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Job 34

Common English Bible CEB

1 Elihu continued:

2 Hear my words, wise ones; knowledgeable ones, listen to me,

3 for the ear tests words like the palate tastes food.

4 Let's choose for us what's right; let's determine among ourselves what's good;

5 for Job has said, "I'm innocent; God has denied my just cause;

6 because of my cause I'm thought a liar; my wound from an arrow is incurable, even though I didn't rebel."

7 Who is a man like Job? He drinks mockery like water

8 and travels a path with wrongdoers, walking with evil persons.

9 Indeed he said, "No one is rewarded for delighting in God."

10 Therefore, intelligent ones, hear me; far be it from God to do evil and the Almighty to sin,

11 for he repays people based on what they do, paying back everyone according to their ways.

12 Surely God doesn't act wickedly; the Almighty doesn't distort justice.

13 Who placed earth in his care, and who gave him dominion over the entire world?

14 If he were to decide to do it— to gather his spirit and breath back to himself—

15 all flesh would die together, and humans would return to dust.

16 But if you have understanding, hear this; pay attention to the sound of my words.

17 Will one who hates justice rule; will you condemn the most righteous one?

18 Will you say to a king, "Worthless!" to royalty, "Evil!"

19 Who shows no favor to princes nor regards the rich over the poor, for they are all the work of God's hands?

20 In the middle of the night they suddenly die; people are shaken and pass away. The mighty are removed, not by a human hand.

21 God's eyes are on human ways, and he sees all their steps.

22 There's no darkness, no deep darkness, where evildoers can hide themselves;

23 surely no time is set for a person to appear before God in judgment.

24 He shatters the mighty without examining them; makes others take their place.

25 Thus he regards their deeds, overturns them at night, and they are crushed.

26 He strikes them because of their wickedness at a place where people can see it.

27 Because they turned from following him and didn't value all his ways,

28 causing the cry of the poor to reach him, he hears the cry of the afflicted.

29 Still, if he remains quiet, who can condemn; if he hides his face, who can see him?

30 He prevents a lawless person from ruling, from capturing people.

31 Has Job said to God, "I have borne punishment; I won't sin again?

32 You teach me what I can't see; if I've sinned, I won't do it again."

33 Will he repay you because you reject sin, for you must choose, not I; declare what you know.

34 Smart people say to me, the wise who hear me,

35 "Job speaks without knowledge; his words aren't astute."

36 I wish Job would be tested to the limit because he responds like evil people.

37 He adds rebellion to his sin; mocks us openly and adds to his words against God.

English Standard Version ESV

1 Then Elihu answered and said:

2 “Hear my words, you wise men, and give ear to me, you who know;

3 for the ear tests words as the palate tastes food.

4 Let us choose what is right; let us know among ourselves what is good.

5 For Job has said, ‘I am in the right, and God has taken away my right;

6 in spite of my right I am counted a liar; my wound is incurable, though I am without transgression. ’

7 What man is like Job, who drinks up scoffing like water,

8 who travels in company with evildoers and walks with wicked men?

9 For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should take delight in God. ’

10 “Therefore, hear me, you men of understanding: far be it from God that he should do wickedness, and from the Almighty that he should do wrong.

11 For according to the work of a man he will repay him, and according to his ways he will make it befall him.

12 Of a truth, God will not do wickedly, and the Almighty will not pervert justice.

13 Who gave him charge over the earth, and who laid on him the whole world?

14 If he should set his heart to it and gather to himself his spirit and his breath,

15 all flesh would perish together, and man would return to dust.

16 “If you have understanding, hear this; listen to what I say.

17 Shall one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty,

18 who says to a king, ‘Worthless one, ’and to nobles, ‘Wicked man, ’

19 who shows no partiality to princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor, for they are all the work of his hands?

20 In a moment they die; at midnight the people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are taken away by no human hand.

21 “For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps.

22 There is no gloom or deep darkness where evildoers may hide themselves.

23 For God has no need to consider a man further, that he should go before God in judgment.

24 He shatters the mighty without investigation and sets others in their place.

25 Thus, knowing their works, he overturns them in the night, and they are crushed.

26 He strikes them for their wickedness in a place for all to see,

27 because they turned aside from following him and had no regard for any of his ways,

28 so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him, and he heard the cry of the afflicted—

29 When he is quiet, who can condemn? When he hides his face, who can behold him, whether it be a nation or a man? —

30 that a godless man should not reign, that he should not ensnare the people.

31 “For has anyone said to God, ‘I have borne punishment; I will not offend any more;

32 teach me what I do not see; if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more’?

33 Will he then make repayment to suit you, because you reject it? For you must choose, and not I; therefore declare what you know.

34 Men of understanding will say to me, and the wise man who hears me will say:

35 ‘Job speaks without knowledge; his words are without insight. ’

36 Would that Job were tried to the end, because he answers like wicked men.

37 For he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us and multiplies his words against God. ”