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| Job 34:1 | Moreover Elihu answered, | And Elihu made answer and said, |
| Job 34:2 | "Hear my words, you wise men; Give ear to me, you who have knowledge. | Give ear, you wise, to my words; and you who have knowledge, give attention to me; |
| Job 34:3 | For the ear tries words, As the palate tastes food. | For words are tested by the ear, as food is tasted by the mouth. |
| Job 34:4 | Let us choose for us that which is right. Let us know among ourselves what is good. | Let us make the decision for ourselves as to what is right; let us have the knowledge among ourselves of what is good. |
| Job 34:5 | For Job has said, 'I am righteous, God has taken away my right: | For Job has said, I am upright, and it is God who has taken away my right; |
| Job 34:6 | Notwithstanding my right I am considered a liar; My wound is incurable, though I am without disobedience.' | Though I am right, still I am in pain; my wound may not be made well, though I have done no wrong. |
| Job 34:7 | What man is like Job, Who drinks up scoffing like water, | What man is like Job, a man who freely makes sport of God, |
| Job 34:8 | Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, And walks with wicked men? | And goes in the company of evil-doers, walking in the way of sinners? |
| Job 34:9 | For he has said, 'It profits a man nothing That he should delight himself with God.' | For he has said, It is no profit to a man to take delight in God. |
| Job 34:10 | "Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: Far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, From the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity. | 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. |
| Job 34:11 | For the work of a man will he render to him, And cause every man to find according to his ways. | For he gives to every man the reward of his work, and sees that he gets the fruit of his ways. |
| Job 34:12 | Yes surely, God will not do wickedly, Neither will the Almighty pervert justice. | Truly, God does not do evil, and the Ruler of all is not a false judge. |
| Job 34:13 | Who gave him a charge over the earth? Or who has appointed him over the whole world? | Who put the earth into his care, or made him responsible for the world? |
| Job 34:14 | If he set his heart on himself, If he gathered to himself his spirit and his breath; | If he made his spirit come back to him, taking his breath into himself again, |
| Job 34:15 | All flesh would perish together, And man would turn again to dust. | All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust. |
| Job 34:16 | "If now you have understanding, hear this. Listen to the voice of my words. | If you are wise, take note of this; give ear to the voice of my words. |
| Job 34:17 | Shall even one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty? | How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil? |
| Job 34:18 | Who says to a king, 'Vile!' Or to nobles, 'Wicked!' | He who says to a king, You are an evil-doer; and to rulers, You are sinners; |
| Job 34:19 | Who doesn't respect the persons of princes, Nor regards the rich more than the poor; For they all are the work of his hands. | 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. |
| Job 34:20 | In a moment they die, even at midnight; The people are shaken and pass away, The mighty are taken away without hand. | 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. |
| Job 34:21 | "For his eyes are on the ways of a man, He sees all his goings. | For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps. |
| Job 34:22 | There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. | There is no dark place, and no thick cloud, in which the workers of evil may take cover. |
| Job 34:23 | For he doesn't need to consider a man further, That he should go before God in judgment. | For he does not give man a fixed time to come before him to be judged. |
| Job 34:24 | He breaks in pieces mighty men in ways past finding out, And sets others in their place. | He sends the strong to destruction without searching out their cause, and puts others in their place. |
| Job 34:25 | Therefore he takes knowledge of their works. He overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed. | For he has knowledge of their works, overturning them in the night, so that they are crushed. |
| Job 34:26 | He strikes them as wicked men In the open sight of others; | The evil-doers are broken by his wrath, he puts his hand on them with force before the eyes of all onlookers. |
| Job 34:27 | Because they turned aside from following him, And wouldn't have regard in any of his ways: | Because they did not go after him, and took no note of his ways, |
| Job 34:28 | So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him, He heard the cry of the afflicted. | So that the cry of the poor might come up to him, and the prayer of those in need come to his ears. |
| Job 34:29 | When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? Alike whether to a nation, or to a man: | ... |
| Job 34:30 | That the godless man may not reign, That there be no one to ensnare the people. | ... |
| Job 34:31 | "For has any said to God, 'I am guilty, but I will not offend any more. | ... |
| Job 34:32 | Teach me that which I don't see. If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more'? | ... |
| Job 34:33 | Shall his recompense be as you desire, that you refuse it? For you must choose, and not I. Therefore speak what you know. | ... |
| Job 34:34 | Men of understanding will tell me, Yes, every wise man who hears me: | Men of knowledge, and all wise men, hearing me, will say, |
| Job 34:35 | 'Job speaks without knowledge, His words are without wisdom.' | Job's words do not come from knowledge; they are not the fruit of wisdom. |
| Job 34:36 | I wish that Job were tried to the end, Because of his answering like wicked men. | May Job be tested to the end, because his answers have been like those of evil men. |
| Job 34:37 | For he adds rebellion to his sin. He claps his hands among us, And multiplies his words against God." | For in addition to his sin, he is uncontrolled in heart; before our eyes he makes sport of God, increasing his words against him. |
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