Elihu accuses Job of Rebelliousness and Self-righteousness following him, If he gather unto himself his | 27 Because they turned aside from spirit and his breath; 15 All flesh shall perish together, And man shall turn again unto dust. 16 If now thou hast understanding, hear this: Hearken to the voice of my words. 17 Shall even one that hateth justice govern? And wilt thou condemn him that is righteous and mighty?18 2 Him that saith to a king, Thou art vile, Or to nobles, Ye are wicked; 19 That respecteth not the persons of princes, Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor; For they all are the work of his hands. 20 In a moment they die, 3 even at midnight; The people are shaken and pass And would not have regard to any of his ways: 28 7 So that they caused the cry of the poor to come unto him, And he heard the cry of the afflicted. 29 When he giveth quietness, who then can condemn? And when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? Alike whether it be done unto a nation, or unto a man: 30 That the godless man reign not, That there be none to ensnare the people. If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more? Shall his recompense be as thou wilt, that thou refusest it? For thou must choose, and not I: Therefore speak what thou knowest. 21 For his eyes are upon the ways of 34 Men of understanding will say night, so that they are de- 35 Moreover Elihu answered stroyed. 26 He striketh them as wicked men 6 In the open sight of others; and said, 2 Thinkest thou this to be thy right, Or sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God's, 7 Or, That they might cause... might hear 8 Or, though I offend not And that he 1 Elihu justifies God's Use of Affliction He multiplieth words without knowledge. 36 Elihu also proceeded, and said, 2 4 Suffer me a little, and I will show thee; For 5 I have yet somewhat to say on God's behalf. 3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. 4 For truly my words are not false: One that is perfect in knowledge is with thee. 5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: He is mighty in strength of 6 understanding. 6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked, But giveth to the afflicted their right. 7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: But with kings upon the throne He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted. 8 And if they be bound in fetters, And be taken in the cords of affliction; 9 Then he showeth them their work, If they hearken and serve him, They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in 7 pleasures. But if they hearken not, they shall perish by 8 the sword, And they shall die without knowledge. But they that are godless in heart lay up anger: 4 Heb. Wait for. 5 Heb. there are yet words for God. 6 Heb. heart. 8 Or, weapons 7 Or, pleasantness Elihu exhorts Job to submit to God, and to magnify God's Greatness They cry not for help when he bindeth them. 141 They die in youth, And their life perisheth 2 among the "unclean. 15 He delivereth the afflicted by their affliction, And openeth their ear 5 in op pression. 16 Yea, he would have allured thee "out of distress Into a broad place, where there is no straitness; And that which is set on thy table would be full of fatness. 17 But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold on thee. 188 For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside. Which distil in rain 10 from his vapor, 28 Which the skies pour down And drop upon man abundantly. 29 Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, 30 31 The thunderings of his pavilion? Behold, he spreadeth his light 12 around him; And he 13 covereth the bottom of the sea. For by these he judgeth the peoples; He giveth food in abundance. 32 He covereth his hands with the 14 lightning, And giveth it a charge 15 that it strike the mark. 33 The noise thereof telleth concerning 16 him, The cattle also concerning 17 the storm that cometh up. 19 Will thy cry avail, that thou be 37 Yea, at this my heart trem not in distress, Or all the forces of thy strength? 20 Desire not the night, When peoples their place. are cut off in 21 Take heed, regard not iniquity:' For this hast thou chosen rather bleth, And is moved out of its place. 2 Hear, oh, hear the noise of his voice, And the 18 sound that goeth out of his mouth. 3 He sendeth it forth under the whole heaven, And his lightning unto the 19 ends of the earth. 4 After it a voice roareth; He thundereth with the voice of his majesty ; And he restraineth not 20 the lightnings when his voice is heard. 5 God thundereth with his voice; marvellously Great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend. 6 For he saith to the snow, Fall thou on the earth; Likewise to the shower of rain, And to the showers of his mighty rain. 7 He sealeth up the hand of every Jehovah sets forth Job's Ignorance of the Creation and Constitution of the Earth 14 Hearken unto this, O Job: Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God. 15 Dost thou know how God layeth his charge upon them, And causeth the lightning of his cloud to shine? 16 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, The wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge? 17 5 How thy garments are warm, 6 When the earth is still by reason of the south wind? 18 Canst thou with him spread out the sky, Which is strong as a molten mirror? 19 Teach us what we shall say unto him; For we cannot set our speech in order by reason of darkness. 20 Shall it be told him that I would speak? 1 Heb. scattering winds. 2 Or, congealed 3 Heb. light. 4 Or, earth 5 Or, Thou whose garments are &c. 6 Or, When he quieteth the earth by the south wind But the wind passeth, and cleareth them. Out of the north cometh golden splendor: God hath upon him terrible majesty. Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: He is excellent in power; And 10 in justice and plenteous 38 Then Jehovah answered Job said, out of the whirlwind, and 2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge? 3 Gird up now thy loins like a man ; For I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. 4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding. 5 Who determined the measures thereof, 12 if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it? 6 Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof, 7 When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy? 8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, 15 as if it had issued out of the womb; 7 Or, If a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up 8 Or, cannot look on the light when it is brig in the skies, When the cleared them wind hath passed, o 9 Heb. gold. 10 Or, to justice... he doeth no violence 11 Heb. if thou knowest 12 Or, seeing 14 Heb. made to sink. understanding. 13 Heb. sockets. 15 Or, and issued Jehovah sets forth Job's Ignorance of Light, Snow, Hail, Rain, and Ice; 9 When I made clouds the garment Or hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail, thereof, And thick darkness a swaddling- 23 Which I have reserved against band for it, 10 And marked out for it my bound, And set bars and doors, 11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; And here shall thy proud waves be stayed? 12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began, And caused the dayspring to know its place: 13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it? 14 It is changed as clay under the seal; And all things stand forth 2 as a garment: 15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, And the high arm is broken. 16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep? 17 Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? Or hast thou seen the gates of the 18 Hast thou comprehended the the time of trouble, Against the day of battle and war? 24 4 By what way is the light parted, Or the east wind scattered upon the earth? 25 Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, Or a way for the lightning of the thunder; 26 To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; 27 Or the wilderness, wherein there is no man; To satisfy the waste and desolate ground, And to cause the 5 tender grass to spring forth? 28 Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew? 29 Out of whose womb came the ice? 30 31 And the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? 6 The waters 7 hide themselves and become like stone, And the face of the deep 8 is frozen. Canst thou bind the 9 cluster of the Pleiades, Or loose the bands of Orion? 32 Canst thou lead forth 10 the Mazzaroth in their season? 33 Or canst thou guide the Bear with her 11 train? Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth? 34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may .cover thee? 4 Or, Which is the way to the place where the light is &c. 6 Or, given it birth 5 Or, greensward 10 Or, the signs of the Zodiac 11 Heb. sons. |