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Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf.
“Let me go on, and I will show you the truth.
For I have not finished defending God!
For I have not finished defending God!
I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
I will present profound arguments
for the righteousness of my Creator.
for the righteousness of my Creator.
For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
I am telling you nothing but the truth,
for I am a man of great knowledge.
for I am a man of great knowledge.
Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.
“God is mighty, but he does not despise anyone!
He is mighty in both power and understanding.
He is mighty in both power and understanding.
He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
He does not let the wicked live
but gives justice to the afflicted.
but gives justice to the afflicted.
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.
He never takes his eyes off the innocent,
but he sets them on thrones with kings
and exalts them forever.
but he sets them on thrones with kings
and exalts them forever.
And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;
If they are bound in chains
and caught up in a web of trouble,
and caught up in a web of trouble,
Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
he shows them the reason.
He shows them their sins of pride.
He shows them their sins of pride.
He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
He gets their attention
and commands that they turn from evil.
and commands that they turn from evil.
If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
“If they listen and obey God,
they will be blessed with prosperity throughout their lives.
All their years will be pleasant.
they will be blessed with prosperity throughout their lives.
All their years will be pleasant.
But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
But if they refuse to listen to him,
they will cross over the river of death,
dying from lack of understanding.
they will cross over the river of death,
dying from lack of understanding.
But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
For the godless are full of resentment.
Even when he punishes them,
they refuse to cry out to him for help.
Even when he punishes them,
they refuse to cry out to him for help.
They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
They die when they are young,
after wasting their lives in immoral living.
after wasting their lives in immoral living.
He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
But by means of their suffering, he rescues those who suffer.
For he gets their attention through adversity.
For he gets their attention through adversity.
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.
“God is leading you away from danger, Job,
to a place free from distress.
He is setting your table with the best food.
to a place free from distress.
He is setting your table with the best food.
But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.
But you are obsessed with whether the godless will be judged.
Don’t worry, judgment and justice will be upheld.
Don’t worry, judgment and justice will be upheld.
Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
Be on guard! Turn back from evil,
for God sent this suffering
to keep you from a life of evil.
Elihu Reminds Job of God’s Power
for God sent this suffering
to keep you from a life of evil.
Elihu Reminds Job of God’s Power
Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
“Look, God is all-powerful.
Who is a teacher like him?
Who is a teacher like him?
Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?
No one can tell him what to do,
or say to him, ‘You have done wrong.’
or say to him, ‘You have done wrong.’
Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.
Instead, glorify his mighty works,
singing songs of praise.
singing songs of praise.
Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.
Everyone has seen these things,
though only from a distance.
though only from a distance.
Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
“Look, God is greater than we can understand.
His years cannot be counted.
His years cannot be counted.
For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
He draws up the water vapor
and then distills it into rain.
and then distills it into rain.
Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.
The rain pours down from the clouds,
and everyone benefits.
and everyone benefits.
Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
Who can understand the spreading of the clouds
and the thunder that rolls forth from heaven?
and the thunder that rolls forth from heaven?
Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
See how he spreads the lightning around him
and how it lights up the depths of the sea.
and how it lights up the depths of the sea.
For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.
With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.
He fills his hands with lightning bolts
and hurls each at its target.
and hurls each at its target.