Job 34:1 ¶ Moreover Elihu453 answered,60302 "Hear8085 my words,4405 you wise2450 men. Give ear238 to me, you who have knowledge.30453 For the ear241 tries974 words,4405 as the palate2441 tastes2938 food.3984 Let us choose977 for us that which is right.4941 Let us know3045 among ourselves what is good.28965 For Job347 has said,559 ‘I am righteous,6663 God410 has taken away5493 my right:49416 Notwithstanding my right4941 I am considered a liar.3576 My wound2671 is incurable,605 though I am without disobedience.'65887 What man1397 is like Job,347 who drinks8354 scorn3933 like water,43258 Who goes732 in company2274 with the workers6466 of iniquity,205 and walks3212 with wicked7562 men?5829 For he has said,559 ‘It profits5532 a man1397 nothing that he should delight7521 himself with God.'430
Job 34:10 ¶ "Therefore listen8085 to me, you men582 of understanding:3824 far be it2486 from God,410 that he should do wickedness,7562 from the Almighty,7706 that he should commit iniquity.576611 For the work6467 of a man120 he will render7999 to him, and cause every man376 to find4672 according to his ways.73412 Yes surely,551 God410 will not do wickedly,7561 neither will the Almighty7706 pervert5791 justice.494113 Who put him in charge6485 of the earth?776 or who has appointed7760 him over the whole world?839814 If he set7760 his heart3820 on himself, If he gathered622 to himself his spirit7307 and his breath,539715 all flesh1320 would perish1478 together,3162 and man120 would turn again7725 to dust.6083
Job 34:16 ¶ "If now you have understanding,998 hear8085 this. Listen238 to the voice6963 of my words.440517 Shall even one who hates8130 justice4941 govern?2280 Will you condemn7561 him who is righteous6662 and mighty?—352418 Who says559 to a king,4428 ‘Vile!'7563 or to nobles,5081 ‘Wicked!'?110019 Who doesn't respect5375 the persons6440 of princes,8269 nor respects5234 the rich7771 more than6440 the poor;1800 for they all are the work4639 of his hands.302720 In a moment7281 they die,4191 even at midnight.2676 The people5971 are shaken1607 and pass away.5674 The mighty47 are taken away5674 without a hand.3027
Job 34:21 ¶ "For his eyes5869 are on the ways1870 of a man.376 He sees7200 all his goings.680622 There is no darkness,2822 nor thick gloom,6757 where the workers6466 of iniquity205 may hide5641 themselves.
23 For he doesn't need7760 to consider a man376 further, that he should go1980 before God410 in judgment.494124 He breaks in pieces7489 mighty men3524 in ways past finding2714 out, and sets5975 others312 in their place.
25 Therefore he takes knowledge5234 of their works.4566 He overturns2015 them in the night,3915 so that they are destroyed.179226 He strikes5606 them as8478 wicked men7563 in the open4725 sight7200 of others;
27 because they turned aside5493 from following him,310 and wouldn't pay attention7919 to any of his ways,187028 so that they caused the cry6818 of the poor1800 to come935 to him. He heard8085 the cry6818 of the afflicted.604129 When he gives quietness,8252 who then can condemn?7561 When he hides5641 his face,6440 who then can see7789 him? Alike whether to a nation,1471 or to a3162 man,12030 that the godless120 man may not reign,4427 that there be no one to ensnare4170 the people.5971
Job 34:31 ¶ "For has any said559 to God,410 ‘I am guilty,5375 but I will not offend2254 any more.
32 Teach3384 me that which I don't1107 see.2372 If I have done6466 iniquity,5766 I will do3254 it no more'?
33 Shall his recompense7999 be as you desire, that you refuse3588 it? For you must choose,977 and not I. Therefore speak1696 what you know.304534 Men582 of understanding3824 will tell559 me, yes, every wise2450 man1397 who hears8085 me:
35 ‘Job347 speaks1696 without knowledge.1847 His words1697 are without wisdom.'791936 I wish15 that347 were tried974 to the end,5331 because of his answering8666 like wicked205 men.58237 For he adds3254 rebellion6588 to his sin.2403 He claps5606 his hands among us, and multiplies7235 his words561 against God."410