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| | The King James Version Online Bible (KJV) | The American Standard Version Online Bible (ASV) |
| Job 36:1 | Elihu also proceeded, and said, | Elihu also proceeded, and said, |
| Job 36:2 | Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf. | Suffer me a little, and I will show thee; For I have yet somewhat to say on God's behalf. |
| Job 36:3 | I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. | I will fetch my knowledge from afar, And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. |
| Job 36:4 | For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee. | For truly my words are not false: One that is perfect in knowledge is with thee. |
| Job 36:5 | Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom. | Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: He is mighty in strength of understanding. |
| Job 36:6 | He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor. | He preserveth not the life of the wicked, But giveth to the afflicted [their] right. |
| Job 36:7 | He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted. | He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: But with kings upon the throne He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted. |
| Job 36:8 | And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction; | And if they be bound in fetters, And be taken in the cords of afflictions; |
| Job 36:9 | Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded. | Then he showeth them their work, And their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly. |
| Job 36:10 | He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity. | He openeth also their ear to instruction, And commandeth that they return from iniquity. |
| Job 36:11 | If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures. | If they hearken and serve [him], They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures. |
| Job 36:12 | But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge. | But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge. |
| Job 36:13 | But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them. | But they that are godless in heart lay up anger: They cry not for help when he bindeth them. |
| Job 36:14 | They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean. | They die in youth, And their life [perisheth] among the unclean. |
| Job 36:15 | He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression. | He delivereth the afflicted by their affliction, And openeth their ear in oppression. |
| Job 36:16 | Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness. | Yea, he would have allured thee out of distress Into a broad place, where there is no straitness; And that which is set on thy table would be full of fatness. |
| Job 36:17 | But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee. | But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold [on thee]. |
| Job 36:18 | Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee. | For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside. |
| Job 36:19 | Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength. | Will thy cry avail, [that thou be] not in distress, Or all the forces of [thy] strength? |
| Job 36:20 | Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place. | Desire not the night, When peoples are cut off in their place. |
| Job 36:21 | Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction. | Take heed, regard not iniquity: For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction. |
| Job 36:22 | Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him? | Behold, God doeth loftily in his power: Who is a teacher like unto him? |
| Job 36:23 | Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity? | Who hath enjoined him his way? Or who can say, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness? |
| Job 36:24 | Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold. | Remember that thou magnify his work, Whereof men have sung. |
| Job 36:25 | Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off. | All men have looked thereon; Man beholdeth it afar off. |
| Job 36:26 | Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out. | Behold, God is great, and we know him not; The number of his years is unsearchable. |
| Job 36:27 | For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof: | For he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil in rain from his vapor, |
| Job 36:28 | Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly. | Which the skies pour down And drop upon man abundantly. |
| Job 36:29 | Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle? | Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The thunderings of his pavilion? |
| Job 36:30 | Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea. | Behold, he spreadeth his light around him; And he covereth the bottom of the sea. |
| Job 36:31 | For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance. | For by these he judgeth the peoples; He giveth food in abundance. |
| Job 36:32 | With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt. | He covereth his hands with the lightning, And giveth it a charge that it strike the mark. |
| Job 36:33 | The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour. | The noise thereof telleth concerning him, The cattle also concerning [the storm] that cometh up. |
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