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| The Book of Job 36 | ||||||||||||||||
| The World English Online Bible (WLD) | ||||||||||||||||
| Job 36:1 | Elihu also continued, and said, | |||||||||||||||
| Job 36:2 | "Bear with me a little, and I will show you; For I still have something to say on God's behalf. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 36:3 | I will get my knowledge from afar, And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 36:4 | For truly my words are not false. One who is perfect in knowledge is with you. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 36:5 | "Behold, God is mighty, and doesn't despise anyone. He is mighty in strength of understanding. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 36:6 | He doesn't preserve the life of the wicked, But gives to the afflicted their right. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 36:7 | He doesn't withdraw his eyes from the righteous, But with kings on the throne, He sets them forever, and they are exalted. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 36:8 | If they are bound in fetters, And are taken in the cords of afflictions, | |||||||||||||||
| Job 36:9 | Then he shows them their work, And their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 36:10 | He also opens their ears to instruction, And commands that they return from iniquity. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 36:11 | If they listen and serve him, They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 36:12 | But if they don't listen, they shall perish by the sword; They shall die without knowledge. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 36:13 | "But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don't cry for help when he binds them. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 36:14 | They die in youth. Their life perishes among the unclean. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 36:15 | He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, And opens their ear in oppression. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 36:16 | Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, Into a broad place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 36:17 | "But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 36:18 | Don't let riches entice you to wrath, Neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 36:19 | Would your wealth sustain you in distress, Or all the might of your strength? | |||||||||||||||
| Job 36:20 | Don't desire the night, When people are cut off in their place. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 36:21 | Take heed, don't regard iniquity; For this you have chosen rather than affliction. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 36:22 | Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him? | |||||||||||||||
| Job 36:23 | Who has prescribed his way for him? Or who can say, 'You have committed unrighteousness?' | |||||||||||||||
| Job 36:24 | "Remember that you magnify his work, Whereof men have sung. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 36:25 | All men have looked thereon. Man sees it afar off. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 36:26 | Behold, God is great, and we don't know him. The number of his years is unsearchable. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 36:27 | For he draws up the drops of water, Which distill in rain from his vapor, | |||||||||||||||
| Job 36:28 | Which the skies pour down And drop on man abundantly. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 36:29 | Yes, can any understand the spreading of the clouds, And the thunderings of his pavilion? | |||||||||||||||
| Job 36:30 | Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 36:31 | For by these he judges the people. He gives food in abundance. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 36:32 | He covers his hands with the lightning, And commands it to strike the mark. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 36:33 | The noise of it tells about him, And the cattle also concerning the storm that comes up. | |||||||||||||||
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