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Job 34

The Message Bible MSG

1 Elihu continued:

2 "So, my fine friends - listen to me, and see what you think of this.

3 Isn't it just common sense - as common as the sense of taste -

4 To put our heads together and figure out what's going on here?

5 "We've all heard Job say, 'I'm in the right, but God won't give me a fair trial.

6 When I defend myself, I'm called a liar to my face. I've done nothing wrong, and I get punished anyway.'

7 Have you ever heard anything to beat this? Does nothing faze this man Job?

8 Do you think he's spent too much time in bad company, hanging out with the wrong crowd,

9 So that now he's parroting their line: 'It doesn't pay to try to please God'?

10 "You're veterans in dealing with these matters; certainly we're of one mind on this. It's impossible for God to do anything evil; no way can the Mighty One do wrong.

11 He makes us pay for exactly what we've done - no more, no less. Our chickens always come home to roost.

12 It's impossible for God to do anything wicked, for the Mighty One to subvert justice.

13 He's the one who runs the earth! He cradles the whole world in his hand!

14 If he decided to hold his breath,

15 every man, woman, and child would die for lack of air. God Is Working Behind the Scenes

16 "So, Job, use your head; this is all pretty obvious.

17 Can someone who hates order, keep order? Do you dare condemn the righteous, mighty God?

18 Doesn't God always tell it like it is, exposing corrupt rulers as scoundrels and criminals?

19 Does he play favorites with the rich and famous and slight the poor? Isn't he equally responsible to everybody?

20 Don't people who deserve it die without notice? Don't wicked rulers tumble to their doom? When the so-called great ones are wiped out, we know God is working behind the scenes.

21 "He has his eyes on every man and woman. He doesn't miss a trick.

22 There is no night dark enough, no shadow deep enough, to hide those who do evil.

23 God doesn't need to gather any more evidence; their sin is an open-and-shut case.

24 He deposes the so-called high and mighty without asking questions, and replaces them at once with others.

25 Nobody gets by with anything; overnight, judgment is signed, sealed, and delivered.

26 He punishes the wicked for their wickedness out in the open where everyone can see it,

27 Because they quit following him, no longer even thought about him or his ways.

28 Their apostasy was announced by the cry of the poor; the cry of the afflicted got God's attention. Because You Refuse to Live on God's Terms

29 "If God is silent, what's that to you? If he turns his face away, what can you do about it? But whether silent or hidden, he's there, ruling,

30 so that those who hate God won't take over and ruin people's lives.

31 "So why don't you simply confess to God? Say, 'I sinned, but I'll sin no more.

32 Teach me to see what I still don't see. Whatever evil I've done, I'll do it no more.'

33 Just because you refuse to live on God's terms, do you think he should start living on yours? You choose. I can't do it for you. Tell me what you decide.

34 "All right-thinking people say - and the wise who have listened to me concur -

35 'Job is an ignoramus. He talks utter nonsense.'

36 Job, you need to be pushed to the wall and called to account for wickedly talking back to God the way you have.

37 You've compounded your original sin by rebelling against God's discipline, Defiantly shaking your fist at God, piling up indictments against the Almighty One."

The Latin Vulgate VUL

1 pronuntians itaque Heliu etiam haec locutus est

2 audite sapientes verba mea et eruditi auscultate me

3 auris enim verba probat et guttur escas gustu diiudicat

4 iudicium eligamus nobis et inter nos videamus quid sit melius

5 quia dixit Iob iustus sum et Deus subvertit iudicium meum

6 in iudicando enim me mendacium est violenta sagitta mea absque ullo peccato

7 quis est vir ut est Iob qui bibit subsannationem quasi aquam

8 qui graditur cum operantibus iniquitatem et ambulat cum viris impiis

9 dixit enim non placebit vir Deo etiam si cucurrerit cum eo

10 ideo viri cordati audite me absit a Deo impietas et ab Omnipotente iniquitas

11 opus enim hominis reddet ei et iuxta vias singulorum restituet

12 vere enim Deus non condemnabit frustra nec Omnipotens subvertet iudicium

13 quem constituit alium super terram aut quem posuit super orbem quem fabricatus est

14 si direxerit ad eum cor suum spiritum illius et flatum ad se trahet

15 deficiet omnis caro simul et homo in cinerem revertetur

16 si habes ergo intellectum audi quod dicitur et ausculta vocem eloquii mei

17 numquid qui non amat iudicium sanare potest et quomodo tu eum qui iustus est in tantum condemnas

18 qui dicit regi apostata qui vocat duces impios

19 qui non accipit personas principum nec cognovit tyrannum cum disceptaret contra pauperem opus enim manuum eius sunt universi

20 subito morientur et in media nocte turbabuntur populi et pertransibunt et auferent violentum absque manu

21 oculi enim eius super vias hominum et omnes gressus eorum considerat

22 non sunt tenebrae et non est umbra mortis ut abscondantur ibi qui operantur iniquitatem

23 neque enim ultra in hominis potestate est ut veniat ad Deum in iudicium

24 conteret multos innumerabiles et stare faciet alios pro eis

25 novit enim opera eorum et idcirco inducet noctem et conterentur

26 quasi impios percussit eos in loco videntium

27 qui quasi de industria recesserunt ab eo et omnes vias eius intellegere noluerunt

28 ut pervenire facerent ad eum clamorem egeni et audiret vocem pauperum

29 ipso enim concedente pacem quis est qui condemnet ex quo absconderit vultum quis est qui contempletur eum et super gentem et super omnes homines

30 qui regnare facit hominem hypocritam propter peccata populi

31 quia ergo ego locutus sum ad Deum te quoque non prohibeo

32 si erravi tu doce me si iniquitatem locutus sum ultra non addam

33 numquid a te Deus expetit eam quia displicuit tibi tu enim coepisti loqui et non ego quod si quid nosti melius loquere

34 viri intellegentes loquantur mihi et vir sapiens audiat me

35 Iob autem stulte locutus est et verba illius non sonant disciplinam

36 pater mi probetur Iob usque ad finem ne desinas in hominibus iniquitatis

37 quia addit super peccata sua blasphemiam inter nos interim constringatur et tunc ad iudicium provocet sermonibus suis Deum