Job 36
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Berean Standard Bible
1Elihu also proceeded, and said:
1And Elihu continued:
2Suffer me a little, and I will tell thee; for there are yet words on God's behalf.
2“Bear with me a little longer, and I will show you that there is more to be said on God’s behalf.
3I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
3I get my knowledge from afar, and I will ascribe justice to my Maker.
4For truly my words are not false; one that is upright in mind is with thee.
4For truly my words are free of falsehood; one perfect in knowledge is with you.
5Behold, God is mighty, yet He despiseth not any; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
5Indeed, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
6He preserveth not the life of the wicked; but giveth to the poor their right.
6He does not keep the wicked alive, but He grants justice to the afflicted.
7He withdraweth not His eyes from the righteous; but with kings upon the throne He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted.
7He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
8And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;
8And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,
9Then He declareth unto them their work, and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.
9then He tells them their deeds and how arrogantly they have transgressed.
10He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
10He opens their ears to correction and commands that they turn from iniquity.
11If they hearken and serve Him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
11If they obey and serve Him, then they end their days in prosperity and their years in happiness.
12But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
12But if they do not obey, then they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
13But they that are godless in heart lay up anger; they cry not for help when He bindeth them.
13The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when He binds them, they do not cry for help.
14Their soul perisheth in youth, and their life as that of the depraved.
14They die in their youth, among the male shrine prostitutes.
15He delivereth the afflicted by His affliction, and openeth their ear by tribulation.
15God rescues the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ears in oppression.
16Yea, He hath allured thee out of distress into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which is set on thy table is full of fatness;
16Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place, to a table full of richness.
17And thou art full of the judgment of the wicked; judgment and justice take hold on them.
17But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you.
18For beware of wrath, lest thou be led away by thy sufficiency; neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.
18Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large bribe lead you astray.
19Will thy riches avail, that are without stint, or all the forces of thy strength?
19Can your wealth or all your mighty effort keep you from distress?
20Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off in their place.
20Do not long for the night, when people vanish from their homes.
21Take heed, regard not iniquity; for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
21Be careful not to turn to iniquity, for this you have preferred to affliction.
22Behold, God doeth loftily in His power; who is a teacher like Him?
22Behold, God is exalted in His power. Who is a teacher like Him?
23Who hath enjoined Him His way? Or who hath said: 'Thou hast wrought unrighteousness'?
23Who has appointed His way for Him, or told Him, ‘You have done wrong’?
24Remember that thou magnify His work, whereof men have sung.
24Remember to magnify His work, which men have praised in song.
25All men have looked thereon; man beholdeth it afar off.
25All mankind has seen it; men behold it from afar.
26Behold, God is great, beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.
26Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.
27For He draweth away the drops of water, which distil rain from His vapour;
27For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,
28Which the skies pour down and drop upon the multitudes of men.
28which the clouds pour out and shower abundantly on mankind.
29Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, the crashings of His pavilion?
29Furthermore, who can understand how the clouds spread out, how the thunder roars from His pavilion?
30Behold, He spreadeth His light upon it; and He covereth the depths of the sea.
30See how He scatters His lightning around Him and covers the depths of the sea.
31For by these He judgeth the peoples; He giveth food in abundance.
31For by these He judges the nations and provides food in abundance.
32He covereth His hands with the lightning, and giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.
32He fills His hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.
33The noise thereof telleth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the storm that cometh up.
33The thunder declares His presence; even the cattle regard the rising storm.
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