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| Job 34:1 | And Elihu made answer and said, | Moreover Elihu answered and said, |
| Job 34:2 | Give ear, you wise, to my words; and you who have knowledge, give attention to me; | Hear my words, ye wise men; And give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. |
| Job 34:3 | For words are tested by the ear, as food is tasted by the mouth. | For the ear trieth words, As the palate tasteth food. |
| Job 34:4 | Let us make the decision for ourselves as to what is right; let us have the knowledge among ourselves of what is good. | Let us choose for us that which is right: Let us know among ourselves what is good. |
| Job 34:5 | For Job has said, I am upright, and it is God who has taken away my right; | For Job hath said, I am righteous, And God hath taken away my right: |
| Job 34:6 | Though I am right, still I am in pain; my wound may not be made well, though I have done no wrong. | Notwithstanding my right I am [accounted] a liar; My wound is incurable, [though I am] without transgression. |
| Job 34:7 | What man is like Job, a man who freely makes sport of God, | What man is like Job, Who drinketh up scoffing like water, |
| Job 34:8 | And goes in the company of evil-doers, walking in the way of sinners? | Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, And walketh with wicked men? |
| Job 34:9 | For he has said, It is no profit to a man to take delight in God. | For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing That he should delight himself with God. |
| Job 34:10 | Now then, you wise, take note; you men of knowledge, give ear to me. Let it be far from God to do evil, and from the Ruler of all to do wrong. | Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: Far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, And from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity. |
| Job 34:11 | For he gives to every man the reward of his work, and sees that he gets the fruit of his ways. | For the work of a man will he render unto him, And cause every man to find according to his ways. |
| Job 34:12 | Truly, God does not do evil, and the Ruler of all is not a false judge. | Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, Neither will the Almighty pervert justice. |
| Job 34:13 | Who put the earth into his care, or made him responsible for the world? | Who gave him a charge over the earth? Or who hath disposed the whole world? |
| Job 34:14 | If he made his spirit come back to him, taking his breath into himself again, | If he set his heart upon himself, [If] he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; |
| Job 34:15 | All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust. | All flesh shall perish together, And man shall turn again unto dust. |
| Job 34:16 | If you are wise, take note of this; give ear to the voice of my words. | If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: Hearken to the voice of my words. |
| Job 34:17 | How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil? | Shall even one that hateth justice govern? And wilt thou condemn him that is righteous [and] mighty?- |
| Job 34:18 | He who says to a king, You are an evil-doer; and to rulers, You are sinners; | [Him] that saith to a king, [Thou art] vile, [Or] to nobles, [Ye are] wicked; |
| Job 34:19 | Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands. | That respecteth not the persons of princes, Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor; For they all are the work of his hands. |
| Job 34:20 | Suddenly they come to an end, even in the middle of the night: the blow comes on the men of wealth, and they are gone, and the strong are taken away without the hand of man. | In a moment they die, even at midnight; The people are shaken and pass away, And the mighty are taken away without hand. |
| Job 34:21 | For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps. | For his eyes are upon the ways of a man, And he seeth all his goings. |
| Job 34:22 | There is no dark place, and no thick cloud, in which the workers of evil may take cover. | There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. |
| Job 34:23 | For he does not give man a fixed time to come before him to be judged. | For he needeth not further to consider a man, That he should go before God in judgment. |
| Job 34:24 | He sends the strong to destruction without searching out their cause, and puts others in their place. | He breaketh in pieces mighty men [in ways] past finding out, And setteth others in their stead. |
| Job 34:25 | For he has knowledge of their works, overturning them in the night, so that they are crushed. | Therefore he taketh knowledge of their works; And he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed. |
| Job 34:26 | The evil-doers are broken by his wrath, he puts his hand on them with force before the eyes of all onlookers. | He striketh them as wicked men In the open sight of others; |
| Job 34:27 | Because they did not go after him, and took no note of his ways, | Because they turned aside from following him, And would not have regard in any of his ways: |
| Job 34:28 | So that the cry of the poor might come up to him, and the prayer of those in need come to his ears. | So that they caused the cry of the poor to come unto him, And he heard the cry of the afflicted. |
| Job 34:29 | ... | When he giveth quietness, who then can condemn? And when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? Alike whether [it be done] unto a nation, or unto a man: |
| Job 34:30 | ... | That the godless man reign not, That there be none to ensnare the people. |
| Job 34:31 | ... | For hath any said unto God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more]: |
| Job 34:32 | ... | That which I see not teach thou me: If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more? |
| Job 34:33 | ... | Shall his recompense be as thou wilt, that thou refusest it? For thou must choose, and not I: Therefore speak what thou knowest. |
| Job 34:34 | Men of knowledge, and all wise men, hearing me, will say, | Men of understanding will say unto me, Yea, every wise man that heareth me: |
| Job 34:35 | Job's words do not come from knowledge; they are not the fruit of wisdom. | Job speaketh without knowledge, And his words are without wisdom. |
| Job 34:36 | May Job be tested to the end, because his answers have been like those of evil men. | Would that Job were tried unto the end, Because of his answering like wicked men. |
| Job 34:37 | For in addition to his sin, he is uncontrolled in heart; before our eyes he makes sport of God, increasing his words against him. | For he addeth rebellion unto his sin; He clappeth his hands among us, And multiplieth his words against God. |
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