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| Job 34:1 | And Elihu made answer and said, | | And Eliu continued his discourse, and said : | Furthermore Elihu answered and said, |
| Job 34:2 | Give ear, you wise, to my words; and you who have knowledge, give attention to me; | | Hear ye, wise men, my words, and ye learned, hearken to me : | Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear to 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, and the mouth discerneth meats by the taste. | For the ear trieth words, as the mouth 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 to us judgment, and let us see among ourselves what is the best. | Let us choose to us judgment: 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 just, and God hath overthrown my judgment. | For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment. |
| 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. | | For in judging me there is a lie : my arrow is violent without any sin. | Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression. |
| Job 34:7 | What man is like Job, a man who freely makes sport of God, | | What man is there like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water? | What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water? |
| Job 34:8 | And goes in the company of evil-doers, walking in the way of sinners? | | Who goeth in company with them that work iniquity, and walketh with wicked men? | 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 : Man shall not please God, although he run with him. | 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, ye men of understanding, hear me : far from god be wickedness, and iniquity from the Almighty. | Therefore hearken to 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 he will render to a man his work, and according to the ways of every one he will reward them. | For the work of a man he shall render to 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. | | For in very deed God will not condemn without cause, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment. | Yes, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment. |
| Job 34:13 | Who put the earth into his care, or made him responsible for the world? | | What other hath he appointed over the earth? or whom hath he set over the world which he made? | Who hath given 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 turn his heart to him, he shall draw his spirit and breath unto himself. | If he should set his heart upon man, if he should gather to 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 return into ashes. | All flesh would perish together, and man would turn again to dust. |
| Job 34:16 | If you are wise, take note of this; give ear to the voice of my words. | | If then thou hast understanding, hear what is said, and hearken 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? | | Can he be healed that loveth not judgment? and how dost thou so far condemn him that is just? | Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just? |
| Job 34:18 | He who says to a king, You are an evil-doer; and to rulers, You are sinners; | | Who saith to the king : Thou art an apostate : who calleth rulers ungodly? | Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly? |
| 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. | | Who accepteth not the persons of princes : nor hath regarded the tyrant, when he contended against the poor man : for all are the work of his hands. | How much less to him that accepteth 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. | | They shall suddenly die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and they shall pass, and take away the violent without hand. | In a moment they shall die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be 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 men, and he considereth all their steps. | For his eyes are upon the ways of 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, and there is no shadow of death, where they may be hid who work iniquity. | There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, 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 it is no longer in the power of man to enter into judgment with God. | For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God. |
| Job 34:24 | He sends the strong to destruction without searching out their cause, and puts others in their place. | | He shall break in pieces many and innumerable, and shall make others to stand in their stead. | He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead. |
| Job 34:25 | For he has knowledge of their works, overturning them in the night, so that they are crushed. | | For he knoweth their works : and therefore he shall bring night on them, and they shall be destroyed. | Therefore he knoweth 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 hath struck them, as being wicked, in open sight. | 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, | | Who as it were on purpose have revolted from him, and would not understand all his ways : | Because they turned back from him, and would not consider 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 needy to come to him, and he heard the voice of the poor. | So that they cause the cry of the poor to come to him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted. |
| Job 34:29 | ... | | For when he granteth peace, who is there that can condemn? When he hideth his countenance, who is there that can behold him, whether it regard nations, or all men? | When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only: |
| Job 34:30 | ... | | Who maketh a man that is a hypocrite to reign for the sins of the people? | That the hypocrite may not reign, lest the people should be ensnared. |
| Job 34:31 | ... | | Seeing then I have spoken of God, I will not hinder thee in thy turn. | Surely it is meet to be said to God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more: |
| Job 34:32 | ... | | If I have erred, teach thou me : if I have spoken iniquity, I will add no more. | That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more. |
| Job 34:33 | ... | | Doth God require it of thee, because it hath displeased thee? for thou begannest to speak, and not I. : but if thou know any thing better, speak. | Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou shalt refuse, or whether thou shalt choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest. |
| Job 34:34 | Men of knowledge, and all wise men, hearing me, will say, | | Let men of understanding speak to me, and let a wise man hearken to me. | Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken to me. |
| Job 34:35 | Job's words do not come from knowledge; they are not the fruit of wisdom. | | But Job hath spoken foolishly, and his words sound not discipline. | Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom. |
| Job 34:36 | May Job be tested to the end, because his answers have been like those of evil men. | | My father, let Job be tried even to the end : cease not from the man of iniquity. | My desire is that Job may be tried to the end, because of his answers for 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. | | Because he addeth blasphemy upon his sins, let him be tied fast in the mean time amongst us : and then let him provoke God to judgment with his speeches. | For he addeth rebellion to his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God. |
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