1 Elihu also continued, and said, WEB — Job 36:1
2 “Bear with me a little, and I will show you; For I still have something to say on God's behalf. WEB — Job 36:2
3 I will get my knowledge from afar, And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. WEB — Job 36:3
4 For truly my words are not false. One who is perfect in knowledge is with you. WEB — Job 36:4
5 “Behold, God is mighty, and doesn't despise anyone. He is mighty in strength of understanding. WEB — Job 36:5
6 He doesn't preserve the life of the wicked, But gives to the afflicted their right. WEB — Job 36:6
7 He doesn't withdraw his eyes from the righteous, But with kings on the throne, He sets them forever, and they are exalted. WEB — Job 36:7
8 If they are bound in fetters, And are taken in the cords of afflictions, WEB — Job 36:8
9 Then he shows them their work, And their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly. WEB — Job 36:9
10 He also opens their ears to instruction, And commands that they return from iniquity. WEB — Job 36:10
11 If they listen and serve him, They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures. WEB — Job 36:11
12 But if they don't listen, they shall perish by the sword; They shall die without knowledge. WEB — Job 36:12
13 “But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don't cry for help when he binds them. WEB — Job 36:13
14 They die in youth. Their life perishes among the unclean. WEB — Job 36:14
15 He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, And opens their ear in oppression. WEB — Job 36:15
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. WEB — Job 36:16
17 “But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you. WEB — Job 36:17
18 Don't let riches entice you to wrath, Neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside. WEB — Job 36:18
19 Would your wealth sustain you in distress, Or all the might of your strength? WEB — Job 36:19
20 Don't desire the night, When people are cut off in their place. WEB — Job 36:20
21 Take heed, don't regard iniquity; For this you have chosen rather than affliction. WEB — Job 36:21
22 Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him? WEB — Job 36:22
23 Who has prescribed his way for him? Or who can say, ‘You have committed unrighteousness?’ WEB — Job 36:23
24 “Remember that you magnify his work, Whereof men have sung. WEB — Job 36:24
25 All men have looked thereon. Man sees it afar off. WEB — Job 36:25
26 Behold, God is great, and we don't know him. The number of his years is unsearchable. WEB — Job 36:26
27 For he draws up the drops of water, Which distill in rain from his vapor, WEB — Job 36:27
28 Which the skies pour down And drop on man abundantly. WEB — Job 36:28
29 Yes, can any understand the spreading of the clouds, And the thunderings of his pavilion? WEB — Job 36:29
30 Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea. WEB — Job 36:30
31 For by these he judges the people. He gives food in abundance. WEB — Job 36:31
32 He covers his hands with the lightning, And commands it to strike the mark. WEB — Job 36:32
33 The noise of it tells about him, And the cattle also concerning the storm that comes up. WEB — Job 36:33