because they turned aside from the law of God, and did not regard His ordinances,

34:28  so as to bring before Him the cry of the needy; for He will hear the cry of the poor.

34:29  And He will give quiet, and who will condemn? And He will hide His face, and who shall see Him? Whether it be done against a nation, or against a man, also:

34:30  causing a hypocrite to be king, because of the waywardness of the people.

34:31  For there is one that says to the Mighty One, I have received blessings; I will not take a pledge:

34:32  I will see apart from myself-show me if I have done unrighteousness; I will not do so anymore.

34:33  Will He take vengeance for it on you, whereas you will put it far from you? For you shall choose, and not I; and whatever you know, speak thus.

34:34  Because the wise in heart shall say this, and a wise man listens to my word.

34:35  But Job has not spoken with understanding, his words are not uttered with knowledge.

34:36  Howbeit do you learn, Job: no longer giving answers as the foolish:

34:37  that we add not to our sins: for iniquity will be reckoned against us, if we speak many words before the Lord.