Book 18 Job Chapter 034
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| 034:001 | Furthermore Elihu answered and said,
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| 034:002 | Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
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| 034:003 | For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
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| 034:004 | Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.
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| 034:005 | For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
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| 034:006 | Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.
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| 034:007 | What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
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| 034:008 | Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
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| 034:009 | For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
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| 034:010 | Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
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| 034:011 | For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
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| 034:012 | Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
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| 034:013 | Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?
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| 034:014 | If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
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| 034:015 | All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
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| 034:016 | If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
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| 034:017 | Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?
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| 034:018 | Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?
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| 034:019 | How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
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| 034:020 | In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
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| 034:021 | For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
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| 034:022 | There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
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| 034:023 | For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.
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| 034:024 | He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
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| 034:025 | Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
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| 034:026 | He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
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| 034:027 | Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
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| 034:028 | So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
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| 034:029 | When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
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| 034:030 | That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
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| 034:031 | Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:
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| 034:032 | That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
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| 034:033 | Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.
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| 034:034 | Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.
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| 034:035 | Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.
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| 034:036 | My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men.
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| 034:037 | For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God. |