Job 34
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| v | JPS1917 |
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| 1 | Moreover Elihu answered and said: |
| 2 | Hear my words, ye wise men; And give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. |
| 3 | For the ear trieth words, As the palate tasteth food. |
| 4 | Let us choose for us that which is right; Let us know among ourselves what is good. |
| 5 | For Job hath said: ‘I am righteous, And God hath taken away my right; |
| 6 | Notwithstanding my right I am accounted a liar; My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’ |
| 7 | What man is like Job, Who drinketh up scorning like water? |
| 8 | Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, And walketh with wicked men. |
| 9 | For he hath said: ‘It profiteth a man nothing That he should be in accord with God.’ |
| 10 | Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: Far be it from God, that He should do wickedness; And from the Almighty, that He should commit iniquity. |
| 11 | For the work of a man will He requite unto him, And cause every man to find according to his ways. |
| 12 | Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, Neither will the Almighty pervert justice. |
| 13 | Who gave Him a charge over the earth? Or who hath disposed the whole world? |
| 14 | If He set His heart upon man, If He gather unto Himself his spirit and his breath; |
| 15 | All flesh shall perish together, And man shall return unto dust. |
| 16 | If now thou hast understanding, hear this; Hearken to the voice of my words. |
| 17 | Shall even one that hateth right govern? And wilt thou condemn Him that is just and mighty— |
| 18 | Is it fit to say to a king: ‘Thou art base’? Or to nobles: ‘Ye are wicked’?— |
| 19 | That respecteth not the persons of princes, Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? For they all are the work of His hands. |
| 20 | In a moment they die, even at midnight; The people are shaken and pass away, And the mighty are taken away without hand. . |
| 21 | For His eyes are upon the ways of a man, And He seeth all his goings. |
| 22 | There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. |
| 23 | For He doth not appoint a time unto any man, When he should go before God in judgment. |
| 24 | He breaketh in pieces mighty men without inquisition, And setteth others in their stead. |
| 25 | Therefore He taketh knowledge of their works; And He overturneth them in the night, so that they are crushed. |
| 26 | He striketh them as wicked men In the open sight of others; |
| 27 | Because they turned aside from following Him, And would not have regard to any of His ways; |
| 28 | So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto Him, And He heareth the cry of the afflicted. |
| 29 | When He giveth quietness, who then can condemn? And when He hideth His face, who then can behold Him? Whether it be done unto a nation, or unto a man, alike; |
| 30 | That the godless man reign not, That there be none to ensnare the people. |
| 31 | For hath any said unto God: ‘I have borne chastisement, though I offend not; |
| 32 | That which I see not teach Thou me; If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more’? |
| 33 | Shall His recompense be as thou wilt? For thou loathest it, So that thou must choose, and not I; Therefore speak what thou knowest. |
| 34 | Men of understanding will say unto me, Yea, every wise man that heareth me: |
| 35 | ’Job speaketh without knowledge, And his words are without discernment.’ |
| 36 | Would that Job were tried unto the end, Because of his answering like wicked men. |
| 37 | For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, He clappeth his hands among us, And multiplieth his words against God. |