ABP - Job - 34

34:1  And undertaking, Elihu says,

34:2  Hear me! O wise men. O ones having knowledge, give ear to the good!

34:3  For the ear [2words 1tries], and the throat tastes food.

34:4  Judgment we should take up for ourselves; we should know between ourselves what is good.

34:5  For Job has said, I am righteous; the lord has dismissed my judgment.

34:6  And he lied in my judgment; [2is violent 1my spear] without injustice.

34:7  What man is as Job, drinking sneering as if water?

34:8  Not sinning, nor being impious, nor wholly participating with ones committing lawless deeds, to go with the impious.

34:9  [3not 1For 2you should] say that there will not be an overseeing of a man -- and there is an overseeing of him by the lord.

34:10  Therefore, O discerning of heart, hear me! [2not 4to me 1May it 3be] before the lord to be impious, and before the almighty to disturb justice.

34:11  But he gives back to man as [3does 1each 2of them], and by a path man will find him.

34:12  And do you imagine the lord [2something out of place 1doing], or that the almighty will disturb a judgment -- the one who made the earth?

34:13  And who is the one acting under heaven, and [2the things 3being in it 1all]?

34:14  For if he might want to constrain, and [2the 3spirit 4by 5himself 1to hold down],

34:15  [3would come to an end 1all 2flesh] with one accord. Every mortal [2into 3the earth 1shall go forth] from where even he was shaped.

34:16  But if he should not admonish, then hear these things! Give ear to the sound of words!

34:17  Behold then the one detesting lawless deeds, and the one destroying the wicked, being eternally righteous.

34:18  Impious is the one saying to a king, You act unlawfully, and saying, O impious one, to the rulers,

34:19  who was not feeling of respect for the person of honor, nor knows [2honor 1to appoint] to the stout men, to admire their persons.

34:20  [3in vanity 1But 4to them 2it shall result], to cry out and to beseech a man; for they dealt unlawfully, turning aside the disabled.

34:21  For he is an observer of the works of men, [5has escaped 1and 6him 2nothing 3of how 4they act];

34:22  nor is there a place to hide for the ones doing lawless deeds.

34:23  For [2not 4upon 5a man 1he will 3put] any longer.

34:24  For the lord inspects all; He is the one perceiving untraceable things, honorable things also, and extraordinary things which there is no number;

34:25  the one knowing their works, and he shall turn night upon them, and they shall be humbled.

34:26  And he extinguishes the impious, for they are visible before him.

34:27  For they turned aside from the law of God; [4ordinances 3his 1they did not 2recognize],

34:28  so as to bring unto him the cry of the needy; for [2the cry 3of the poor 1he will listen to];

34:29  and he [2rest 1will furnish], and who will condemn? and he will hide his face, and who shall see him? even against a nation and against a man together;

34:30  giving reign to a man who is a hypocrite, because of the discontent of people,

34:31  that to the mighty one saying, I have received blessings; I will not take anything for security.

34:32  [2apart from 3myself 1I will see]; you show to me, if [2iniquity 1I practiced]! then in no way shall I proceed.

34:33  Will [3on 4you 1he pay 2it], in that you should have thrust it away; for you shall choose, and not I, and what you know -- speak!

34:34  Therefore the discerning in heart shall say these things, [3man 1and 2a wise] hears my word.

34:35  But Job [2not 3with 4understanding 1spoke]; and his words are not with higher knowledge.

34:36  But in fact, learn Job! No [2give 1longer] an answer as the fools,

34:37  that we should not add upon our sins; for lawlessness [2against 3us 1may be imputed 5many 4in speaking] words before the lord.