Job 34:1 Furthermore Elihu453 answered6030 and said,559 cr 2 Hear8085 my words,4405 O ye wise2450 men; and give ear238 unto me, ye that have knowledge.3045 cr 3 For the ear241 trieth974 words,4405 as the mouth2441{Heb. palate} tasteth2938 meat.398 cr 4 Let us choose977 to us judgment:4941 let us know3045 among ourselves what is good.2896 cr 5 For Job347 hath said,559 I am righteous:6663 and God410 hath taken away5493 my judgment.4941 cr 6 Should I lie3576 against my right?4941 my wound2671{Heb. mine arrow} is incurable605 without transgression.6588 cr 7 What man1397 is like Job,347 who drinketh up8354 scorning3933 like water?4325 cr 8 Which goeth732 in company2274 with the workers6466 of iniquity,205 and walketh3212 with wicked7562 men.582 cr 9 For he hath said,559 It profiteth5532 a man1397 nothing that he should delight7521 himself with God.430 cr

Job 34:10 Therefore hearken8085 unto me, ye men582 of understanding:3824{Heb. men of heart} far be it2486 from God,410 that he should do wickedness;7562 and from the Almighty,7706 that he should commit iniquity.5766 cr 11 For the work6467 of a man120 shall he render7999 unto him, and cause every man376 to find4672 according to his ways.734 cr 12 Yea, surely551 God410 will not do wickedly,7561 neither will the Almighty7706 pervert5791 judgment.4941 cr 13 Who hath given him a charge6485 over the earth?776 or who hath disposed7760 the whole{Heb. all of it} world?8398 cr 14 If he set7760 his heart3820 upon man,{Heb. upon him} if he gather622 unto himself his spirit7307 and his breath;5397 cr 15 All flesh1320 shall perish1478 together,3162 and man120 shall turn again7725 unto dust.6083 cr 16 If now thou hast understanding,998 hear8085 this: hearken238 to the voice6963 of my words.4405 cr 17 Shall even he that hateth8130 right4941 govern?2280 and wilt thou condemn7561 him that is most3524 just?6662 cr 18 Is it fit to say559 to a king,4428 Thou art wicked?1100 and to princes,5081 Ye are ungodly?7563 cr 19 How much less to him that accepteth5375 not the persons6440 of princes,8269 nor regardeth5234 the rich7771 more than6440 the poor?1800 for they all are the work4639 of his hands.3027 cr 20 In a moment7281 shall they die,4191 and the people5971 shall be troubled1607 at midnight,2676 3915 and pass away:5674 and the mighty47 shall be taken{Heb. they shall take away the mighty} away5493 without hand.3027 cr 21 For his eyes5869 are upon the ways1870 of man,376 and he seeth7200 all his goings.6806 cr 22 There is no darkness,2822 nor shadow of death,6757 where the workers6466 of iniquity205 may hide5641 themselves. cr 23 For he will not lay7760 upon man376 more than right; that he should enter1980{Heb. go} into judgment4941 with God.410 cr 24 He shall break in pieces7489 mighty men3524 without number,2714{Heb. without searching out} and set5975 others312 in their stead. cr 25 Therefore he knoweth5234 their works,4566 and he overturneth2015 them in the night,3915 so that they are destroyed.1792{Heb. crushed} cr 26 He striketh5606 them as8478 wicked men7563 in the open4725 sight7200 of others;{Heb. in the place of beholders} cr 27 Because they turned back5493 from him,310{Heb. from after him} and would not consider7919 any of his ways:1870 cr 28 So that they cause the cry6818 of the poor1800 to come935 unto him, and he heareth8085 the cry6818 of the afflicted.6041 cr 29 When he giveth quietness,8252 who then can make trouble?7561 and when he hideth5641 his face,6440 who then can behold7789 him? whether it be done against a nation,1471 or against a man120 only:3162 cr 30 That the hypocrite120 2611 reign4427 not, lest the people5971 be ensnared.4170 cr

Job 34:31 Surely it is meet to be said559 unto God,410 I have borne5375 chastisement, I will not offend2254 any more: cr 32 That which I see2372 not1107 teach3384 thou me: if I have done6466 iniquity,5766 I will do3254 no more. cr 33 Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense7999 it, whether thou refuse,3588 3988 or whether thou choose;977 and not I: therefore speak1696 what thou knowest.3045 cr

Job 34:34 Let men582 of understanding3824{Heb. of heart} tell559 me, and let a wise2450 man1397 hearken8085 unto me. cr 35 Job347 hath spoken1696 without knowledge,1847 and his words1697 were without wisdom.7919 cr 36 My desire15 1 is that Job347 may be tried974{Or, My father, let Job be tried} unto the end5331 because of his answers8666 for wicked205 men.582 cr 37 For he addeth3254 rebellion6588 unto his sin,2403 he clappeth5606 his hands among us, and multiplieth7235 his words561 against God.410 cr