Book of Job, Chapter 36
Job 36 ASV - American Standard VersionChapter 36 of Job—American Standard Version (ASV)
- ¶ Elihu also proceeded, and said,
- ¶ [a]Suffer me a little, and I will show thee;
¶ For [b]I have yet somewhat to say on God’s behalf. - ¶ I will fetch my knowledge from afar,
¶ And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. - ¶ For truly my words are not false:
¶ One that is perfect in knowledge is with thee. - ¶ Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any:
¶ He is mighty in strength of [c]understanding. - ¶ He preserveth not the life of the wicked,
¶ But giveth to the afflicted their right. - ¶ He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous:
¶ But with kings upon the throne
¶ He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted. - ¶ And if they be bound in fetters,
¶ And be taken in the cords of affliction; - ¶ Then he showeth them their work,
¶ And their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly. - ¶ He openeth also their ear to instruction,
¶ And commandeth that they return from iniquity. - ¶ If they hearken and serve him,
¶ They shall spend their days in prosperity,
¶ And their years in [d]pleasures. - ¶ But if they hearken not, they shall perish by [e]the sword,
¶ And they shall die without knowledge. - ¶ But they that are godless in heart lay up anger:
¶ They cry not for help when he bindeth them. - ¶ [f]They die in youth,
¶ And their life perisheth [g]among the [h]1unclean. - ¶ He delivereth the afflicted [i]by their affliction,
¶ And openeth their ear [j]in oppression. - ¶ Yea, he would have allured thee [k]out of distress
¶ Into a broad place, where there is no straitness;
¶ And that which is set on thy table would be full of fatness. - ¶ But thou [l]art full of the judgment of the wicked:
¶ Judgment and justice take hold on thee. - ¶ [m]For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements;
¶ Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside. - ¶ Will thy cry avail, that thou be not in distress,
¶ Or all the forces of thy strength? - ¶ Desire not the night,
¶ When peoples [n]are cut off in their place. - ¶ Take heed, regard not iniquity:
¶ For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction. - ¶ Behold, God doeth loftily in his power:
¶ Who is a teacher like unto him? - ¶ Who hath enjoined him his way?
¶ Or who can say, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness? - ¶ Remember that thou magnify his work,
¶ Whereof men have sung. - ¶ All men have looked thereon;
¶ Man beholdeth it afar off. - ¶ Behold, God is great, and we know him not;
¶ The number of his years is unsearchable. - ¶ For he draweth up the drops of water,
¶ Which distil in rain [o]from [p]his vapor, - ¶ Which the skies pour down
¶ And drop upon man abundantly. - ¶ Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds,
¶ The thunderings of his pavilion? - ¶ Behold, he spreadeth his light [q]around him;
¶ And he [r]covereth the bottom of the sea. - ¶ For by these he judgeth the peoples;
¶ He giveth food in abundance. - ¶ He covereth his hands with the [s]lightning,
¶ And giveth it a charge [t]that it strike the mark. - ¶ The noise thereof telleth concerning [u]him,
¶ The cattle also concerning [v]the storm that cometh up.
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Hebrew Wait for.
- ^ Hebrew there are yet words for God.
- ^ Hebrew heart.
- ^ Or, pleasantness
- ^ Or, weapons
- ^ Hebrew Their soul dieth.
- ^ Or, like
- ^ Or, sodomites. See Dt. 23:17.
- ^ Or, in
- ^ Or, by adversity
- ^ Hebrew out of the mouth of.
- ^ Or, hast filled up
- ^ Or, Because there is wrath, beware lest thou be led away by thy sufficiency
- ^ Hebrew go up.
- ^ Hebrew belonging to.
- ^ Or, the vapor thereof
- ^ Or, thereon
- ^ Or, covereth it with the depths of the sea
- ^ Hebrew light.
- ^ Or, against the assailant
- ^ Or, it
- ^ Or, him
REFERENCES
- ^ De 23:17
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