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34 : 1 Then Elihu continued and said,
34 : 2 Hear my words, you wise men, And listen to me, you who know.
34 : 3 For the ear tests words As the palate tastes food.
34 : 4 Let us choose for ourselves what is right; Let us know among ourselves what is good.
34 : 5 For Job has said, `I am righteous, But God has taken away my right;
34 : 6 Should I lie concerning my right? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.`
34 : 7 What man is like Job, Who drinks up derision like water,
34 : 8 Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, And walks with wicked men?
34 : 9 For he has said, `It profits a man nothing When he is pleased with God.`
34 : 10 Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wickedness, And from the Almighty to do wrong.
34 : 11 For He pays a man according to his work, And makes him find it according to his way.
34 : 12 Surely, God will not act wickedly, And the Almighty will not pervert justice.
34 : 13 Who gave Him authority over the earth? And who has laid on Him the whole world?
34 : 14 If He should determine to do so, If He should gather to Himself His spirit and His breath,
34 : 15 All flesh would perish together, And man would return to dust.
34 : 16 But if you have understanding, hear this; Listen to the sound of my words.
34 : 17 Shall one who hates justice rule? And will you condemn the righteous mighty One,
34 : 18 Who says to a king, `Worthless one,` To nobles, `Wicked ones`;
34 : 19 Who shows no partiality to princes Nor regards the rich above the poor, For they all are the work of His hands?
34 : 20 In a moment they die, and at midnight People are shaken and pass away, And the mighty are taken away without a hand.
34 : 21 For His eyes are upon the ways of a man, And He sees all his steps.
34 : 22 There is no darkness or deep shadow Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
34 : 23 For He does not need to consider a man further, That he should go before God in judgment.
34 : 24 He breaks in pieces mighty men without inquiry, And sets others in their place.
34 : 25 Therefore He knows their works, And He overthrows them in the night, And they are crushed.
34 : 26 He strikes them like the wicked In a public place,
34 : 27 Because they turned aside from following Him, And had no regard for any of His ways;
34 : 28 So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him, And that He might hear the cry of the afflicted--
34 : 29 When He keeps quiet, who then can condemn? And when He hides His face, who then can behold Him, That is, in regard to both nation and man?--
34 : 30 So that godless men would not rule Nor be snares of the people.
34 : 31 For has anyone said to God, `I have borne chastisement; I will not offend anymore;
34 : 32 Teach me what I do not see; If I have done iniquity, I will not do it again`?
34 : 33 Shall He recompense on your terms, because you have rejected it? For you must choose, and not I; Therefore declare what you know.
34 : 34 Men of understanding will say to me, And a wise man who hears me,
34 : 35 `Job speaks without knowledge, And his words are without wisdom.
34 : 36 `Job ought to be tried to the limit, Because he answers like wicked men.
34 : 37 `For he adds rebellion to his sin; He claps his hands among us, And multiplies his words against God.`"