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Job 36

Good News Translation GNT

1 Be patient and listen a little longer to what I am saying on God's behalf.

3 My knowledge is wide; I will use what I know to show that God, my Creator, is just.

4 Nothing I say to you is false; you see before you a truly wise man.

5 How strong God is! He despises no one; there is nothing he doesn't understand.

6 He does not let sinners live on, and he always treats the poor with justice.

7 He protects those who are righteous; he allows them to rule like kings and lets them be honored forever.

8 But if people are bound in chains, suffering for what they have done,

9 God shows them their sins and their pride.

10 He makes them listen to his warning to turn away from evil.

11 If they obey God and serve him, they live out their lives in peace and prosperity.

12 But if not, they will die in ignorance and cross the stream into the world of the dead.

13 Those who are godless keep on being angry, and even when punished, they don't pray for help.

14 They die while they are still young, worn out by a life of disgrace.

15 But God teaches people through suffering and uses distress to open their eyes.

16 God brought you out of trouble, and let you enjoy security; your table was piled high with food.

17 But now you are being punished as you deserve.

18 Be careful not to let bribes deceive you, or riches lead you astray.

19 It will do you no good to cry out for help; all your strength can't help you now.

20 Don't wish for night to come, the time when nations will perish.

21 Be careful not to turn to evil; your suffering was sent to keep you from it.

22 Remember how great is God's power; he is the greatest teacher of all.

23 No one can tell God what to do or accuse him of doing evil.

24 He has always been praised for what he does; you also must praise him.

25 Everyone has seen what he has done; but we can only watch from a distance.

26 We cannot fully know his greatness or count the number of his years.

27 It is God who takes water from the earth and turns it into drops of rain.

28 He lets the rain pour from the clouds in showers for all human beings.

29 No one knows how the clouds move or how the thunder roars through the sky, where God dwells.

30 He sends lightning through all the sky, but the depths of the sea remain dark.

31 This is how he feeds the people and provides an abundance of food.

32 He seizes the lightning with his hands and commands it to hit the mark.

33 Thunder announces the approaching storm, and the cattle know it is coming.

New International Version NIV

1 Elihu continued:

3 I get my knowledge from afar; I will ascribe justice to my Maker.

4 Be assured that my words are not false; one who has perfect knowledge is with you.

5 “God is mighty, but despises no one; he is mighty, and firm in his purpose.

6 He does not keep the wicked alive but gives the afflicted their rights.

7 He does not take his eyes off the righteous; he enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.

8 But if people are bound in chains, held fast by cords of affliction,

9 he tells them what they have done— that they have sinned arrogantly.

10 He makes them listen to correction and commands them to repent of their evil.

11 If they obey and serve him, they will spend the rest of their days in prosperity and their years in contentment.

12 But if they do not listen, they will perish by the swordand die without knowledge.

13 “The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when he fetters them, they do not cry for help.

14 They die in their youth, among male prostitutes of the shrines.

15 But those who suffer he delivers in their suffering; he speaks to them in their affliction.

16 “He is wooing you from the jaws of distress to a spacious place free from restriction, to the comfort of your table laden with choice food.

17 But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have taken hold of you.

18 Be careful that no one entices you by riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside.

19 Would your wealth or even all your mighty efforts sustain you so you would not be in distress?

20 Do not long for the night, to drag people away from their homes.

21 Beware of turning to evil, which you seem to prefer to affliction.

22 “God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?

23 Who has prescribed his ways for him, or said to him, ‘You have done wrong’?

24 Remember to extol his work, which people have praised in song.

25 All humanity has seen it; mortals gaze on it from afar.

26 How great is God—beyond our understanding! The number of his years is past finding out.

27 “He draws up the drops of water, which distill as rain to the streams ;

28 the clouds pour down their moisture and abundant showers fall on mankind.

29 Who can understand how he spreads out the clouds, how he thunders from his pavilion?

30 See how he scatters his lightning about him, bathing the depths of the sea.

31 This is the way he governs the nations and provides food in abundance.

32 He fills his hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.

33 His thunder announces the coming storm; even the cattle make known its approach.