36:1 And Elius further continued, and said,
36:2 Wait form me yet a little while, that I may teach thee: for there is
yet speech in me.
36:3 Having fetched my knowledge from afar, and according to my works,
36:4 I will speak just things truly, and thou shalt not unjustly receive
unjust words.
36:5 But know that the Lord will not cast off an innocent man: being mighty
in strength of wisdom,
36:6 he will not by any means save alive the ungodly: and he will grant the
judgment of the poor.
36:7 He will not turn away his eyes from the righteous, but [they shall be]
with kings on the throne: and he will establish them in triumph, and they
shall be exalted.
36:8 But they that are bound in fetters shall be holden in cords of poverty.
36:9 And he shall recount to them heir works, and their transgressions, for
such will act with violence.
36:10 But he will hearken to the righteous: and he has said that they shall
turn from unrighteousness.
36:11 If they should hear and serve [him], they shall spend their days in
prosperity, and their years in honour.
36:12 But he preserves not the ungodly; because they are not willing to know
the Lord, and because when reproved they were disobedient.
36:13 And the hypocrites in heart will array wrath [against themselves];
they will not cry, because he has bound them.
36:14 Therefore let their soul die in youth, and their life be wounded by
messengers [of death].
36:15 Because they afflicted the weak and helpless: and he will vindicate
the judgment of the meek.
36:16 And he has also enticed thee out of the mouth of the enemy:
36:17 [there is] a deep gulf [and] a rushing stream beneath it, and thy
table came down full of fatness. Judgment shall not fail from the righteous;
36:18 but there shall be wrath upon the ungodly, by reason of the
ungodliness of the bribes which they received for iniquities.
36:19 Let not [thy] mind willingly turn thee aside from the petition of the
feeble that are in distress.
36:20 And draw not forth all the mighty [men] by night, so that the people
should go up instead of them.
36:21 But take heed lest thou do that which is wrong: for of this thou has
made choice because of poverty.
36:22 Behold, the Mighty One shall prevail by his strength: for who is
powerful as he is?
36:23 And who is he that examines his works? or who can say, he has wrought
injustice?
36:24 Remember that his works are great [beyond] those which men have
attempted.
36:25 Every man has seen in himself, how many mortals are wounded.
36:26 Behold, the Mighty One is great, and we shall not know [him]: the
number of his years is even infinite.
36:27 And the drops of rain are numbered by him, and shall be poured out in
rain to form a cloud.
36:28 The ancient [heavens] shall flow, and the clouds overshadow
innumerable mortals: he has fixed a time to cattle, and they know the order
of rest. [Yet] by all these things thy understanding is not astonished,
neither is thy mind disturbed in [thy] body.
36:29 And though one should understand the outspreadings of the clouds, [or]
the measure of his tabernacle;
36:30 behold he will stretch his bow against him, and he covers the bottom
of the sea.
36:31 For by them he will judge the nations: he will give food to him that
has strength.
36:32 He has hidden the light in [his] hands, and given charge concerning it
to the interposing [cloud].
36:33 The Lord will declare concerning this [to] his friend: [but there is]
a portion also for unrighteousness. |
36:1 Elihu also proceeded, and said,
36:2 Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on
God's behalf.
36:3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to
my Maker.
36:4 For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge
is with thee.
36:5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength
and wisdom.
36:6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
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.
36:8 And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;
36:9 Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they
have exceeded.
36:10 He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they
return from iniquity.
36:11 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity,
and their years in pleasures.
36:12 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall
die without knowledge.
36:13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he
bindeth them.
36:14 They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
36:15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in
oppression.
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.
36:17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and
justice take hold on thee.
36:18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke:
then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
36:19 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of
strength.
36:20 Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
36:21 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than
affliction.
36:22 Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
36:23 Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought
iniquity?
36:24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.
36:25 Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.
36:26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of
his years be searched out.
36:27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according
to the vapour thereof:
36:28 Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.
36:29 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of
his tabernacle?
36:30 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the
sea.
36:31 For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.
36:32 With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by
the cloud that cometh betwixt.
36:33 The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning
the vapour. |