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Job 34

Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB

1 Then Elihu continued, saying:

2 Hear my words, you wise men, and listen to me, you knowledgeable ones.

3 Doesn't the ear test words as the palate tastes food?

4 Let us judge for ourselves what is right; let us decide together what is good.

5 For Job has declared, "I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice.

6 Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression."

7 What man is like Job? He drinks derision like water.

8 He keeps company with evildoers and walks with wicked men.

9 For he has said, "A man gains nothing when he becomes God's friend."

10 Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding. It is impossible for God [to do] wrong, and [for] the Almighty [to act] unjustly.

11 For He repays a person [according to] his deeds, and He brings his ways on him.

12 Indeed, it is true that God does not act wickedly and the Almighty does not pervert justice.

13 Who gave Him authority over the earth? Who put Him in charge of the entire world?

14 If He put His mind to it and withdrew the spirit and breath He [gave],

15 every living thing would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.

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

17 Could one who hates justice govern [the world]? Will you condemn the mighty Righteous One,

18 who says to a king, "Worthless man!" and to nobles, "Wicked men!"?

19 God is not partial to princes and does not favor the rich over the poor, for they are all the work of His hands.

20 They die suddenly in the middle of the night; people shudder, then pass away. Even the mighty are removed without effort.

21 For His eyes [watch] over a man's ways, and He observes all his steps.

22 There is no darkness, no deep darkness, where evildoers can hide themselves.

23 God does not [need to] examine a person further, that one should approach Him in court.

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

25 Therefore, He recognizes their deeds and overthrows [them] by night, and they are crushed.

26 In full view of the public, He strikes them for their wickedness,

27 because they turned aside from following Him and did not understand any of His ways

28 but caused the poor to cry out to Him, and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.

29 But when God is silent, who can declare [Him] guilty? When He hides [His] face, who can see Him? Yet He [watches] over both individuals and nations,

30 so that godless men should not rule or ensnare the people.

31 Suppose someone says to God, "I have endured [my punishment]; I will no [longer] act wickedly.

32 Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I won't do it again."

33 Should God repay [you] on your terms when you have rejected [His]? You must choose, not I! So declare what you know.

34 Reasonable men will say to me, along with the wise men who hear me,

35 "Job speaks without knowledge; his words are without insight."

36 If only Job were tested to the limit, because [his] answers are [like] those of wicked men.

37 For he adds rebellion to his sin; he [scornfully] claps in our presence, while multiplying 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. ”