The Book of Job 36 |
The Douay-Rheims Version Online Bible (DRV) |
Job 36:1 | Eliu also proceeded, and said : |
Job 36:2 | Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee : for I have yet somewhat to speak in God's behalf. |
Job 36:3 | I will repeat my knowledge from the beginning, and I will prove my Maker just. |
Job 36:4 | For indeed my words are without a lie, and perfect knowledge shall be proved to thee. |
Job 36:5 | God doth not cast away the mighty, whereas he himself also is mighty. |
Job 36:6 | But he saveth not the wicked, and he giveth judgment to the poor. |
Job 36:7 | He will not take away his eyes from the just, and he placeth kings on the throne for ever, and they are exalted. |
Job 36:8 | And if they shall be in chains, and be bound with the cords of poverty : |
Job 36:9 | He shall shew them their works, and their wicked deeds, because they have been violent. |
Job 36:10 | He also shall open their ear, to correct them : and shall speak, that they may return from iniquity. |
Job 36:11 | If they shall hear and observe, they shall accomplish their days in good, and their years in glory. |
Job 36:12 | But if they hear not, they shall pass by the sword, and shall be consumed in folly. |
Job 36:13 | Dissemblers and crafty men prove the wrath of God, neither shall they cry when they are bound. |
Job 36:14 | Their soul shall die in a storm, and their life among the effeminate. |
Job 36:15 | He shall deliver the poor out of his distress, and shall open his ear in affliction. |
Job 36:16 | Therefore he shall set thee at large out of the narrow mouth, and which hath no foundation under it : and the rest of thy table shall be full of fatness. |
Job 36:17 | Thy cause hath been judged as that of the wicked, cause and judgment thou shalt recover. |
Job 36:18 | Therefore let not anger overcome thee to oppress any man : neither let multitude of gifts turn thee aside. |
Job 36:19 | Lay down thy greatness without tribulation, and all the mighty of strength. |
Job 36:20 | Prolong not the night that people may come up for them. |
Job 36:21 | Beware thou turn not aside to iniquity : for this thou hast begun to follow after misery. |
Job 36:22 | Behold, God is high in his strength, and none is like him among the lawgivers. |
Job 36:23 | Who can search out his ways? or who can say to him : Thou has wrought iniquity? |
Job 36:24 | Remember that thou knowest not his work, concerning which men have sung. |
Job 36:25 | All men see him, every one beholdeth afar off. |
Job 36:26 | Behold, God is great, exceeding our knowledge : the number of his years is inestimable. |
Job 36:27 | He lifteth up the drops of rain, and poureth out showers like floods : |
Job 36:28 | Which flow from the clouds that cover all above. |
Job 36:29 | If he will spread out clouds as his tent, |
Job 36:30 | And lighten with his light from above, he shall cover also the ends of the sea. |
Job 36:31 | For by these he judgeth people, and giveth food to many mortals. |
Job 36:32 | In his hands he hideth the light, and commandeth it to come again. |
Job 36:33 | He sheweth his friend concerning it, that it is his possession, and that he may come up to it. |